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Microsoft Exchange Woes

Event Date6/29/10 Problem:Block incoming email with certain subject or from address in Exchange 2010
Event Date4/22/10 Problem:Configure Exchange 2010 (v.12) to relay mail from another mail server.
Event Date4/13/10 Problem:Set maximum message size and storage limits on MS Exchange Server 2010
Event Date9/29/09 Problem:User can not authenticate via POP3 to Exchange Server 2003
Event Date7/24/09 Problem:Update Intelligent Message Filter(IMF) on Exchange Server 2003 SP2
Event Date7/24/09 Problem:User on Windows Vista Business reports an "0x800CCC90" error message on Windows Mail when attempting to POP email from Exchange Server
Event Date7/23/09 Problem:Exchange Server 2003 IMF handling messages greater than NOT equal to the SCL setting defined.
Event Date7/20/09 Problem:Variety of Exchange services, including POP3, did not restart after reboot on Exchange Server 2003.
Event Date6/09/09 Problem:Multiple users complain that they can not access their Exchange folders from Outlook
Event Date4/27/09 Problem:POP Service on Exchange Server 2003 did not automatically start and will not manually start after reboot.
Event Date4/27/09 Problem:Exchange Server 2003 Event Viewer Application log shows Event ID 9548 [...] messages for disabled user accounts.
Event Date3/3/09 Problem:User reports that an email was unable to be sent as the maximum number of recipients has been exceeded.
Event Date2/26/09 Problem:Add email aliases on Exchange Server 2003
Event Date11/26/08 Problem:Configure Exchange Server 2003 to block spam (a.k.a. Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) using Inteligent Message Filter (IMF)
Event Date8/26/08 Problem:Enabling SSL on IIS 6.0 / Windows Server 2003 with self-signed certificate for employee areas and of website as well as OWA
Event Date7/10/08 Problem:User on Windows Vista Business reports an "0x800CCC19" error message on Windows Mail when attempting to POP email from Exchange Server
Event Date7/10/08 Problem:User on Windows Vista Business reports that they are unable to send email from Outlook Web Access (OWA).
Event Date5/16/08 Problem:Set maximum message size in Exchange Server 2003 (6.5)
Event Date5/13/08 Problem:User reports that they are unable to authenticate their POP connection in Windows Mail 6.0 on Vista Business SP1 to Microsoft Exchange Server.
Event Date8/15/07 Problem:Exchange Server 2003 (6.5) SP1 webmail (OWA) page returns a 404.
Event Date7/11/07 Problem:Exchange Server 2003 (6.5) SP1 webmail (OWA) page returns a 404.
Event Date3/27/07 Problem:Forward email bound for local address to a list of external addresses and keep a local copy on Exchange Server 2003 (6.5) SP1.

Microsoft IIS Woes

Event Date5/20/10 Problem:Enable "Blat.exe" in the "cgi-bin" directory on IIS 7.0 / Server 2008
Event Date6/12/09 Problem:Remove "220 Microsoft FTP Service" banner displayed by File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service on Windows Server 2003 / IIS 6.0
Event Date8/26/08 Problem:Enabling SSL on IIS 6.0 / Windows Server 2003 with self-signed certificate for employee areas and of website as well as OWA
Event Date5/26/08 Problem:Configure 301 redirects ("moved permanently") on IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 Server
Event Date7/11/07 Problem:Website shows "Directory listing denied. Virtual does not allow contents listed." on HTTP request.
Event Date3/28/07 Problem:Enable Perl for IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 Server

Microsoft Office Woes

Event Date8/30/10 Problem:Office 2007 installation would not activate over internet.
Event Date8/25/10 Problem:Change ribbon/toolbar colors in Office 2007
Event Date7/12/10 Problem:Office 2007 applications will not open and display insufficient memory or disk space errors
Event Date6/22/10 Problem:The Trial version of Office 2007 Pro will not uninstall on XP
Event Date9/4/09 Problem:User can not open a .wps file
Event Date9/2/09 Problem:Office 97 converts hyperlinks with a mapped drive letter to UNC. Even when using "file://K:\".
Event Date7/30/09 Problem:Disable Office 97 Find Fast
Event Date4/29/09 Problem:User would like to change name and initials used for coments in Office 97 documents.
Event Date4/24/09 Problem:SolidWorks 2009 Viewer displays "Error creating instance MSXML2::Document" error message followed by Microsoft "Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:\PROGRA~1\SOLIDW~1\SWViewer.exe Abnormal program termination".

Microsoft Access Woes

Event Date3/23/10 Problem:Different ways to define the Access 97 workgroup information file (SYSTEM.MDW).
Event Date1/12/10 Problem:Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it on this machine
Event Date8/14/09 Problem:"This application has failed to start because msjet35.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem." error when opening Office 97 applications
Event Date12/15/08 Problem:User reports that MS Access '97 displays error messages when attempting to funnel email through Outlook 2003.
Event Date10/7/08 Problem:Add user to existing MS Access '97 workgroup information file (SYSTEM.MDW).
Event Date7/29/06 Problem:Access 97 "out of memory" on Windows XP Pro w/ 1GB RAM

Microsoft Excel Woes

Event Date4/8/10 Problem:Excel 97 crashes when copying a sheet in a workbook
Event Date12/30/08 Problem:User is unable to open a .xlsx file.
Event Date12/05/07 Problem:User would like autosave or autobackup in Word and Excel '97.
Event Date9/26/07 Problem:User reports "A document with the name 'whatever.xls' is already open in Excel 97

Microsoft Outlook Woes

Event Date9/1/10 Problem:User complains that new employee is not in Outlook 2007 Global Address List (GAL)
Event Date6/22/10 Problem:Transfer Outlook 2003 autocomplete cache to Outlook 2007 on another computer.
Event Date6/21/10 Problem:Outlook 2007 on Win 7 will not open. Shows "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window." error message.
Event Date5/6/10 Problem:Turn off reading / preview pane for all folders in Outlook 2007
Event Date1/8/10 Problem:User can not print email message to Acrobat Distiller 5 from Outlook 2003
Event Date12/21/09 Problem:Set default MS Exchange server via a login script or a group policy at domain level
Event Date12/7/09 Problem:Setup Outlook to access two or more Exchange Server mailboxes using different Outlook logons from one profile.
Event Date8/25/09 Problem:Create distribution list in Outlook 2003
Event Date3/24/09 Problem:Sending a SMS message via Email
Event Date3/19/09 Problem:User does not have permission to create new contact list in Outlook Public Folders
Event Date3/18/09 Problem:User reports a "There was a problem reading one or more of your reminders. [...]" error message when opening Outlook 2003
Event Date3/9/09 Problem:User reports a MAPI failure when trying to mail a Word document as an attachment.
Event Date2/17/09 Problem:Default path to attachments in Outlook 2003
Event Date2/13/09 Problem:Opening, closing and creating .pst files in Outlook 2003
Event Date1/23/09 Problem:User would like Korean fonts installed for Outlook 2003
Event Date12/19/08 Problem:User would like to create their own distribution list in Outlook 2003
Event Date12/15/08 Problem:User reports that MS Access '97 displays error messages when attempting to funnel email through Outlook 2003.
Event Date11/24/08 Problem:Print messages from Outlook 2003 with a list of the attachments
Event Date11/24/08 Problem:User created Contacts are not available to send to in Outlook 2003
Event Date7/28/08 Problem:Outlook 2003 shows attachment list in an email compressed to a line only a few pixels tall..
Event Date7/7/08 Problem:Remove original message from reply in Microsoft Outlook 2003
Event Date6/23/08 Problem:Multiple users with Outlook 2003 on Windows XP SP2 Unable to open the Outlook messages.
Event Date6/17/08 Problem:Send email as another user in Outlook 2003 / Exchange Server
Event Date5/31/08 Problem:Open two Microsoft Exchange 2003 (6.5) mailboxes in Outlook 2003
Event Date5/14/08 Problem:Multiple users report "Can not connect to Exchange Server."
Event Date4/25/08 Problem:Multiple users with Outlook 2003 on Windows XP SP2 see "Your Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable."
Event Date4/17/08 Problem:Inserting file as a signature into Outlook 2003 SP1
Event Date12/14/07 Problem:User reports that buttons for adding attachments in Outlook 2003 have disappeared.
Event Date11/09/07 Problem:User would like to save received email message as Word document from Outlook 2003 with message headers.
Event Date10/12/07 Problem:User reports printing from compose window in Outlook 2003 shows message headers on some workstations but not another.
Event Date10/12/07 Problem:User reports inability to set line spacing to double via Format > Paragraph in Outlook 2003 on one workstations but not another.
Event Date8/1/07 Problem:User's corporate email contains a link to buy "Spam Detection" software from hotbar.com
Event Date8/1/07 Problem:Outlook 2003 reports that it can not connect to Exchange Server after power outage
Event Date7/16/07 Problem:Send email from Outlook 2003 for supervisor.
Event Date7/13/07 Problem:Remove autocomplete email address from Outlook 2003
Event Date4/30/07 Problem:Message headers not printing from Outlook 2003 composition window on Windows XP SP2

Microsoft Word Woes

Event Date8/25/10 Problem:Word 2007 default paper size set to 11x17 landscape
Event Date4/19/10 Problem:Word 97 Spell Check does not work with only "User" level permissions on WinXP.
Event Date8/17/09 Problem:Word 2003 shows "Microsoft Office Word has detected that your computer has a verion of Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker that is known to cause instabilities in Word 2003." with Acrobat 5.0.5 on XP
Event Date5/27/09 Problem:Mail Merge in Word 97 deletes text form fields
Event Date5/26/09 Problem:Using Mail Merge with Word 97 and Outlook 2003
Event Date5/19/09 Problem:User is unable to open a .docx file.
Event Date4/23/09 Problem:Use different headers/footers and use landscape layout on some pages in Word 97 document.
Event Date2/26/09 Problem:Total Number of Pages display in MS Word 97 and 2003 header frequently shows "Page 5 of 1" instead of the actual number of pages.
Event Date2/18/09 Problem:Determine Word version of a .doc file
Event Date12/18/08 Problem:User reports "The disk is full" error message when trying to save a Word 2003 document.
Event Date12/18/08 Problem:User would like to print a Word 97 document as a fold over book. States that another user can do so with ease.
Event Date9/5/08 Problem:Microsoft Word does not print images.
Event Date7/22/08 Problem:User unable to align lines between boxes in existing Word 97 flow chart.
Event Date3/13/08 Problem:Word 97 does not correctly show or print smart quotes (“” vs "") in Word 2003 document.
Event Date12/14/07 Problem:User reports opening Project '98 and Word '97 files causes Windows XP SP2 to slow down and freeze.
Event Date12/05/07 Problem:User would like autosave or autobackup in Word and Excel '97.
Event Date11/15/07 Problem:User reports "A document with the name 'whatever.doc' is already open.
Event Date6/27/07 Problem:Printed Word document shows comments
Event Date6/5/07 Problem:Microsoft Word 2003 on Windows XP Pro SP1 freezes on print sometimes.
Event Date4/25/07 Problem:Images not showing on Microsoft Word XP Document but are present when printed.
Event Date4/10/07 Problem:Insert watermarks on Word 97 document
Event Date4/25/06 Problem:User reports that images are invisible on Word XP document.

Microsoft Paint Woes

Event Date3/5/09 Problem:User states the the "Print Screen" key doesn't work on Windows XP SP3
Event Date7/8/08 Problem:Unleashing the hidden power and features contained in Microsoft Paint!

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Woes

Event Date9/30/10 Problem:User encountered fake Microsoft Secuity Essentials (MSE) message
Event Date9/10/10 Problem:Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) scans mapped drives.
Event Date6/5/10 Problem:Install and configure Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) remotely

Microsoft SQL Server

Event Date9/28/10 Problem:MS SQL Server 2000 Backup Notes
Event Date9/15/10 Problem:Connecting MASTERControl on 64-bit Windows 7 to 32-bit SQL Server 2000
Event Date7/15/10 Problem:SQL Server 2000 installation fails with "previous program installation" error across multiple reboots.
Event Date7/15/10 Problem:Installing SQL Server 2000 Connectivity Tools on Vista/7 generates Program Compatibility Errors.

Microsoft Visio Woes

Event Date6/9/10 Problem:Remove Visio 4

Microsoft Windows 7 Woes

Event Date9/15/10 Problem:Connecting MASTERControl on 64-bit Windows 7 to 32-bit SQL Server 2000
Event Date5/27/10 Problem:Full path to Taskbar on Windows 7
Event Date2/3/10 Problem:User can not install driver for shared Epson 740 printer on Windows 7
Event Date1/6/10 Problem:Put the contents of Control Panel or other special folders in one place with Windows 7
Event Date12/29/09 Problem:Update Windows 7 and Office 2007 license keys when using clonezilla to deploy image to multiple PCs.
Event Date12/8/09 Problem:Right-click to open Administrator command prompt to a folder on Windows 7
Event Date11/24/09 Problem:Can not install Adobe Acrobat 5 PDFWriter on Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Server 2008 Woes

Event Date10/1/10 Problem:Managing a Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server from the Command Line
Event Date8/9/10 Problem:Printers Not installing via Group Policy from Server 2008.
Event Date7/26/10 Problem:Synchronize time with external NTP server on Windows Server 2008
Event Date6/17/10 Problem:Global DNS Query Block List in Windows Server 2008 is blocking WPAD DNS record.

Microsoft Vista Woes

Event Date8/31/09 Problem:Install Font on Vista
Event Date8/4/09 Problem:Slide show created in Windows Movie Maker (WMM) and burned with DVD Maker fails at 90+% every time on Vista
Event Date5/29/09 Problem:User unable to Remote Desktop to Windows Server 2003 from Vista Home Premium
Event Date11/9/08 Problem:Telnet client for Windows Vista
Event Date8/1/08 Problem:Windows Vista Home Premium displays "Windows Media Center Receiver Service has stopped working" error message. Service will not start manually.
Event Date7/22/08 Problem:Prevent casual Windows XP SP2 and Vista users from writing to USB drives
Event Date7/12/08 Problem:User on Windows Vista reports that the register now message during Adobe Photoshop CS2 startup will not go away no matter how may times they register.
Event Date7/10/08 Problem:User on Windows Vista Business reports an "0x800CCC19" error message on Windows Mail when attempting to POP email from Exchange Server
Event Date7/10/08 Problem:User on Windows Vista Business reports that they are unable to send email from Outlook Web Access (OWA).
Event Date6/17/08 Problem:Viewing Office 2007 files on Vista w/o Microsoft Office
Event Date5/13/08 Problem:User reports that they are unable to authenticate their POP connection in Windows Mail 6.0 on Vista Business SP1 to Microsoft Exchange Server.
Event Date3/17/08 Problem:Windows Media Center on Vista Home Premium only shows black screen.
Event Date2/22/08 Problem:Install Wireless NIC in Vista Home Premium Workstation (3 Ghz AMD Dual Core, 3GB RAM)

Microsoft Storage Server 2003 Woes

Event Date6/10/10 Problem:Windows Storage Server 2003 print server stops printing to one TCP/IP port for an HP printer periodically.
Event Date7/29/09 Problem:Install Remote Agent on 64-bit Windows Storage Server 2003
Event Date7/27/09 Problem:Users complain that they can not access files on new Windows Storage Server 2003 share after File Server Migration.
Event Date7/23/09 Problem:Nagios reporting Windows Storage Server 2003 is down but, shows all services up.

Microsoft Server 2003 Woes

Event Date9/29/10 Problem:Failed disk in mirror (RAID 1) not automatically reported to I.T.
Event Date8/18/10 Problem:User can not connect to shared folder: System error 71 has occurred.
Event Date8/12/09 Problem:Backup Active Directory on Server 2003
Event Date7/24/09 Problem:Show all shares and connected users on Windows Server 2003.
Event Date7/24/09 Problem:Microsoft File Server Migration Wizard 1.2 does not show all the network shares from the source file server.
Event Date6/29/09 Problem:Multiple users report, "The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security. Please ensure that you can contact the server that authenticated you." error messages and generally poor access to network shares.
Event Date6/25/09 Problem:Users complain that network browsing is slow in AD domain.
Event Date3/23/09 Problem:The Application log in Event Viewer on Server 2003 shows Event ID 202: "The product Windows Server is out of licenses. [...]".
Event Date3/2/09 Problem:Rename or correct spelling of a user account in Active Directory on Windows Server 2003.
Event Date1/13/09 Problem:HyperTerminal on Windows Server 2003
Event Date1/12/09 Problem:Check uptime on Windows Server 2003
Event Date11/18/08 Problem:Manually configure time servers (NTP) on Windows Server 2003
Event Date11/13/08 Problem:Set a static route for one network on Windows Server 2003 and XP Pro when there are multiple gateways.
Event Date5/16/08 Problem:Where to put and set logon scripts for Active Directory on MS Windows Server 2003 SP2
Event Date2/5/08 Problem:Change default port for Remote Desktop
Event Date11/19/07 Problem:Two Windows Server 2003 machines rebooted themselves overnight.
Event Date3/11/07 Problem:PDT Changes on Windows 2003 Servers

Microsoft Windows XP Woes

Event Date10/23/10 Problem:Older Windows XP laptop cannot connect to Wireless Access Point using WPA2
Event Date9/29/10 Problem:Windows XP user reports that they had to use a temporary profile when they logged on.
Event Date8/31/10 Problem:Windows XP user reports that they had to use a temporary profile when they logged on.
Event Date8/30/10 Problem:Some Windows XP computers do not install software from Group Policy
Event Date12/31/09 Problem:User reports multiple BSOD events on Windows XP. Computer does not stay up long enough to log in.
Event Date12/14/09 Problem:Disable Display Properties Tabs for security/policy purpose
Event Date8/13/09 Problem:Disable Windows XP SP2+ "Your computer might be at risk" pop-up warnings.
Event Date8/12/09 Problem:The names of the icons displayed on the XP desktop have a background color, instead of being transparent.
Event Date5/01/09 Problem:SCHTASKS.EXE on Windows XP returns "ERROR: Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again." message when attempting to create a new scheduled task
Event Date4/30/09 Problem:Remove Windows Search (v4) / Windows Desktop Search (3v) from Windows XP when it's not listed in add/remove programs.
Event Date2/16/09 Problem:Setup Windows XP for dual English and Korean Language speaker
Event Date1/22/09 Problem:Join Windows XP Home to Domain
Event Date1/22/09 Problem:Disable autorun in Windows XP
Event Date1/5/09 Problem:User reports that Windows XP lost all file associations after running Windows Update.
Event Date11/10/08 Problem:Clear DNS Cache on Windows XP
Event Date7/22/08 Problem:Prevent casual Windows XP SP2 and Vista users from writing to USB drives
Event Date6/13/08 Problem:MD5 checksum on Windows XP SP2
Event Date5/23/08 Problem:Disable / Turn Off Startup Applications on Windows XP Pro SP2 using msconfig
Event Date5/13/08 Problem:User reports that they are unable logon to the domain from Windows XP Home.
Event Date2/5/08 Problem:Change default port for Remote Desktop
Event Date1/9/08 Problem:Define default profile (desktop background, icons, etc.) for all users on a Windows XP SP2 Workstation.
Event Date11/14/07 Problem:User reports Desktop tab on Display Properties window is missing on Windows XP SP2
Event Date6/11/07 Problem:Task Manger on Windows XP Pro SP1 has no tabs, menu or close option.
Event Date2/26/07 Problem:USB flash drive detected but not assigned letter on Windows XP Pro

Windows 98 Woes

Event Date7/27/09 Problem:Add Windows 98 to Active Directory domain.
Event Date3/11/07 Problem:PDT Changes on Windows 98

Microsoft Windows NT Woes

Event Date7/27/09 Problem:Users complain that they can not access files on new Windows Storage Server 2003 share after File Server Migration.
Event Date2/13/09 Problem:Nagios/NSClient++ does not report system information on Windows NT 4.0
Event Date3/11/07 Problem:PDT Changes on Windows NT Servers

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