Server 2012R2 FileZilla Server stops working – only reboot fixes problem

If you’re running Server 2012R2 with FileZilla server doing FTP server dutie and you find yourself with an end-user who reports that FTP stops working every few days and then you go on to check and cannot get out via web browser, you probably have an orphaned iSCSI connector. That is what was causing this […]

Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST): The inbox storage driver iastora.sys doesn’t work on these systems and causes stability problems on Windows. Check with your software/driver provider for an updated version that runs on this version of Windows

If you get this error message while trying to upgrade to Windows 10 1903, and you update your storage driver, but this message is still appearing, you have to go into C:\Windows\system32\drivers (WARNING, WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU CAN HOSE AND DAMAGE YOUR SYSTEM. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD BACKUP THAT […]

The way it should be: eBay search preferences

I had bought items on eBay after performing a search and seeing that the seller is located in “Georgia” or some other similarly named city/state that exists in the US only to find out that the person selling the item is in GEORGIA the COUNTRY! After all these years I still don’t understand why eBay […]

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

If you receive this message while trying to open .eml files within Windows 10 and Office 2016 Home and Business or even Office 365, this is due to Microsoft defaulting to installing 64-bit versions of Office. The Windows preview host requires a 32-bit application previewer, according to this Microsoft article. Typical archaic software constraints. It […]

On1 Raw 2019.5 error 1005

If you’re trying to open a file from browse mode in On1 RAW 2019.5 and you receive the icon indicating no photo available, you might need to convert the color space profile of that photo to something other than what it currently is. Try changing it to sRGB and seeing if it opens up properly. […]

Samsung Cloning software Cloning Failed error -00001 [ffffff]

If you run into this error, it’s likely because your hard drive is encrypted with Bitlocker. Especially if it’s a Dell computer. I had to enable Bitlocker and then decrypt the drive. I was then able to clone the drive using the Samsung cloning software.

Downgrading an iMac with i5/i7 CPU to 10.6 or even 10.7

I had a special request from a client to downgrade his used iMac from 10.11 to 10.6. First and foremost, you can’t use the retail Snow Leopard disk as it is 10.6.3 which does not have the driver for the i5/i7 CPU. You’ll get three beeps as you try to boot from the install CD. […]

Kenmore 17602 7.0 cu. ft. Chest Freezer – White

We recently bought a new chest freezer to help us eat at home more. I went out and bought the above mentioned Kenmore chest freezer from Sears in February of this year. I brought it home and installed it. Waited the four hours it tells you to before adding food and all was good. Until […]