technomummy | February 24, 2010
A few funny Outlook problems lately – both very frustrating, but easy to fix.
Problem 1 – Outlook won’t start
A user couldn’t start Outlook, he wasn’t clear about the error he was getting. Tried creating a new mail profile and that did fix it, but he had settings he wanted to keep in the old profile, [...]
technomummy | September 17, 2009
This error occurred when upgrading a virtual machine image that was about six months old, so I don’t know exactly which one of the many updates I applied to it caused the error. The error occurred when I tried to go to Central Administration, telling me that my web.config file had an error on line [...]
technomummy | August 14, 2009
OK, so first of all this was the extremely frustrating “an unexpected error has occurred”…. So, first to get a more useful error:
This error was coming up in Sharepoint’s Central Administration page, so first locate the config file for this site:
Right-click My computer, select Manage. Then go to Services and Applications, and select Internet Information Service.
Open the [...]
admin | August 5, 2009
This has happened now with the last two iPhone updates – running the update from iTunes re-locks the phone! After an update, the symptoms are:
The iPhone goes into Emergency mode – it shows the USB cable graphic on the home screen, and will only allow emergency calls.
In iTunes, the iP{hone is recognised, but iTunes asks [...]
technomummy | June 20, 2009
Noticed this evening that for some reason my audio suddenly went kaput – volume icon in the system tray was showing with a red X though it, saying “no audio device detected”. A quick look around in Device Manager showed the audio driver not listed, and Scan for new hardware detected nothing. Tried many options [...]
technomummy | June 18, 2009
When running Office 2007 through a remote desktop connection to a terminal server, I found that the Enable Live Preview option was greyed out and unavailable (e.g. in Excel 2007: Office button, Excel Options). The tooltip shows Previews have been automatically disabled based on Terminal Server settings, connection speed or animation settings on this machine.
Extensive [...]
technomummy | June 13, 2009
Using Excel to work on large spreadsheets can get confusing, when you scroll down to the bottom of the page – and lose your headings as they scroll off the top! Here’s the solution – it’s called “freeze panes”. In Excel 2007:
Go to the View tab on the ribbon.
Click on the Freeze Panes button, and [...]
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