The software change returned error code 1603
Troubleshooting application installations in SCCM 2012 R2 can seem daunting but it really isn’t. You just need to know where to look. A common error a lot of folks receive is “The software change...
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Configure iSCSI on Windows Server 2012 R2
It should be simple to configure iSCSI on Windows Server 2012 R2 right? While it is not rocket science and really not that difficult at all to configure, it’s also not as intuitive as...
Failed to send your message Contact Form 7
I was working on a WordPress blog recently and building a custom contact form using one of my favorite form builder plugins, Contact Form 7 when I encountered the following error every time I...
Learn IP Subnetting in 15 Minutes
As I was cleaning out some old documentation of mine that I’ve collected over the years, I came across a documents that I wrote way back in 1999 on the topic of TCP/IP basics,...
Unblock phone or device from synchronizing using Exchange ActiveSync
Exchange 2010 provides policies that allow Exchange Administrators to control which mobile devices are allowed to connect and sync with the Exchange servers using ActiveSync in an organization. When a new device attempts to connect...
Because of a security error the client could not connect to the remote computer
Old CLI thin clients running Microsoft CE 5.0 receive the following error when trying to RDP to a Windows Server 2008 R2 Terminal Server: Because of a security error, the client could not connect...
WordPress Blog Editor
One of the things all bloggers are always looking for is how can they create their blog posts quicker and easier, especially if the blog posts generally contain a lot of images and how-to’s which...
800706BA The RPC Server is unavailable
Using Powershell Patch/Audit Utility to check the Windows Update status, you receive an error, 800706BA The RPC Server is unavailable. This is a firewall issue on your Windows Server. Notice the errors 800706ba errors...
Outlook is trying to retrieve data from the Microsoft Exchange server
If you receive the following pop-up error message in Outlook 2010, Outlook is trying to retrieve data from the Microsoft Exchange server, it could very well be something going on with your Exchange Server....
Google Hangouts
Using Google Hangouts to start a video hangout is free and relatively easy to do. If I can get my technically challenged friends together from three different states to watch a three hour playoff football...
Group policy to add safe senders
Using group policy to add safe senders to Microsoft Outlook junk e-mail options is easy. Of course, it is also very easy to manually add safe senders by right-clicking the email, select Junk and...
Trust Relationship between Workstation and Primary Domain failed
I can pretty much guarantee that if you work in a Windows Active Directory environment, you’ve probably had support calls from your users stating they cannot log into their computers because of the following error message,...