Intuit QuickBooks Internet Connection Error Read Error ???
If you run into this error, this is what worked for me. I had to install two Payroll updates by going to Employees, Get Payroll Updates, and installing whatever was available.
Dell wireless keyboards deleting text on its own
For several years, I’ve encountered an issue with Dell OptiPlex workstations related to the Dell wireless keyboard, often overlooked during quoting. Occasionally, clients report unexpected email deletions in Outlook, with messages moved to the Archive folder. This happens when the backspace key is triggered, which can be disastrous. After searching online, I found a Dell […]
Microsoft 365 OWA Outlook can’t load shared calendars or shared calendars in OWA appear and disappear
I didn’t find much with my Google-Fu, but I found another issue related to outlook.com accounts and put two and two together to fix my issue. If you run into a problem with a Microsoft 365 Exchange Online account trying to access shared calendars in OWA, but the calendars appear and then disappear – as […]
Microsoft’s Storage Migration Service stuck on loading
I have been trying to transfer file shares from a Server 2012 Essentials to a Server 2022 server. I had success two days ago using the same exact set up and Storage Migration Service. I tried it on a second client and continued to run into problems where it was stuck at the transfer portion […]
Trying to install QuickBooks Premier Pro 2022 onto Windows Server Essentials 2016 with error code 1603
I have been trying to figure out why QuickBooks Premier Pro 2022 will not install on Windows Server Essentials 2016. It gets a quarter of the way in and then throws an error 1603. I’ve searched high and low and HATE Google results. Nothing but handpicked garbage content farm webpages that do not help at […]
Windows 10 start menu not responding/Outlook prompting for password using modern authentication window, but it’s blank
For those of you who encounter the above issue and attempt to use PowerShell to run the Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} but the process never finishes, check the permissions on these two registry keys: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders – it should have a user called All Application Packages with read […]
Outlook 365 with Office 365 E3 account Online Archive magically disappears after roughly 10-15 seconds upon loading Outlook
I am back with another crazy problem that only happens to me. I contacted support and of course they don’t know how to fix it. I’m almost certain I am cursed with these extremely unique problems that only happen to maybe .0000000000001% of users using Office 365. I have tried Googling until my fingers were […]
Dell laptop Task Manager CPU stuck at 22%
I had the strangest problem troubleshooting a client’s slow laptop. I ran a full diagnostic, hard drive checked out. The craziest thing was the hard drive was a SanDisk SSD and it was performing nothing like an SSD. One thing that stood out to me was the CPU being stuck at 22% no matter what […]
Edge Chromium protocol handler always open these types of links in the associated app
I’ve moved my daily browsing habits to the new Edge that is based on Chromium. I have been using it since the very first release. I am now using the stable beta version. I noticed about a month or so ago that whenever I tried connecting to a Screenconnect session, the protocol handler would always […]
Outlook is retrieving data from the Microsoft Exchange Server outlook.office365.com
I have a client who has been having this problem for several months now. It started out of the blue. No one else in that site has the same problem. Although the computers are not exactly the same, they all share a commonality in that they are all Dell OptiPlex workstations running Windows 10 Pro […]