Minecraft has been a staple in my household for years. It just makes sense our offspring would love it too. We set out to install Minecraft on one of their tablets and to my surprise, no charge, just said: “install”. Great! I assumed it was free from all of the other “marketplace” items for sale now, especially with realms. Come…
Category: Weird Tech Issues
DJI Phantom USB Modem for RTK Controller
DJI Phantom 4 Pro RTK – a WORKING dongle, and how we set it up. Company recently purchased a DJI Phantom 4 Pro w/RTK. The Controller requires a USB Dongle to communicate with a cell network to work with RTK. Our service provider is AT&T, but this should work with Verizon also. The DJI manual states under Dongle: A dongle…
Finding a Lost E-mail folder in Outlook
An email folder has disappeared from your folders list, and you have searched everywhere for it. Sound familiar? Don’t fret, you are in luck. Step One – Search Search for an email you KNOW is FOR SURE in the folder that has been kidnapped. Make sure to use Search: All Outlook Items. Open an email, in its own window, that…
CRM install fails with: either installed incorrectly or has not been completely uninstalled.
Once Again, Dynamics 365 rears its ugly head. We recently were updated to Dynamics CRM Version 9. Most users were unaffected, and the plugin was able to be updated without issue. However, during 1 users installation, the following error occurs: 14:22:36|Warning| Error 1605 reported attempting to read VersionString for installed product. UpgradeCode={B9D53805-50DD-4898-8B87-1B2891471F5A}, ProductCode={0C524D20-0409-0080-8A9E-0C4C490E4E54} 14:22:36|Warning| Product having UpgradeCode={B9D53805-50DD-4898-8B87-1B2891471F5A} is either…
Error when expanding partition on CentOS Linux on a Hyper-V virtual machine.
Error when expanding partition on CentOS Linux on a Hyper-V virtual machine. Error creating partition on /dev/sda: Command-line `parted –align optimal –script “/dev/sda” “mkpart \”\” ext2 ******MiB ************b”” exited with non-zero exit status 1: Error: The Backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be. This might mean that another operating ystem believes the…
Java causing computer not to respond
User Complaint: Computer not responding, running really slow. Troubleshooting: Task manager will not respond. Ran resource monitor by going to run -> resmon.exe Tasklist under CMD showed shows SO MANY JAVAWS.exe programs running. Downloaded JAVARA https://singularlabs.com/software/javara/javara-download/ When i tried to run it, computer froze. So from a remote machine I ran the following command PSEXEC “computername” -u “username” -p “password”…
Synology Unable to Mount Remote Folder
Synology 12 Bay DS1813+ Rack Mount INTEL Atom D2700 2.13 GHz 2048 MB RAM DSM 6.0.3-8754 Update 1 Synology has a remote folder that I am unable to unmount. “Failed to unmount the remote folder. Please check if it is occupied by other users.” The only way I could bypass this was to disconnect all Ethernet cables except one. I…
Annoyingly Silly USB Detection in Virtual Box
I’ve setup a Virtual Machine via VirtualBox that allows me to connect to a separate WiFi network. This allows me to test the VPN, open ports, and other fun things. What should be a simple process, can make you want to pull your hair out. I want to use a USB WiFi device, as I want to keep the VM…
Updating or Reinstall of Office 365 Causes Default Mail Client Errors
After upgrading some users to Office 365 x64 we ran into a consistent issue. Each user, upon boot up would receive the following error. Microsoft Office Outlook Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client. The Problem: It seems…
