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  • Issue .bat scrip refuses to launch Java application on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit computers. Error message: Windows cannot find ‘javaw’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.  

  • Issue User uses Google Gmail service (IMAP) via Microsoft Outlook 2010. Every times user tries to delete a message Outlook hangs for 5-10 seconds. During this time Outlook status bar displays “Downloading folder order“

  • If you don’t have driver for certain hardware installed on your computer, it may appear in the Device Manager as an Unknown Device or a generic device such as Network Controller, VGA Adapter, etc.

  • Clean Windows Vista Home installation gets stuck on “completing installation…” step. This can be caused by a few issues, but in my experience the most common is SATA controller mode set to AHCI in BIOS.   To resolve, boot into BIOS by pressing F2 (or…

  • This article explains how to add a Netgear ReadyNAS Business Pro share to a VMware ESXi host as an NFS (Network File System) datastore. Although I’m using Netgear RadyNAS in this example, similar process would apply to any other NFS compatible NAS…

  • One of the ways to increase your Joomla site security is password protect administrator directory. If you use third party hosting provider which offers cPanel site administration, you can easily protect your administrator directory using built-in cPanel Password Protect Directories option. If…

  •   Issue Icons for some applications or shortcuts appear with incorrect icons or there are no icons at all. If you open file properties you often find that correct icon is displayed.

  • Issue Send / Receive operation fails with error: Task ‘Microsoft Exchange Server’ reported error (0x8004010F): ‘The operation failed. An object could not be found.’ Following error message gets saved in Sync Issues folder: 0x8004010F An object could not be found.

  • Issue Microsoft Outlook fails to start and displays following error message: Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. Invalid XML, the view cannot be loaded.  Resolution Start > Run outlook.exe /resetnavpane Microsoft Outlook 2010Windows XP

  • OWASP Joomla! Security Scanner is a great security tool to check your Joomla! website for known vulnerabilities and other security issues and be one step ahead of hackers. This tool uses Perl so you need to have it installed on…

  • To change MySQL root password login to the server console and run following command: mysqladmin -u root -p  password ‘new-password’ You will be prompted for your old password and new password will be set to newpass.

  • By default, Office 365 Hosted Exchange processes Archiving policies only once every 7 days. You can force this for any mailbox using Windows PowerShell: Archiving policies for the specified mailbox should be executed within a few minutes.