Skype on Windows Mobile HTC cannot hear others

Using Skype, if you can make calls and others can hear you but you cannot hear them, check if your phone is on silent of vibrate.   Skype seems to use the same volume as playing MP3 or the ringing.   Turning up the volume fixed it for me after driving me crazy for almost … Read more

Cannot start Hyper-V virtual machines on Windows Server 2008 R2 after Reboot

We have found a really annoying and recurring problem on some of our Windows 2008 R2 servers.     The Hyper-V virtual machines will not start after a reboot. You cannot create or mount virtual drives in Disk Management.     The problem seems to randomly appear after a reboot. The problem also appears to be … Read more

How to get 7-Zip to save its File Associations in Windows 7 and Server 2008

How to get the file associations to work with 7-zip in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.       I have been asked a lot of questions about how to get the file associations to work with 7-zip in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.   The problem is you can go into the … Read more

What are the data rates for standard DS and OC services?

T-Carrier rates Trunk Carrier Level Line Data Speed Digital Signal Level DS0 Lines – 64Kbps DS0 1 T1 1.544Mbps DS1 24 T-1C (Bonded T1) 3.152Mbps DS1C 48 T2 6.312Mbps DS2 96 T3 44.736Mbps DS3 672 T4 274.176Mbps DS4 4032   Opitcal Carrier Rates (SONET) Optical Carrier Level Line Data Rate Synchronous Transport Signal OC-1 51.84Mbps … Read more

How to move the System Attendent mailbox in Exchange 2003

If you need to delete your original Exchange Information Store you will first need to move the System Attendant mailbox to another Exchange Information Store. Unfortunately Microsoft did not make this easy or obvious. The steps require using ADSIEdit     Open ADSIEdit.msc Connect to the configuration context. Drill down to find the distinguishedName of … Read more

Vista – Your network Administrator has blocked you from connecting to this network

We have had several instances of this message recently when users are attempting to connect to their wireless LAN in Microsoft Windows Vista: “Your network Administrator has blocked you from connecting to this network”     We have not yet found the cause of this. We will update this post when we do. Please add … Read more