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Ever encountered a situation were your iTunes stop responding when you try to launch it? Finally iTunes will display some error code along with a link to apple’s knowledge base. Believe me it never worked. If you reinstall also it may not work. The iTunes package is a huge package with services and supported tools such as QuickTime, Apple Software Update, Apple Mobile Device Support, Bonjour IPod service and Apple Application support. It’s a tedious job to remove each and [...]

Introduction You work for a small organization where you wear many hats.  You are the network admin for PCs and your routers and switches.  Anything that’s broken is YOUR problem and only your fault.  So, you walk into your of­fice one morning, and you hear the phone ringing. You have an irate user on the other end telling you that the “network is down.”  I always love those calls where a user, who has no networking background, tells you that [...]

Notebook security can be classified in to these; Physical Security 1.    Use cable lock to securely lock your Notebook with desk or table when you are away. 2.    Record your notebook Serial number and manufacturing info separately. Register the notebook on manufacturer’s website. 3.    If leaving the notebook in public places make sure its locked/logout/shutdown. 4.    Consider a fingerprint security when you had to login in front of public. 5.    If you leaving the notebook in car make sure its [...]

GPT drives make use of the GUID partition table (GPT) disk partitioning system. Main advantage of this partitioning system is, it supports up to 128 primary partitions and will allow you to create more than 2TB sized disk volumes. Were in the MBR system supports only up to 4 primary partitions and has a volume limit of 2TB. GPT is extremely suitable for a 64 bit operating system. In a 32 bit windows operating system the GPT disk will not [...]

I know many of the people are not aware about ManageEngine. So let me concise you what is it all about and we will learn a workaround to fix a ManageEngine problem in your Vista enterprise network. ManageEngine Is generally a complete ITIL enabled helpdesk application which can be accessed using the internet browser from a single point.  They provide integrated Request management (Trouble Ticketing), Asset management, Purchase order management, Contract Management, Self-Service Portal, and Knowledge Base. Apart from this [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]