Well…. Since that isn’t a good way to start off the weekend, let me tell you how to fix it!
This will work depending on what exactly the root issue is.
1) Boot to the Windows Recovery Console (boot from the CD and hit “R” for repair)
2) type the command bootcfg /rebuild
3) Confirm that it detects your Operating System
4) Type “XP” or something for a OS description
5) Type “/fastdetect” (without quotes) for the startup parameters.
6) Type “Exit” and reboot the computer.
Cross your fingers and hope it works!
–Luke
Did you wake up this morning to find out that your 120GB hard drive was full? Take a peek in the folder where Internet Explorer resides, and check for a rogue logfile…. Delete it from C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.exp.log and you should be all set.
Thanks to Mr. Virtual PC Guy, the answer is here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/06/29/648105.aspx
- Go into the ‘Services‘ section (under Admin tools, under Control Panel)
- Change the ‘Windows Audio service’ from ‘Disabled‘ to ‘Automatic‘ - and start it
- Go to the ‘Terminal Services Configuration‘ section (under Admin tools, under Control Panel)
- Double click on ‘RDP-TCP‘
- Select the ‘Client Settings‘ tab
- Clear the ‘Audio Mapping‘ check box
Can’t rename files in Vista? The problem seems to have been caused by a hotfix. You can read more details here.
The fix is to download this registry file and add it to your registry: reg fix
You may want to backup your registry before installation, just in case! 
Luke
Not sure why, but for some reason my smart host in Exchange 2007 can’t resolve DNS names. If I drop to the command prompt, I can resolve and ping fine, but if I use the FQDN in the smart host setup, I get 451 errors.
Smart Host Setup
So, the solution is to just use the IP address that the record resolves to. Put that in the IP address box of the smart host setup screen. That should do the trick!
I believe this has something to do with IPv6, but I didn’t have time to look into it very in-depth…
LP
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This is what it SHOULD look like:
After pulling my hair out and blaming it on HP printer drivers (for lack of a better candidate) I finally saved it as the old DOC file format instead of the Office 2007 era DOCX file format. Guess what? All cool. Thanks for that upgrade Microsoft!
Let it be known that BES or BPS version 4.1 REQUIRES a certain version of Java. That version is: Java 2, SE v1.5.0_11. You can download it here.
Without this version of Java, you will have many different problems. The problem I was having was with the Blackberry MDS Connection Service not starting. I got the following error: The BlackBerry MDS Connection Service service terminated with the following error:
The system could not find the environment option that was entered.
Today i had an issue where a workstation running XP Home edition would BSOD when you logged in. The BSOD occured sometime while loading the tray icons - normally. After a lot of troubleshooting (which basically just involved disabling services via msconfig until the problem went away) I figured out that the Plug and Play service was the culprit.
I checked the dependencies tab on the services properties to see what services depended on the Plug and Play service to start. I then disabled all the services that were dependant upon the Plug and Play service and I enabled the Plug and Play service. After a reboot, everything seemed to work fine.
I then started enabling the services which were dependant upon the Plug and Play service. It turns out the Windows Audio service was the culprit. I’m guessing that either a sfc /scannow or a remove and reinstall of the sound card drivers would have resolved the problem, but I didn’t get a chance to try because the client said, “Oh well, we don’t want sound on that computer anyway.” He asked me to leave it as is, so that was that.
Hope this saves someone else some time!
Luke
