Vista run CMD as administrator from the Task Manager
One of the big problems I get when trying to trouble shoot Vista is trying to run the CMD command as administrator. There are tons of ways to do it if everything is running okay, but I sometimes find myself locked out of the normal start button or menu and have to start programs from the task manager. When you do this by simply running CMD, certain programs such as chkdsk /f will not work as it requires administrator access, so how do you start CMD as administrator?If you can start the task manager...
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You cannot use Peachtree right now ...
The error message from Peachtree Accounting stating You cannot use Peachtree right now because the serioal number(s) you have (###) are already in use by the maximum number of computers... Try logging on again. Which after running through the recommended steps by peachtree, i.e. deleting the lck files, 4 access .dat files (which I really don't get why they'd have anyone delete those) or the *.ptl files only resulted in a new error message. You cannot access Peachtree right now. Please reboot and...
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Update on SR5 update and corrected tax tables
Just an update on the Peachtree SR5 update... After I installed the update, peachtree completely crashed. I don't know if it was SR5 that did it or not, but there was nothing I could do to get any peachtree product to work in the original workstation. I finally had to install Peachtree 2010 on a new PC in order to get back to work. The data was fine. I was able to bring that over from the corrupted PC and use it, but the tax calculations for SSN withholdings is still not correct. Peachtree 2010...
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Asp coding the include directive
Few things I found by accident while programming in asp.The include directive is not part of the asp code or, in other words, the directive doesn't go between the <% %> script delimiters.Depending on your editor, the included file will not properly show the coding logic if the file extension is not .asp. I had an if then elseif end if structure and the elseif didn't show correctly. That's an editor issue. the include file doesn't have to end in .asp. The script in the include file must also...
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SQL Connection issue Vista to SQL 2005
Just had an issue where Vista Home Premium could no longer connect to SQL 2005 on a remote server after a weekend Microsoft update. The error that kept coming back was that the server could not be found. I at first thought it was a firewall issue, but being told it that a recent Microsoft Windows update had been performed, I decided to look into that.The application that uses the SQL 2005 server is called AllOrders by NumberCruncher. However, there are many applications that connect to SQL, but...
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Repairs to gotomypc printer after messing around with the manual install
After the problems that I was checking with gotomypc printers in the last post. The customer was not able to print at all. I looked on the remote desktop and found that the gotomypc driver was there, but it wasn't loading when the user connected via gotomypc. After some research, the only solution was to reinstall gotomypc on the host computer again. I'm not sure if there is a work around for this, but it did repair the problem.Btw, this is when I noticed that the waiting state is normal for gotomypc...
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HP Laserjet 1020-1022 series printer and Gotomypc
I have a customer that recently wanted to print documents from her remote PC via gotomypc. Her local printer was an HP Laserjet 1020 printer. While I was investigating this issue, I discovered that the gotomypc printer on the remote PC was hung in a waiting state. (Note: the waiting state is normal for the gotomypc printer. I found that it sits in a waiting state when the printer works, so this isn't unusual.) All the print jobs would just disappear unless she chose to print on one of the PCs...
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Windows Event 51 \Device\Harddisk1\DR4
I'm getting this error with Event ID: 51 in the System Event log. It only comes up as a warning and the confusion is on what device is DR4. I just replaced the existing Dell Raid because it was soooo slow and appeared to have many errors when doing backups or other system checks. It was in a mirrored configuration but neither hard drive had actually failed. So I did some research. DR4 translates to Disk Removable. There is some inidcation that the 4 is the USB slot it is in, but I have some reservations...
