Nick

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Name: Nick Lauve
Date registered: March 15, 2010
URL: http://techlauve.com
AIM: wheel13
Jabber / Google Talk: nlauve@rent-a-nerd.net

Latest posts

  1. Remote Desktop Printing: First Page OK, Remaining Pages Print In Wrong Font — March 13, 2013
  2. Slow Remote Desktop Performance in Windows 7 or Vista — November 2, 2012
  3. Outlook Error: “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer” — August 23, 2012
  4. Internet Explorer Displays Blank Page Instead of Windows Update — May 14, 2012
  5. Gmail Does Not Display Images Using Internet Explorer — May 10, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Error: Outlook Data File Has Reached its Maximum Size… — 24 comments
  2. 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. — 23 comments
  3. Cannot Format Drive As exFAT — 12 comments
  4. Setting Up Your Static IPs With AT&T DSL — 7 comments
  5. How To: Time Sync Across Windows Network — 6 comments

Author's posts listings

Jan
25

Exchange: Allowing One User to Send Email From Another

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Problem:  In your Microsoft Exchange organization, it is necessary for several users to send email from the same email address. For example, let’s say that there is a generic email address “theboss@yourorganization.com” and you would like certain members of your staff to be able to send emails from that address, but still have their own …

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Jan
09

Brocade DCFM Pro Default Login and Password

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Problem:  After installing Brocade DCFM Pro (Data Center Fabric Manager), you are prompted for a User ID and Password but the setup wizard never asked you to create one. Solution:  Use the default credentials:  User ID:  “Administrator” , Password:  “password” -n

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Jan
06

Microsoft Office Asks User to Accept License Agreement Each Time An Office Program Is Launched

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Symptom:  On Windows Vista or Windows 7, each time a Microsoft Office program is launched the user is asked to accept the license agreement.  This will typically happen on versions of Office older than 2007. Problem:  Due to the difference in the way that user rights are handled in Windows XP and Windows Vista/7, older …

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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.

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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
07

Error: Outlook Data File Has Reached its Maximum Size…

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Symptom:  Upon opening or using Outlook, an error pops up containing the  following message: “(path-to-.pst-or-.ost) has reached its maximum size. To reduce the amount of data in this file, select some items that you no longer need, then permanently (shift + del) delete them.” Problem:  There are a few different reasons that this can occur. …

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Dec
06

REVIEW: Presonus FireStudio

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  I have been a loyal user of Presonus products ever since they first came out with the Firebox.  It debuted just as I suddenly had a need for a high quality, very portable ASIO compatible  interface for a live setup.  I found out they were based here in Louisiana and thought I’d give their …

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Dec
05

Using Presonus FaderPort with Nuendo 4+

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Problem:  Your Presonus FaderPort controller worked fine in and earlier version of Steinberg Nuendo, but no longer shows up in the list of devices that can be added in “Device Setup” since upgrading to version 4 or 5. Solution:  Copy “FaderPort.dll” from the Presonus FaderPort folder to the Nuendo components folder.  Assuming installation defaults (in …

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Aug
18

Transferring FSMO Roles in Windows Server 2003 and 2008

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Introduction This article will provide step-by-step instructions describing the process for transferring one or more FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation) roles from one server to another in Active Directory.  This is a necessary step during a server migration, reorganization of an existing domain or a handful of other situations in which the needs or level …

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Aug
09

How To: Time Sync Across Windows Network

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**Note from the Author:  Although this may be helpful for older OS versions, the process below is no longer the correct method. There are many reasons that a network administrator may want to synchronize the clocks on all Windows computers across the Active Directory domain.  The following steps will demonstrate how to easily accomplish that …

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Jul
21

Symantec Backup Exec: “Error e000fefd – The media server has lost the network connection…” during restore

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Symptom: While attempting to restore files backed up from a DFS share using Symantec Backup Exec shadow copy, the job fails with the following error: Error category:  Other Errors Error:  e000fefd – The media server has lost the network connection to the remote agent. This only seems to happen when attempting to redirect the restored …

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