troubleshooting

Error when running gpupdate "Windows could not evaluate the Windows Management Instrumentation for the Group Policy object"

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When working with group policies, if you get this error, make sure that you are not setting up Security Filtering for let's say, "Authenticated Users" (which is the default for a new GPO) when you're trying to set computer-level group policy settings.

C:\Users\administrator>gpupdate /force
Updating Policy...

User Policy update has completed successfully.
Computer policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encountered:

Excel print scaling is too small

If you're using Excel's "Scaling" feature to automatically size a spreadsheet to fit the dimensions of a printed page, you may have a problem where the page is printed much too small.

Unable to load client print control

If you see this message when trying to print a SQL Server Report, you probably don't have local admin rights. These instructions explain how to resolve the issue http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/client-side-printing-silent-deployment-of-rsclientPrint.aspx

 Personally, I used the excellent VNCScan to make a remote script so I
can fix this with one click.

Page Skew on HP LaserJet 1200

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If you are getting crooked prints from your printer, the solution might be as simple as replacing your toner cartridge. I was using a refurb toner cart in my HP LaserJet 1200 and thought the fuser was bad - I went so far as replacing it, before I realized that my almost-new toner cartridge was to blame.

Page skew is when the image and text on your paper is rotated or crooked. On mine, the top right corner of printing was off the page, while the top right corner looked ok. The whole print was rotated counter-clockwise.

Event 562 Success audit in Security log on Exchange 2003 Server

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If you turn on Audit Object Access, which is useful to find when and who access and deleted files, you may see thousands of Event 562 in the Windows Security event log. Here's how I fixed it.

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After turning on Success auditing for Object
Access on the SBS 2003 Server,
the security event is fills up with:

Quick fix for an iPhone battery that doesn't last for a day

My iPhone battery was very weak. It would go dead before the end of a day of moderate usage. Apple would replace my iPhone for about 200 bucks. AT&T suggested restoring my iPhone 3G from scratch, and then reloading my Apps one-by-one. I found a solution that made my iPhone 3G last all day, and then some.

"your client access licenses are not valid" on Server 2003 or SBS 2003

Event ID 1017 "The license store for the client access licenses was corrupt and had to be deleted." Other messages on the server console indicating that license usage has been exceeded, and users' inability to access network resources may be symptoms of a full C: volume.

Treesize can help with this problem by finding the largest directories on your hard drive.

Page numbers in Word 2007 still don't work correctly

I tried to combine a simple two page Word 2007 document with a two page PDF. The word document had page numbers in the footer, like "Page 1 of 2". I combined these documents into a PDF through the Windows Explorer right-click menu -- "Combine supported files in Acrobat".

In my new PDF, the page numbers were displaying incorrectly. These are the page numbers from the Word document. The page numbers said "Page 1 of 1" on the first page, and "Page 2 of 2" on the second page.

Cannot access cellular data network after iPhone jailbreak and unlock to tmobile

So you've hacked your iPhone and unlocked it with TMobile. Good for you. Now you need data access. Here's how:

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