MS Office – Cannot Add Trusted Location
Mar31

MS Office – Cannot Add Trusted Location

KB ID 0001171 Problem I was doing a Domain/Exchange/RDS migration for a client this week. He had some Macros that he used for printing. Now Macros are something I know very little about. So I had made it clear, if he had problems with them, I would not be the best person to ask. So when the call came in, that they were having problems with Macros I cringed! As it turned out, the problem wasn’t the Macros at all, it was the...

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WDS –  “The Network Path was not found” when adding an Unattend file
Nov17

WDS – “The Network Path was not found” when adding an Unattend file

KB ID 0000487 Problem Saw this last week, while trying to use an unattended file for the roll out of some machines with WDS. Every time you try and enter a value you get “The network path was not found” error, no combination of file path or UNC path seems to cure the problem. Solution This is a “work around” not a fix, essentially it will not accept any value you put into the path without throwing and error. If...

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GNS3 – Network Cards Are Missing
Nov17

GNS3 – Network Cards Are Missing

KB ID 0000964  Problem Like most techies, I am always fiddling with things. One of my mottoes is “If you never break anything, you never learn how to fix things”. So after messing around with the networks in VMware Workstation (What I typically use for connecting GNS3 to either real machines, or the outside world). I lost the network connections in GNS3 and could not get them back. Seems like any new NICs that you add are...

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ARCserve – Addling Licences
Nov17

ARCserve – Addling Licences

KB ID 0000444  Problem Normally you can just add licenses from Help > About CA ARCserve Backup > Add/View Licences. However you may find that you cannot enter a “Backup Suite” Licence code/Activation key. Solution 1. To do this you need to locate the “CALicnse.exe” file and run it. 2. This tool will let you enter the correct licenses. Note: Depending on ARCserve version the folder location may vary....

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