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

Feb
24

Microsoft Virtual Server Web Console Constantly Asks For Password

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If the Microsoft Virtual Server web admin and remote control console are constantly popping up asking for credentials, you may need to adjust some security settings in Internet Explorer. In Internet Explorer, go to “Tools -> Internet Options”. Click the “Security” tab. If the site is on your local network, select the “Local Intranet” icon …

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Feb
23

Installing CentOS 5.5 on Hyper-V

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Prerequisites Hyper-V is installed and you have a new VM set up.  For help with this, see the post:  Walk-through: Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2. Install the Legacy Network Adapter for your VM instead of the default.  To do this:  In the “Settings” page of the VM, click “Add Hardware”.  Select “Legacy Network Adapter” …

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Feb
23

Walk-through: Hyper-V on Windows 2008 R2

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Installing and setting up Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 is a straightforward task thanks to Microsoft’s new approach to “roles”. Preparing Your Server to Run Hyper-V Ensure that your server’s motherboard and processor support hardware-assisted virtualization. Go into the BIOS setup menu of your server and make sure that virtualization is enabled.  This setting …

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Feb
18

Allowing Wireless Clients Access to SonicWall VPN

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There are two basic steps to this process: Adjusting the VPN policies. Adjusting the firewall rules. Adjusting the VPN Policies To allow wireless users access to a VPN tunnel, it is necessary to add the subnet of the wireless network to the VPN policy on both sides of the tunnel.  SonicWall sets this subnet as …

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Feb
18

Allowing Wireless Clients Access to LAN in SonicWall SonicOS Enhanced

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Situation: On wireless-capable SonicWall devices running SonicOS Enhanced, devices connected to the WLAN interface are not able to connect to any devices connected to the LAN interface. Problem: This is by design.  There is a firewall rule that prevents this type of traffic as a security measure. Solution: Log in to the web interface of …

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Feb
17

Setting Up Site-to-Site VPN With SonicWall Appliance Running SonicOS Enhanced

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Situation: You need to setup a site to site VPN tunnel between two SonicWall routers running SonicOS Enhanced. Background: The first thing you need to decide about your VPN tunnel is whether to use Main Mode or Aggressive Mode. Main Mode is the most secure mode but requires that both endpoints have static IP addresses.  The only …

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Feb
08

Group Policy: Applying Different User Policies to the Same User for Workstations and Terminal Server

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Situation: An organization has users that log into workstations interactively and also log into a Terminal Server with the same user account, but stricter policies are desired for the Terminal Server session than for the users’ interactive session with their own computer.  Also, certain users (such as Administrators) should be exempt from these policies. ex: …

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Jan
25

QuickBooks Payroll Opens/Saves the Wrong W2 Form

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Symptom: When a user tries to open/print or re-print a specific W2 form from QuickBooks Payroll, the Internet Explorer “Download Warning” bar appears at the top of the window.  If the user clears the warning and attempts to download the file, the wrong W2 is printed. Problem: QuickBooks uses Internet Explorer for payroll (and lots …

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Jan
20

Cannot Format Drive As exFAT

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Symptom: When trying to format a newer, high capacity external hard drive or flash drive, the only option given is to format as exFAT.  When an attempt is made to format the volume as exFAT, the following message is returned:  “Windows was unable to complete the format.” Problem: Microsoft’s new filesystem, exFAT (a.k.a. FAT64), is …

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Jan
18

Outlook 2010 Will Not Open/Close When Using Folder Redirection/Offline Files

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Symptoms: Outlook behaves erratically specifically when trying to open or close it. Double clicking it will launch an “OUTLOOK.EXE” process, but not load the GUI. The “OUTLOOK.EXE” process cannot be killed. The machine may hang on shutdown if you try to reboot while Outlook is still stuck. There may be sync conflicts in Sync Center …

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