Windows 7 – Windows Updates keeps failing with Error 80071A90: Scenario: When trying to install Windows updates on a Windows 7 PC and after you reboot to apply, Windows reverts back changes and doesn’t apply updates as if nothing has happened! Resolutions: KB2647753 is the fix. Click Here to Download KB2647753 apply it and restart. […]
Windows Search and Windows Updates don’t work after replacing laptop drives with a newer bigger cloned Hard Drive or after replacing one of the RAID disks: Scenario: You have a Windows computer and space is running out. You replace it with a newer and bigger cloned/imaged hard drive (cloned with Symantec Ghost for instance). After […]
Default Username and Password for Ricoh MP C2551 Printer: User: Admin Password: blank (no password) For security purposes, change it when you can. If you find this article helpful, please send us a note to Mike@bostonIT.com
How to Stop, Start or Force Restart iSeries AS400 Enhanced Fax Support: 1- End Fax Support ENDFAXSPT FAXD(*ALL) ENHSRV(*YES) and press ENTER 2- Confirm that the QFAXSBS and QFQSBS subsystems have ended: WRKSBS You might need to wait for a few minutes for them to end 3- Vary off and on the controllers: WRKCFGSTS CFGTYPE(*CTL) […]
How to force end stuck iSeries (AS400) Writer: Writer name P8 (for instance) ENDWTR P8 *IMMED CALL QSPENDWA P8 varry off P8 vary on P8 STRPRTWTR P8 After that check Outq for messages
How to Configure Hot Failover – Cisco ASA 5510, 5500 Series Firewalls – Active/Standby: Two ASAs have identical hardware specs From “Show version” compare the licenses installed. Licenses must match on both ASAs. If you are running ASA IOS 8.3 and above, licenses don’t need to match. Before upgrading to 8.3 (in case you want […]
Microsoft Hosted Exchange – How to grant a user full permissions on a room mailbox in Office 365: Email address of user to be granted access: User123@domain.com Room mailbox email address: Room123@domain.com You need to do that through Powershell. Powershell is part of Windows 7. From your Windows 7 machine, run Powershell as admin (right click […]
Windows Server 2008 Takes Too Long to Restart or Shutdown. Had two identical Lenovo ThinkServer servers loaded with Windows Server 2008 SP1 (not R2) and when restarting or shutting down, it would take over 30 minutes for them to restart. When you press restart in Windows, Keyboard and Mouse appear unresponsive and the screen halts. […]
Users don’t receive Mailbox Quota Warnings in Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1/SP2 – Quota Warnings Aren’t Generated This is a design update that Microsoft made in Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1. Prior to Service Pack 1, quota warning messages were generated automatically whenever the mail users hit the quota warning threshold. After Service Pack 1 […]
How to Disable Open File Security Warning in Windows 7 When Openning Files on the Local or Network Drives: Click Start –> Search or Run, Type gpedit.msc and hit enter In the left pane, click on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and Attachment Manager. In the right pane, double click on […]