Month: February 2008

How to Setup IIS6 with the Tomcat 5 Connector – Step by Step Guide.

How to Setup IIS6 with the Tomcat 5 Connector – Step by Step Guide. A complete guide step by step with pictures on how to setup Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0 and Tomcat 5 on a Microsoft Windows 2003 server to use the Tomcat ISAPI redirector. Prerequisites (installed on test machine) Procedure Step 1: Add the ISAPI redirect to Tomcat…

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IIS6: How to delete items from the Default Application Pool

The applications details are stored in the IIS Metabase. IIS6 Resource Kit Tools available from Microsoft contains a utility Metabase Explorer. This utility may be used to delete the desired entries. Once installed, Start > All Programs > IIS Resources > Metabase Explorer. IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools | Download

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Microsoft Office 2003 missing SKU011.CAB

A recent update hosed the installation of Microsoft Office 2003. Whenever someone attempted to launch Excel, it would begin the installation process then a popup indicating that SKU011.CAB could not be found. The solution is to open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Delivery\. Once there you will see a string similar to this one {90xx0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}. The xx may be most likely…

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EMC Documentum eRoom “incorrect type” error and fix

When attempting to import eRooms into a new installation of the following error message may appear: Unfortunately, eRoom was unable to process this dialog, because this operation could not be performed. The object or data that eRoom was manipulating was of an incorrect type for the operation being performed on it. The resolution as directed by the EMC technical support…

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EMC Documentum eRoom error code 0x80040fff fix

After installing EMC Documentum eRoom and when attempting to create an eRoom site. The following error message may occur: Unfortunately, eRoom was unable to create the site, because of an unanticipated error (0x80040fff) Couldn’t find the resolution anywhere, there were many articles that touched on the subject but not as thorough as I needed. It turned out to be something…

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EMC Documentum eRoom 7.3.2a Installation Guide

EMC Documentum eRoom 7.3.2a Advanced Configuration: Two servers both running Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 (Standard Edition) Server 1: SQL server (assumption that it is already installed) Server 2: eRoom server and eRoom Index Server Prerequisites: Server 2: eRoom server and eRoom Index Server

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EMC Documentum eRoom upgrade from 7.3.2a to 7.3.4 plus DST patch procedure

I recently upgraded EMC Documentum eRoom 7.3.2a to 7.3.4 plus DST patch. Each upgrade took about 15 minutes each. This environment is using the MSSQL Advanced edition. Files needed: MSSQLAdvancedSetup_7.3.4.exe IndexServerSetup_7.3.4.exe eRoomDSTPatch2007.exe (September 2007) This answered a few questions I had in mind. Q: How to upgrade eRoom 7.3.2a to eRoom 7.3.4? A: I couldn’t find the answer, so this…

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#1045 – Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: NO) fix

On a test box running an older version of WAMP, I wanted to correct an installation oversight, the user root with no password. After installing several databases, I decided to change the user root password from no password to some password. After doing so, I immediately encountered the following error: #1045 – Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: NO)…

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Cannot connect to remote MySQL database. Resolution.

While attempting to access a remote MySQL database, you may be presented with a permissions error. There are several ways to resolve this via command line or via MySQL Administrator a GUI. MySQL Administrator is a program for performing administrative operations, such as configuring, monitoring and starting and stopping a MySQL server, managing users and connections, performing backups, and a…

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Documentum 5.3 SP5 Application Builder install error and resolution

Recently, we had upgraded Documentum 5.25 SP5 to Documentum 5.3 SP5. We proceeded to upgrade the client workstations without error. When attempting to upgrade the image of the workstation, I received an unusual error. Documentum 5.3 SP5 Application Builder appears to install correctly until the pop-up error “Failed to verfy/update MFC dll entry in registry – Expression failed: str !=…

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Change Background Color at Logon or CTL-ALT-DEL

Change CTL-ALT-DEL Background Color Annoyance:All servers in server environment had a gray background at login, except for one. The reason for this difference is that one server had been upgraded from an earlier version of Windows. To change the background to the desired shade of grey, edit the following settings in the registry with regedit. Note:The color codes are RGB,…

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