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How to override a single host on your Windows DNS Server

By Kent August 28, 2012 How To's 3 Comments
Situation 1. Your internal Active Directory domain name is different than your public Internet domain name. For example, your AD domain name might be contoso.local but your public Internet domain name might be contoso.com 2. You want to override a single...
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Error adding a new backup destination to Windows Server Backup

By Kent August 23, 2012 Fixes 0 Comments
Problem When you try to add a new backup destination drive in Windows Server Backup, you may receive the following error: “The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect” Cause This can happen if the existing backup drives are...
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Every time you open IE9 a new tab appears saying “Your browser has been upgraded”

By Kent June 27, 2012 Fixes 4 Comments
This can be very frustrating. I don’t mind the tab appearing once, but if it appears every time you start Internet Explorer it gets really annoying really quick. One way to fix it is to uninstall and re-install IE9. However, there...
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Windows 7 firewall service won’t start

By Kent January 15, 2012 Featured, Fixes 89 Comments
Problem When you attempt to start the Windows 7 firewall service you receive the following error Windows could not start the Windows Firewall on Local Computer. For more information, review the system event log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact...
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Windows 7 firewall service is missing

By Kent January 15, 2012 Featured, Fixes, Windows 7 2 Comments
Problem You receive a message from the Action Center that the Windows Firewall is turned off. When you attempt to turn it on, you receive a message like this: Windows Firewall can’t change some of your settings Error code 0x80070424 If...
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How to determine who is relaying mail through your Exchange server

By Kent November 8, 2011 How To's, Technology 0 Comments
Problem If you have relay access control properly configured, only authenticated users should be able to relay mail through your server. If you are still seeing messages being relayed, then it’s possible a user account has been compromised. This will allow...
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Microsoft Office encountered an error during setup

By Kent February 17, 2011 Featured, Fixes 28 Comments
If you are trying to install Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010 on a computer that has had Office installed on it previously, you may encounter the following, un-helpful, error message: Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 has encountered an error during setup...
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Windows 7 prompts for password even though password protected sharing is off

By Kent February 15, 2011 Featured, Fixes 3 Comments
You may run into this: You are sharing files between two Windows 7 computers on the same network. You go into the Network and Sharing center and turn off password protected sharing. You try to access the shared resource from another...
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How to configure your Cisco router the easy way

By Kent February 15, 2011 Tips & Tricks 2 Comments
Have you ever wished configuring a Cisco router was as easy as a run-of-the mill Linksys or Netgear? Cisco routers are extremely powerful but not-so-easy to configure unless you memorize a bunch of cryptic commands. Sure the ASDM makes it a...
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How to use Classic ASP to connect to Access databases on SBS 2008

By Kent March 16, 2010 How To's 0 Comments
So here’s the scenario: I recently migrated from Small Business Server 2003 to SBS 2008. It was a fairly smooth transition except for one thing: There was a web application written in classic ASP that connected to an Access database. Problem...
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