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  • Issue Windows 10 displays the following error every time user right-clicks in Windows Explorer. Sometimes the same error appears without any user action. Intel Optane(tm) Memory PinningUnable to load DLL‘iaStorAfsServiceApi.dll’: The specified module could not be found.(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007001Windows…

  • Issue Cannot run a simple .vbs script using Windows Task Scheduler. The script runs just fine if launched manually. However, if it’s run from a scheduled task as a currently logged on user, Open With dialogue opens. If it’s run from…

  • Issue Lenovo Ideapad 520S-14IKB regularly loses the second screen capability. An external monitor doesn’t display anything, and Windows does not detect the second screen at all. This laptop has two display adapters: Intel HD Graphics 620 and Nvidia GeForce 940MX. The laptop…

  • Issue Cannot forward emails sent to an Exchange 2016 Public Folder to an external email address because the Exchange Admin Center GUI doesn’t display external contacts. Only User Mailboxes are displayed.

  • Issue Archiving old emails within a mailbox to a .pst file in MS Outlook 2010 fails with the following errors: Error while archiving folder “folder_name” in store “mailbox_name”. A folder by this name already exists.

  • Deleting large folders with multiple thousands of files using Windows Explorer can take a very long time. Command prompt usually provides faster results, but depending on what command(s) were used it can still take quite a long time. After some experimenting,…

  • Issue Time Machine on MacBook Air fails every time with the following error: Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “MacBook Air Time Capsule”.An error occurred while copying files. The problemmay be temporary. If the problem persists, use DiskUtility to…

  • Issue Sage 50 Payroll data files have been moved to another server and we need to point the application to the new location. Sage Payroll doesn’t provide any obvious way to do this. There is no way to open a…

  • Issue After a routine Cumulative Windows Update, VMware Workstation 14 no longer works. Following Windows Compatibility Assitant message pops up and VMware Workstation never opens. VMware Workstation Pro can’t run on WindowsCheck for an updated version of this app that runs…

  • Issue 1&1 (Ionos) hosted Exchange 2013 mailbox works fine in Outlook and via Webmail but doesn’t work on iPhone. The account gets added to iPhone Passwords and Accounts without any errors (using server exchange.ionos.eu), but when in the actual Mail app,…

  • Issue Open VPN GUI shows the following error message when starting: OpenVPN GUI“OpenVPNServicelnteractive” is not started.Tasks requiring administrative access may not work. The obvious solution for this would be to manually start OpenVPN Interactive Service. However, this fails with the…

  • Issue Signatures and some other buttons in Outlook 2019 (Office 365) Mail Options are not working. Pressing a button either does nothing or Outlook hangs for 30-60 seconds.