AppAssure Replay backup reports Errors, ‘Unable to take VSS Snapshot of volume(s) because the VSS subsystem is in a bad state.’ or ‘Error taking snapshot of volume(s): AddToSnapshotSet failed when trying to add volume ‘C:’ – VSS Provider is not registered’
I found this to be a fairly common issue when deploying new Replay… Continue reading
Everytime you try to run the Windows Updater you always get the message “Windows can’t update important files and services while the system is using them. Save any open files and restart the computer, and try to check for new updates.“ This is caused by a Registry Key that has not been removed after a previous update.
There is… Continue reading
iTunes 10 Fails to Backup iPhone or log in to iTunes Account
This week I was presented with a new problem. A user was unable to back up her iPhone, log onto her iTunes account. Or run any updates on the device. Very frustrating for the user. To top it off, every time her computer booted up, she received the following error: “The procedure entry point sqlite3_dll wal checkpoint could not… Continue reading
So your IPhone is not getting Exchange email after setting up your account and it verifying the account during the setup?
Here is what may be going on.
The ‘Cannot Get Mail. The connection to the server failed’ error may be the cause of a simple mis-configuration in the Microsoft Active Directory services for that user. To see if it is this issue you will need to open the… Continue reading
Today we are releasing a brand new fully redesigned BBWin GUI application that will allow the user to quickly and easily add or update the BBWin.cfg file. It is a small standalone application written in C# that provides for most of the configurations that you can find in the BBWin.cfg file. From managing your disks to selecting processes and services to monitor… Continue reading
Agent Procedure “GetActiveADUsers” is a small script I created that grabs the list of all “active” users in all OU’s and pipes that information along with their email addresses to a file. The script then grabs file and stores that file in the GetFile Area inside Kaseya. The script is also setup… Continue reading
So you may have a Windows 2003 server or servers that after installing the agents, configuring permissions and setting system to Protect on your core keeps failing to grab the first snapshot from your system.
This is quite common in Windows 2003 but may see it in 2008 as well. The issue is that the Winsock is messed up. Download and run
Who has not started a RDP session to a Windows 2008 Server or Windows 7 system and had the previous domain credentials popup as the default login for the next system you touch. Well if you are like me and touch many different customers each day then you have no doubt had the login for your Windows 2008 terminal session show the log on of the previous domain that your were logged… Continue reading
Generally this condition occurs if anyone of the following conditions is true:
1. The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) that is specified in the Warning event has been defined on a Receive connector .
2. Send connector on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 transport server, and no certificate is installed on the same computer that contains the… Continue reading
Ever wanted to find that other ethernet device that was pulled from you system but don’t see it anymore in Microsoft Windows Device Manager? What about a pesky AOL adapter driver or some other non existant device that you want to get rid of?
In order to show hidden devices:
- Right click My Computer and Select Properties
- Click Advanced tab
- Click Environment Variables
