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This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. You will get this error message when you click on any hyperlinks in your outlook message. Follow this procedure to fix it. Go to internet options and click on Advanced tab and Reset the IE. Then go to add or remove then click on “Set program access and defaults” then click on Custom and choose the default browser as Internet explorer. Then [...]

Rogue DHCP servers are those DHCP servers that are misconfigured or unauthorized unknowingly or those that are configured with a malicious intent for network attacks. Either be the case the impact on clients that are serviced by the rogue DHCP servers are critical. That is the clients would experience network access problems due to rogue DHCP server leasing incorrect IP addresses & incorrect options to the client. Security threats are caused when malicious user with rogue DHCP server can spread [...]

Problem: When you click Start and then click My Computer, or when you double-click My Computer on your Windows desktop, Windows may search (a flashlight may appear) for a long time (for example, 5 minutes) before files appear. it will drive you nuts! What could be causing this? As per Microsoft it usually happens because of Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service or HP printer or scanner software. To fix this problem either we need to Disable the Windows Service or unplug any HP USB device (Models listed in [...]

Have you ever come across situation were the images are not displaying in Microsoft Outlook? You will experience this when you get emails with images, the content will display but the pictures will not. Before we go in to the fix for this let’s discuss the process of Outlook: When you open any attachments in outlook it will temporarily save it in the windows Temporary internet folder. It’s  a special folder called OLK, OLK is a super hiddenl folder which [...]

There is no point is asking whether you are aware of Nirsoft and Sysinternals because these two website sites are very popular among the Windows Admins. These tools have become part of a windows admin’s daily use. Its very inconvenient when you need to carry this tools in a flash drive which is actually very essential in your daily work. Windows System Control Center is freeware tool or platform which is actually arranged in such a good way with a proper [...]

Microsoft has released the new version of Autoruns 9.5 this week. It has the extra feature to list all the installed codecs in a computer. I could tell you it is an essential tool when I was troubleshooting a virus problem. Let’s see what is this tool all about ( for those who dont know about this wonderful tool) Autoruns will show you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in [...]

Today I have come across this issue which you will get this error message when you try to access a FTP folder “Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name correctly and that you have permission to access this folder.” I found this error happening only with the Internet explorer version 6.