Aug
20
Symptoms: On a computer running Outlook 2000/XP/2003 and connected to an Exchange server, the user gets error 0×8004010f “The operation failed. An object could not be found.” when performing a send/receive. Problem: Outlook cannot download the Offline Address Book from the Exchange server due to corruption or a database error. Solution: Rebuild the Offline Address …
Aug
20
Symptoms: A user suddenly stops receiving mail and the POP3 Connector drops an eventID: 203 with an error code of 0x800ccc67. Problem: The POP3 connector will not download messages that have a malformed header & it leaves them on the POP server. Once 5 emails with bad headers accumulate on the server, it stops trying …
Aug
20
Symptoms: Your Linksys (or potentially any other consumer-grade router) will not obtain an IP address via DHCP from your ISP’s DSL gateway/router. The status of the WAN interface shows 0.0.0.0 as the IP address or you receive an error message while trying to renew the address. Problem: Both devices are likely on the same subnet. …
Aug
18
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a free component for Windows Server that allows you to create your own mirror for Windows Update and control every aspect of how updates are distributed on your network. (Download it here.) Prerequisites: Windows Server 2003 or later (or SBS) IIS 6.0 or later .NET Framework 2.0 or later …
Aug
18
Setting up a range of static IP addresses from AT&T DSL can be a daunting task if you are used to Cox or other ISPs that simply supply you with an IP address to punch into the WAN settings of your router. AT&T* (Bellsouth, Yahoo!, SBC), on the other hand, will provide you with an …
Aug
16
Symptoms: A business has AT&T DSL and has intermittent problems with their internet randomly going down. Usually it is fixed by unplugging/plugging in the modem, but the problem happens again in a week or so. You call AT&T and there appear to be no problems with the line or profile. Problem (at least the way …
Aug
12
Sent in by MF: I have had this problem happen quite a few times with Microsoft security essentials . Basically after installing MSSE upon reboot the program either doesn’t start up or MSMPENG.EXE just spikes the CPU. The fix is this: In MSSE Settings go to Excluded Files & Locations and Add the following to …
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