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June 13, 2016

How To Disable Outlook Security Warning – “A program is trying to access e-mail addresses…”

  When any software tries to access Outlook Address Book programmatically by using Outlook libraries, the system shows the security warning message – A program is […]
May 25, 2016

How to find the proper MTU size for my network

Helpful hint: One way to verify whether if it is an MTU problem is to try and access the application or website via dial up access. […]
February 24, 2016

Brother Printer Replace Toner Cartridge Message , Reset brother toner cartridge

  Problem: Replace Toner cartridge message on Brother printer MFC-7860 DW, Printer stopped printing Solution 1: Following is a hack to reset the cartridge so that […]
October 30, 2015

Spam block lists for exchange 2010 and 2007

Spam block lists for exchange 2010 and 2007 Fed up with spam.. Why not enable a block list in exhchange. Adding the IP Block List provider […]
March 17, 2015

Blank page (auth.owa Http 500) when logging into Outlook Web Access running on Exchange 2010

OK.. after a few updates have noticed that the OWA was not working .  Nothing new there..    No one  could access their e-mails via the […]
February 9, 2015

Fixing a Corrupted UEFI Partition in Windows 8 or 8.1 We get this question often lately. Here’s the scenario: I was trying to re-size or copy my UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) for one reason or another and now I can’t boot my Windows 8 or 8.1 PC. There are some free software solutions out there some seem to work some don’t. Most often when we receive this question the user has tried to use the Windows Copy command and the Windows Disk Management Tool (WDMT) to copy the UEFI partitions contents to larger partition, then uses the WDMT to delete the old UEFI partition then re-size the new one, set the new UEFI partition to active and then re-boot. This is were the trouble starts. At this point the BCD store is corrupted and the system will not boot. Here is a fix that I hope will help. Firstly, boot from a Windows 8 recovery drive (CD/DVD/USB). If you don’t have a recovery drive (and this is likely because most new machines don’t come with one), then you will either have to install the drive into another Windows 8 machine or obtain a Windows 8 recovery drive, or boot from the recovery partition of the boot drive (If this option works at this point). Don’t even bother with the automated recovery process, it will not work as it cannot find a Windows partition. You will need to choose the language and time settings. Choose ‘Repair Your Computer’. Choose ‘Troubleshooting’. Choose “Advanced Options’. Next choose ‘Command Prompt’. Next, we’re going to use the DISKPART tool to verify that the UEFI partition has a drive letter assignment. Enter ‘DISKPART’ (Enter) (In this test case we removed all other drives except the boot HDD and DVD, so we know the disk 0 is our boot HDD) DISKPART> sel disk 0 Disk 0 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> list vol There was no drive letter assignment to our UEFI partition (volume 3) so we need to assign a drive letter. DISKPART> sel vol 3 Volume 3 is the selected volume. DISKPART> assign letter=E: DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point. Exit DiskPart tool (Enter EXIT) Next, we need to change to the boot folder on the UEFI volume. Change to the UEFI volume into the boot folder. Depending on the way Windows was installed this path maybe one of the following. cd /d E:\Boot\ cd /d E:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ cd /d E:\ESD\Windows\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ Now we will need to enter three command lines to repair the BCD store. Again depending on the way Windows was installed these may not all be necessary, however command lines are are unnecessary will not affect the outcome. bootrec /fixboot bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /rebuildmbr That’s it, if all went well the BCD store should be repaired, and the system will once again boot.

We get this question often lately. Here’s the scenario: I was trying to re-size or copy my UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) for one reason or […]
February 9, 2015

How can I repair the Windows 8 EFI Bootloader?

Firstly, boot from a UEFI Windows 8 recovery disk (CD/DVD/USB) – I found that the automated recovery process didn’t find the correct Windows partition, nor when […]
July 22, 2014

Some useful wiring information

some useful wiring information..   Cable pin connections LAN Straight Cable (RJ-45) Pin Number To Pin Number 1  –  1 2 –  2 3  – 3 […]
April 30, 2014

change you key in office 2010 onwards..

It can be done via the command line.  Open up a Command Prompt (Press the Windows Button and type CMD or navigate to All Programs -> […]