After installing Windows 2008 R2 and then running the updates you start getting “There was a problem starting oobefldr.dll The specified module could not be found” being displayed as a error pop up when logging in to the desktop?

Just remove…
/HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Currentversion/Run/WindowsWelcomeCenter
Log off and back on and and messages are now gone!

Enjoy Continue reading

VMware ESX 4 -> Failed to update disk partition information.

After creating a new LUN on a Dell MD3000i, I wanted to add the new iSCSI LUN to my ESXi server. Everything went fine, the LUN was presented and the Add storage wizard has found the new LUN. But when i wanted to complete the wizard, the following error came up:

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HP LaserJet 1020-1022 Print Spooler dies repeatedly

On July 7, 2010, in How-to, by Cubert aka (Cube Dweller)

 Do you have a HP LaserJet 10-1022 printers and everytime someone prints a PDF file it kills the print spooler?

 The SDhp1020.dll was build by 2 different companies, Zenographics Inc, and by Marvell Semiconductor. The Marvell version of the drivers crash when printing some PDF  files. Of course the Marvell version is also the current / latest version so your likely to get this driver if you download from HP web site.

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Outlook Express “Compact Messages” pop-up

On July 6, 2010, in How-to, by Cubert aka (Cube Dweller)

I have a user who every time they log in they get a pop up notice that Outlook Express needs to be compacted. They don’t use Outlook Express so why would it need to be compacted?

The short answer is that it does not. There is a issues with Windows Search indexing.

So here is the fix!

If you’re using Windows Search, right click the System Tray Continue reading

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Mac OSX Leopard Guest Setup under VirtualBox

On July 2, 2010, in How-to, by Cubert aka (Cube Dweller)

MAC on Windows

How to install and run a MAC on a windows or Linux systems virtually has been made easy with the tools and instructions available for download. 

Download EmpireEFI and Full Pdf Manual here –>  MAC-Leopard_Vbox-VM

With just a little effort you can run MAC OSX 10 Snow Leopard on your windows system or linux system. You can buy OSX at BestBuy for about $30 and get for free Continue reading

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APC NetBotz 200 Cacti Temp and Humidity Graphs

On June 24, 2010, in How-to, Scripting, by Cubert aka (Cube Dweller)

How to Graph the APC NetBotz 200 Environment Monitor

Get the data templates ->  cacti-apc-netbotz200-data-templates

Cacti Temp and Humidity Graphs for the APC NETBOTZ 200 is different from the NETBotz 400 and 600 models.

The APC Netbotz200 has 8 sensor inputs on the device so each input has a OID associatedwith it. What I did was scan the MIBs available and found where the Temp and Humidity Continue reading

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Florida Beach Shark Buddy

On June 13, 2010, in Life, by Cubert aka (Cube Dweller)

This video was shot in Melbourne Beach Florida and the man in this video is Charlie “The Bisket” McDuffie, a life time local of Brevard County. He is the sharkyest, scruffy beach rodder on the East Coast and known well by many at any bait shop or watering hole Melbourne has to offer. Here he debates whether to keep his new found 7 foot shark or push him back in Continue reading

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JailBreaking Iphone 3.1.3 on Windows XP

If your using the new Spirit.exe on windows you may get a error or 2. Not a big issue at all. Here is how to fix the 2 most common errors

You may get the error code displayed by Spirit  “error code: c0000138″

To solve the problem, copy the file c:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\libeay32.dl

 to c:\Windows\System32\

Then run Continue reading

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Cleaning Up the Exchange 2003 Server’s SMTP Queues after NDR attacks

On May 7, 2010, in How-to, by Cubert aka (Cube Dweller)

Warning: This process will delete all email that is due to go to external recipients. Internal messages are not affected, neither are new inbound messages from the Internet unless they are from the spammer continuing to try and abuse your server.

Capturing the Messages Into a Single Queue

This process requires an SMTP connector for all addresses. If you don’t already have one (with a * on the Continue reading

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The configuration information of the performance library “C:\WINDOWS\system32\perfts.dll” for the “TermService” service does not match the trusted performance library information stored in the registry. The functions in this library will not be treated as trusted.

This problem occurs when the size and the date of the Perfts.dll file in Windows Server 2003 SP2 dose not match the size and the date of the entry stored earlier in the registry Continue reading

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