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Issue Trying to add x86 type of Brother MFC print driver (Windows XP, Vista, 7) on Windows Server 2008 64bit machine. Wile running Add Printer Driver Wizard dialog “Install Components From Windows media” is displayed:
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Cannot dial-in into conference via IVR (Trixbox Asterisk)
If you use IVR (Interactive voice response) on your Asterisk / Trixbox setup, Enable Direct Dial option allows callers to directly dial extensions. By default it doesn’t allow to dial-in into conferences. If you try you will get response similar…
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IIS website takes long time to load first time
Issue Website /application hosted on IIS 6 takes around 5-6 seconds to load first page if it hasn’t been accessed for a while. Solution Open IIS manager > Application Pools > DefaultAppPool > Properties > Performance Uncheck “Shutdown worker processes…
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Force mouse capture in VMware client
VMware vSphere and VMware Workstation allows seamless mouse movement between your physical and virtual machines. In most situations this is a desired behaviour, but sometimes you may want mouse cursor to be captured inside a VM. For example, I was…
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Linksys SPA VOIP phone rejects calls from Skype SIP Trunk on Asterisk
Setup Asterisk Trixbox 2.6 Server Skype Connect SIP trunk to accept incoming Skype calls Linksys SPA and Cisco SPA VOIP phones Issue Incoming calls via Skype to some Linksys / Cisco IP phones get rejected. Asterisk debug show following reason…
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Can’t uninstall Exchange 2007 because of present public folder replicas
Issue Uninstall of Exchange 2007 fails with error: The public folder database <database_name> cannot be deleted.The public folder database <database_name> contains folder replicas. Before deleting the public folder database, remove the folders or move the replicas to another public folder…
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Windows Update KB2647753 fails to install
Issue Windows update keeps failing to install 3 Windows Updates:KB2729094KB2732487KB2647753 After trying to install them, Windows request a restart, after which it says that all 3 updates failed to install and lists them again as available recommended updates.
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Reset “Always warn before previewing this type of file” in Outlook 2010
Outlook 2010 allows to preview some file types within Outlook. By default following messages is displayed: If you remove check box next to “Always warn before previewing this type of file” next time this type of files will be previewed…
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Removing Public folder database fails – Object is read only because it was created…
Issue While decommissioning old Exchange 2007 server, Exchange uninstall failed with following error: Object is read only because it was created by a future version of Exchange: 0.10. Current supported version is 0.1. Trying to remove Public Folder Database via…
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Asterisk (Trixbox) hangs on “recordingcheck” and drops calls
Issue Asterisk (TrixBox) server is not functioning properly. Internal calls working fine, but external incoming and outgoing time-out and fail. Looking at Asterisk Command Line Interface (CLI) output (connect with asterisk -r) noticed unusual behaviour: Normally when incoming call is…
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Group Policy Results Error – Access Denied
Group Policy Results Wizard on Windows Server 2003 fails with error: The wizard was unable to generate the Group Policy data due to the error listed below. access denied. Fixed by running following in command prompt: cd /d %windir%\system32regsvr32 /n…
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Joomla – Increase search box limit
By default Joomla allows to enter only 20 characters in the search box. This can be changed by a simple core hack. Be aware that any changes to Joomla core files can be overwritten by a Joomla update. Open file:…