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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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
Read More »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…
Read More »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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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…
Read More »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 !=…
Read More »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,…
Read More »Recently, I had a task that required 100s of folders to be compressed into individual archives. Manually this would have taken several days. I found a script and modified to suit my needs. I chose 7-Zip command line edition as it is only one file and offers the highest compression. 7-Zip is available at here. The only other file needed…
Read More »This little script will fix the Windows could not search for new updates Error Code 80245003 error message. It also serves another purpose. Whenever I create a new image, I want to eliminate as much clutter as possible for the smallest possible image. Sometimes the SoftwareDistribution folder can contain 100s of megabytes of files that are unneeded for an image….
Read More »Factory reset the Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter for Vonage. Years ago, bought a Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter to connect to Vonage. It has a nice web based interface where I assigned the adapter a static IP. Over time, I changed the layout of my network and wanted to change the IP address of the adapter only to find that I…
Read More »Several years ago, I came upon a script that would recursively traverse through a folder tree and create a M3U playlist for each folder respectively. I slightly modified the script to fit my requirements. This script will look for MP3 and WMA files and create a M3U file. For the desired results, put the script in the root folder of…
Read More »In an attempt to reinstall Groove to correct an error, I wanted to use the saved account file “Account for name.grv”. Groove, however, returned the error “Saved account for name is too old and cannot be used”. Microsoft explains the cause as “This problem occurs because Groove does not accept account data that is more than 60 days old.” Then…
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VWMware folders can get congested with log files, file fragmentation, and bloated file sizes. To remedy this, there is a utility available through VMware called VMware-mount-5.5.0-18463.exe. This utility will also work with version 6 of VMware (tested!). It offers among other things, several command line tools for handling VMware files. Along with a couple of handy scripts, that I have…
Read More »Intermittent Blue Screens 0x00008086 (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,0x00000000) The cause is the Intel Matrix Storage Manager version 4.0.0.6211 (3-23-2004) driver installed on the Dell Dimension 8400 series desktops. Source: www.my3cents.com Source: www.dellcommunity.com Source: www.experts-exchange.com Resolution: Download and update the Intel Matrix Storage Manager for the Intel 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller – Version: 4.0.0.6211 (3-23-2004). Intel Matrix Storage Manager (* indicates recommended…
Read More »Microsoft Outlook XP / 2003 will not open attachments that are .MSG files, where once it did. The cause is a Google Desktop plug-in. To resolve, Open Outlook. Go to Tools > Options > Other Advanced Option… > Addin Manager. Deselect [ ] Google Desktop Search Outlook Addin I have verified this resolution to work on both Outlook XP and…
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