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Add a Lookup Menu to GoldMine 9.2
I’m in the process of upgrading from GoldMine 6.5 to 9.2.1.92. I really don’t want to give up the super-fast keyboard access to the search function. For example, in GoldMine 6.5, to search for a...
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GoldMine Filter Syncs Too Many Records
Recently I upgraded from GoldMine 6.7 to 9.2.1.92. I have a filter defined that I use when syncing to Outlook. The filter count shows 1184 records, but it actually syncs 1544 records. What gives? This...
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GoldMine 9 Truncates Long Detail Names
In the process of upgrading from GoldMine 6.7 to 9.2, I discovered that Detail names longer than 20 characters were cut off. The UI seems to be inserting the comment delimiter (//) in Detail headers....
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Find Changes in GoldMine Data
The GoldMine CRM system has a powerful synchronization capability sends changed data to remote sites. But what if you need to review changes on your local machine? You can list changes to individual...
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Red X’s on Network Shares, UAC Prompts
My Windows 7 desktop was showing red X’s next to each mapped network drive. Clicking on the drive let me browse the files, but the Red X remained. When I try to run Microsoft programs like regedit.exe,...
View ArticleDFSR event 2013 during Windows Server Backup
On Server 2012 Essentials, I run the native Windows Server Backup two times per day. I get the warning message below one time during each backup. The message appears 32 seconds after the backup starts....
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2012 Essentials Internet Connection Errors
On my Server 2012 Essentials virtual machine, I was getting five or six messages every day telling me that the server is not connected to the Internet, even though it is. The messages appeared in a...
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Registry Permissions after Domain Change
A couple months ago, as part of migrating to Server 2012 Essentials, I created a new Windows domain for my network with the same name as the old domain. I used the ForensIT User Profile Wizard to...
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The RPCHD Service
I’ve been testing IDrive as an online backup option. Yesterday a chat support rep asked needed to look at my system, and at his request I downloaded and installed “RemoteSupportHost_317082.exe”,...
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Failed to Surface VHD for Windows Server Backup
Yes, though “failed to surface” sounds like a problem for a whale or a submarine, it applies to Virtual Hard Disks as well. I have a Windows Server 2008R2 Hyper-V host running a 2008R2 guest. The guest...
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Plugable UD-160-A Display Issues
I recently purchased a Plugable UD-160-A Universal Docking Station so I could add a third display in addition to my laptop’s display and my primary monitor. I was experiencing some odd...
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Server 2012 Essentials Client Backup Cleanup Not Running
Windows Server 2012 Essentials is raising the following warning every 30 minutes: Warning Alert: CleanupOverdue is raised at SVR2012E. <Title> A scheduled cleanup task for Client Computer Backup...
View ArticleAdding a Target Volume Using Wbadmin
Option 3 of Microsoft KB 2009365 describes how to add a disk to Windows Server backup when other disks are offsite: you have to use the wbadmin command line tool. But the article does not explain how...
View ArticleRestore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 3
This is the third in the series of almost annual articles about my experiences testing a Hyper-V restore. I’ve done this successfully in 2011 and 2012. Why repeat? To make sure disaster recovery is...
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Access Point Won’t Stay Up with POE
I’m working on installing four Cisco 1131AG access points at a client’s location. We want to use Power Over Ethernet (POE) to provide power, and purchased a Cisco SG200-08P switch, which has four POE...
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Use CutePDF to Print to PDF/A for Free
I’ve been working on developing a paperless workflow. I want to save my digital files in PDF/A format, specially designed for archiving. (In particular, I want to create PDF/A-1b documents.) An...
View ArticleFind the Largest Files on a Linux Machine
The PBX in a Flash machine at a client site sends me a daily Logwatch email (setup described here). At the bottom of that email are a few lines telling me how much disk space is in use. I also SNMP to...
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Batch Convert PDF to PDF/A
I’m developing a paperless workflow for my home and office. I want to save all my documents in PDF/A-1b archival format so I will be able to open them for years to come. The PDFs should be searchable,...
View ArticleScoped Snapshots vmicvss Error 13 on Server 2012, Windows 8
I’m running Server 2012 Essentials running in a Hyper-V machine under Windows Server 2008 R2. The Hyper-V host does a daily Windows backup at 9pm. The backup is configured to capture Bare Metal...
View ArticleEvent 7026: Boot-Start Device SBRE Failed to Load
I was getting this message when rebooting a Windows operating system: Log Name: System Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7026 Level: Error Description: The following...
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