Jan
03

Error: The Add-in ‘ESET Outlook Plugin’ (C:\PROGRA~1\ESET\ESETNO~1\EPLGOU~1.DLL) cannot be loaded and has been disabled by Outlook. If no update is available, please uninstall the Add-in.

Problem:  After uninstalling an ESET security product, the following message is displayed upon launching Outlook: The Add-in ‘ESET Outlook Plugin’ (C:\PROGRA~1\ESET\ESETNO~1\EPLGOU~1.DLL) cannot be loaded and has been disabled by Outlook. If no update is available, please uninstall the Add-in. Solution:  This article from ESET’s  knowledgebase recommends deleting the “extend.dat” file in the user’s Outlook folder, …

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Dec
11

A Range of local IP Addresses Are Inaccessible from LAN

Today I ran across an interesting issue.  Everything was normal on the network except that no users could print to ANY of the network printers.  They could not be pinged or accessed in any way.  The network consisted of a single subnet, single server, and single switch.  I moved some of the printers to other …

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Aug
12

Microsoft Security Essentials Bug + Fix

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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Jul
16

Crazy DHCP Server Rootkit

A quick informal story: One of my clients has a bunch of employees that are in and out of the office on different days with their laptops.  A couple of them always seem to get a little bit o’ spyware.  Well, over the past week or so their “server went down” several times randomly and …

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