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I recently came across this problem. I have a Centos 5 server that I tried to update using yumex. I selected the updates I wanted and tried to apply the updates. Yumex started to process but would hang before any of them were installed.I tried to install one update at a time to see if […]
I had a client recently who run running a windows XP Pro laptop. This client needed to change windows domains. In this process a new windows user profile was created.After setting up Outlook the user then tried to send email to friends on his contact list. The user used to be able to type a […]
This one had me stumped for a while today.I had to rebuild a clients PC and was attempting to re-install XP Pro. The install started fine but would error out with a message about “XP Pro installation cannot copy files from installation disk”. I restarted the setup several times and the error would come up […]
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Here is one that I hope someone finds useful.I recently was installing VMWare ESXi server on a Dell Optiplex GX280. Upon install I was getting an error about an invalid option in Bios and that I needed to Disable “limit CPUID value” or “Support Legacy NT4 OS” in the BIOS. My Dell system did not […]
I recently tried to upgrade my AVG Free Antivirus version 8 to the new 8.5 version. I downloaded the new installer and ran it like usual. It appeared to go through the installer OK, however after the final reboot I did not have any Antivirus software loaded. I decided to uninstall whatever version may or […]
Here is another strange oddity that I had to fix recently.I had a user running Windows XP with SP3 that upon log in the desktop items would all come up ok but when the user clicked on anything to open any application the pc would freeze. At first the mouse would still be able to […]
Here is one that might help someone.I have a HP Media Center PC 7160n that would not turn on. Not even power up the fan.I tried all of the standard things like holding the power button for 10 seconds removing the cmos battery and then put it back switching the small red power switch back […]
This one got the better of me for an hour or so before I figured it out. I was trying to sync my cell phone with my desk pc to get my calendar and contact items. I had previously synced my phone with an Exchange server but I removed that sync relationship. I then tried […]
This one seems that it wouldn’t help but I have to post a quick note about Cat6 Cables verses Cat 5/5e cables. I have been fighting with a server that has a Gb network card attached to a Gb switch barely reaching 100Mb/sec network speeds. As it turned out the cables that were connecting the […]