Emails stuck in Outlook Outbox

Slow email update in Outlook 2013 when using IMAP

To speed up the synchronization time for subscribed IMAP folders in Microsoft Outlook:

Error installing MS Server 0x80300001 after loading RAID drivers

Event viwer Metadata staging failed

Event viewer Windows Store failed to sync machine licenses. Result code 0x80070002

Office keeps re-configuring

The connection was denied because the user account is not authorized for remote login

When you are logged into a server and you try to login to a networked workstation using a user that is one of the roaming profile users. Try two things in AD add them to the administrator group. If ...

Cannot connect to a sub directory in a shared drive when the rest of it is fine.

All directories in a shared drive are accessible but one buried deep down cant be accessed, you get a permission violation message. The user has a roaming profile and other users when logging on this ...

User with a roaming profile having issues when logged onto a new machine

This has been noticed in a compoany using roaming profiles where they were previously in a workgroup. The machine they use will create a new user profile such as user.domain instead of just user. ...

Setting up a VPN connection using Draytek

Insight Legal software throws an execption error

Profile List Location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Cannot backup exchange error log shows time disparity

The clocks on the exchange server, AD & DC might be out by more than 6 minutes. Change the time so they are all the same. You can set NTP time as follows; By default, the clients computers get th...

DNS errors

DNS errors can be ch3ecked by using nslookup bbc.co.uk. This will show the DNS server and the IP of the entered website. In this case the BBC.

Getting to Safe mode when you cant use F8 such as UEFI

As Windows boots press the restart button when you see the Windows logo and an on screen timer. On the third attempt it should load up the advanced options Safe mode is one of these.   Advanced...

Network giving IP error even when on DHCP

There is a Microsoft update wich affects Win 7,8,10. It knocks of the IP settings and no DNS or DHCP settings resolve. The affected machine was set using DHCP. Changed this to a fixed ip but it did no...

Getting past EUFI to a CD/DVD

There are a few methods. The favourite is to keep hitting ESC or turning it off mid boot. There are many solutions that are on the net but the one that worked was to get to the BIOS, set Secureboot t...

When the internet cant be browsed with anything

There are several things that can give this problem; No internet service - check with another device and find a non-cached page such as bbc.co.uk/news. Do this on both devices.  If nothing happe...

Inability to run SFC /scannow due to pending repair

If you have a system that you want to run the SFC /scannow command and all you get back is system repair "flag" set so you keep getting "There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to compl...

When Windowes doesnt work with older help files such as in Lotus

Here is a solution (thanks to Komeil Bahmanpour): Go to his site: http://www.komeil.com/

Windows update stooping old printers Nov 2017

An update has ruined printer support in win7-10 run the following commands in an elevated user command windows.   wusa /uninstall /kb:4048952 /quiet /warnrestart wusa /uninstall /kb:4048953 ...

email button greyed out and EWS error in programs sending directly

Usually the Security Certificate has expired. Run SBS Server Console, Select Network, Connectivity, fix my network. It will list the errors, untick the ones you dont want to correct and then click on...

App can't open with built in administrator account

These are the requirements to be able to run Apps. Make sure y

When you press £ but get # and @ becomes " Keyboard wrong keys

Its a keyboard / layout / region thing. You will probably find in Windows 10 that your Keyboard has decided to become US.   How to add a keyboard layout in Windows 10 Click the start menu or...

SQL unfair / excessive memory usage

SQL Server is using all of the memory. Period. No matter how much memory you put in a system, SQL Server will use all it can get until it’s caching entire databases in memory and then some.&nbs...

When NS lookup retrurns ::1

Disable IPV6 in the NIC server settings

NS lookup returns unknown but with correct IP

You need to open DNS server in administrative tools Solution 1 Open up Reverse lookup zones, if no entries action; add new zone, accept default settings and then add first three octets of dns for ex...

NSlookup timing out after two seconds

If you are on a server and NSlookup times out then check have you got a DNS server name and IP. If not then check this knowledgebase for an answer first. If it has but doesnt return say bbc.co.uk the...

When Remote Desktop has two screens to use remotely

onfiguring a multiple-monitors connection Launch Remote Desktop Connection in the normal way.. .Expand the Remote Desktop Connection window so that you can see all the tabs. Choose the Display tab an...

You only have one network adaptor but there appers to be another "Phantom" one

Close Windows* Device Manager. Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt, and enter the following commands:

How to save credentials for RDP connections

Go here https://theitbros.com/enable-saved-credentials-usage-rdp/  

Lost email addresses in Outlook

When you have a new or repaired computer and you use Outlook and you type start typing an email address in the To: box and its not there any more? Or How Do I Populate The AutoComplete Name List In ...

Slow Microsoft Office 2019

We have seen this as "stuttering" after any Office item is loaded. Disabling graphics accelleration in the program and registry seems to have cured this. Disable Hardware Graphics Acceleration In so...

Microsoft Excel – SGXLADDIN.dll could not be found

Microsoft Excel – SGXLADDIN.dll could not be found  Problem Seen when launching Microsoft Excel..

How to stop Word saving to OneDrive

How to stop Word saving to OneDrive

Windows server CBS files

Sometimes the CBS file becomes too large. The best solution is to go to /windows/logs/cbs and delete the files in there.

When brave the browser flashes open then closes

A recent issue with Brave’s ad-block list distribution infrastructure caused a small number of users to experience out-of-memory related freezes on startup. The issue has been resolved, but affe...

Installing Windows and you get a "Cannot install on this volume" message

If you get some sort of error message when installing Windows or Server like this:  “Windows is unable to install to the selected location” with an error code 0x80300001 or MBR probl...

Multiple RDP sessions on Windows 10 RDP Wrapper and problem solved

Enable Remote Desktop Host support with multiple concurrent RDP sessions. 

Disable Defender firewall for Domain in a network server 2019 Essentials GREYED OUT

You can turn off the firewall in most Windows environments using control panel. If you have a server or PC joining a domain then you may find the domain firewall settings are greyed out so you ca...

Changing a single server from FRS to DFS

I have been trying tio sort out this problem for a while as I want to add a new server as a DC and turn off the old DC. Every time I tried I found that I had an error so I went searching for an articl...

Adding a new Domian controller Windows Server 2012

Nice simple guide with all the options Windows Server 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aR_0Fp55mg

Server doesnt show up in network on any machine or even on its own listing.

Why, oh, why, don't Microsoft turn these on when you set up a server? This is a question of network Discovery and services. Make sure all the discoveries are turned on the host PC's.

How to disable the display timeout and "return to log in" setting

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Juniper firewall wont connect or work

When you connect a Juniper network to an exisiting network such as if the mains lead to the firewall was removed or turned off.   You will see the power light and all the others flash on and all netwo...

How to change the PDP listening port

RDP Remote Desktop Protiocol is a really useful remote access tool, It allows you to use copy and paste, download and upload files. It also comes free and is easy to setup on every Windows machine. Ho...

Setting a server to use an NTP server time source

Setting a server to use an NTP server   Internet time tab on the clock/da

Cant connect to a netwroked drive, says you dont have permission, ask administrator

PC is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions