Mar
15

Outlook: “Sending and Receiving reported error (OX80040600)”

Symptom: When trying to perform a send and receive operation in Outlook, the following error is reported:  “Sending and Receiving reported error (OX80040600)”. Problem: The .pst file that is selected as the mail delivery location for this Outlook profile is corrupt. Solution: Use scanpst.exe to repair the .pst file.  Scanpst.exe can be hard to find, so …

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Mar
02

Symantec Backup Exec SQL Agent and Transaction Logs

The SQL Agent for Symantec Backup Exec does a pretty good job of performing full backups of SQL servers.  One strange behavior is that transaction logs are not backed up (or truncated) as part of a “full” backup. If your transaction logs are growing to unacceptable levels, check and see if they have ever been …

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