Android Studio beta 0.8.9. Running a test app on a physical device device fails during installation stage with error: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK] The issue was caused by the following line in build.gradle configuration file: compileSdkVersion ‘android-L’

Update: For Windows 11 termsrv.dll modifications, please visit the following page. Option 1 – Modifying termsrv.dll In order to have concurrent user sessions working in Windows 10, you need to make small changes to termsrv.dll file. This file is located in C:\Windows\System32 folder. Before modifying termsrv.dll for the first time, you need to take the ownership and assign yourself full permissions.…

Issue Android Virtual Device (Emulator) is taking very long time to start and then running extremely slow. Resolution First of all I installed Install Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM). This can be downloaded directly from Intel or using Android SDK Manager.  In the SDK Manager it’s located under Extras.

Issue Trying to open MS Excel file, user gets a File in Use message: File in Use<filename> is locked for editing This would be normal, as the file was really locked, but the username in the message was not of the user who had had the file opened. It was another user on the same…

Issue Cannot remove a watermark in Microsoft Word 2010. Normally to remove a watermark you go to Page Layout > Watermark > Remove Watermark. But in this particular case this did nothing.

Issue Microsoft Outlook 2010 connected to Exchange 2007 mailbox on a local LAN network. User keeps getting Outlook password prompt. Entering correct credentials removes the prompt for a few minutes, but then it reappears. Incoming and outgoing emails are working fine.

Android Studio Beta (0.8.9). Error when trying to add certain layout elements. The element is not displayed and following error appear: Rendering ProblemsException raised during rendering:java.lang.System.arraycopy([CI[CII)V

Error trying to install Packages via Android Studio (Beta) SDK Manager: Failed to create directory

Issue Trying to install Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems on a Windows 7 PC. Setup immediately fails with following error: Another version of the Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems is installed on this computer. Uninstall the Remote Agent before continuing with the installation. No Backup Exec agents (or other Symantec software) are…

Issue Trying to access a DELL iDRAC 6 Virtual Server Console via Google Chrome / Java. Connection fails with error: Application ErrorUnable to launch the application.Name: iDRAC6 Virtual Console ClientPublisher: Dell Inc.Location: https://<server_ip>:443

In Windows 8, powercfg command line utility was expanded with a new useful tool called Sleep Study. it generates a relatively easy to understand detailed html report that shows what software and drivers consumed most of your battery while the device was in Connected Standby state. 

I had an ongoing issue with Skype on one of my Windows 8 PCs. Skype was very unstable, would often freeze during audio and video calls and even when chatting. I went through number of Skype and Windows updates (including Windows 8.1), but the issue was not going away. This was an intermittent problem, it…