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The Data Binding DLL, 'VB5DB.DLL', Could Not Be Loaded

April 3, 2017, 6:05 pm
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When trying to use an old program written in VB5, you get this error:

The data binding DLL, ‘VB5DB.DLL’, could not be loaded.

To fix this, download and install Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0: Run-Time Redistribution Pack (vbrun60sp6.exe), then I copied VB5DB.DLL to the C:\Windows\System32\ and C:\Windows\sysWOW64\ directories. The install of VB6 SP6 Runtime can be downloaded from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24417. I guess the VB5DB.DLL file can be found on the VB6 installation computer somewhere (mine came from a network copy I had knocking around).

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Site 2 Has No Root Application Defined, So The Site Will Be Ignored

April 5, 2017, 2:25 pm
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When clicking on a website in IIS, you get this error:

Site 2 has no root application defined, so the site will be ignored

Also this error appears in the event log:

Source: Microsoft-Windows-WAS
Event Log: System
Type: Error
Event ID: 5161
Site 2 has no root application defined, so the site will be ignored.

In my case I got Site 2 has no root application defined because I had uninstalled a SharePoint website, but the install hadn’t removed the IIS website, but had removed the associated Application Pool.

To fix this, I simply loaded IIS, right clicked the website (closed the error) and clicked “Remove”, then “Yes”. It was a bit of a leap of faith that the correct website was going to be removed, because I couldn’t get it to highlight the erroneous website, but it did work without any side effects so far 🙂

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Could Not Use External Editor To Fetch Log Message – SVN

April 12, 2017, 7:29 pm
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When trying to make a directory in SNV via the command prompt, you get this error:

svn: E205007: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the –message (-m) or –file (-F) options
svn: E205007: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR are set, and no ‘editor-cmd’ run-time configuration option was found

This is because there is no default editor associated.

To fix this, run this command:

set SVN_EDITOR=c:windowssystem32notepad.exe

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How To Setup SVN (Subversion) Server On Windows

April 17, 2017, 2:02 pm
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Here’s how to setup subversion (SVN) on a Windows machine:

  1. Run the subversion (SVN) setup on the server you want to run the subversion service from
  2. On the server run the following command to set up a directory containing your subversion repository (which can point to a network shared drive):

    svnadmin create C:\SVN\Repo

    ❗ Note: You may need to add the location of the svnadmin.exe to your path environment variable.

  3. Next navigate to the repo you created in the previous step and edit the passwrd file in the conf folder (using notepad) to set up some SVN users (the example format is given in the file).
  4. In the same conf folder, edit the svnserve.conf file and uncomment the following sections:

    anon-access = read
    auth-access = write
    password-db = passwd

    ❗ Note: You may wish to set anonymous access to “none” instead of “read”.

  5. Next run the following command to start the svn server service (you have to leave the window open, to use svn. Unless you set up SVN to run as a service).

❗ Note: If you ever change the configuration of SVN or users/password settings, you need to restart the SVN service.

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Cannot Find The Original Signer – P7B Certificates In IIS

May 24, 2017, 3:12 pm
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When trying to install a p7b certificate in IIS, I get this error:

Import Certificate

There was an error while performing this operation.

Details:

Cannot find the original signer

This is most likely because you haven’t installed the PFX part of the certificate chain. To fix this, install the PFX certificate with the private key associated with it instead.

I don’t believe the following is correct, but I also found notes on other websites saying that IIS cannot find the original signer because it doesn’t know the friendly name of the certificate. To fix this:

  1. Right click the p7b certificate and click Install, following the wizard (defaults are fine. I also installed it a second time, specifying that it should also be installed into the Trusted Root Certification Authorities)
  2. Open an MMC console and add the Certificates snap-in, specifying the Computer account.
  3. Navigate to Personal -> Certificates
  4. Right click the certificate that is giving the Cannot find the original signer error, that you are trying to install in IIS. Then click Properties then enter a friendly name for the certificate.

    ❗ On the General tab there should be a key icon with the following message:

    You have a private key that corresponds to this certificate

  5. Finally, you should be able to bind the certificate to a website in IIS

I don’t believe that the above steps are correct, I still think the fix is to install the PFX part of the certificate (with the private key associated with it), but if you find the above useful, please let me know.

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Officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe Flashes A Popup Every Hour

May 29, 2017, 5:52 pm
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Rather annoyingly, officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe flashes a popup every hour. This is due to a triggered task in the Task Scheduler flashing a popup window for the officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe process, which seems to be part of the Microsoft Office 2016 suite.

To fix this, I tried altering the scheduled task to tick the “Hidden” box, but that didn’t work.

Others on the internet have either disabled the task or changed it to run as the SYSTEM user account, so it won’t start in your user context. If the officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe process actions things in it’s current user context then changing the run as user to SYSTEM is effectively the same as disabling the task.

I’ve not been able to find out what officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe is for, but if you do please leave a message below.

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Server Does Not Support Any Dialect That The Client Is Trying To Negotiate – SMB

May 29, 2017, 9:42 pm
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The event log has this error:

Source: Microsoft-Windows-SMBClient
Event ID: 30816
Event Log: Microsoft-Windows-SmbClient/Connectivity
Type: Error

The server failed the negotiate request.

Error: The network name was deleted.

Server name: RemoteServer

Guidance:
The server does not support any dialect that the client is trying to negotiate, such as the client has SMB2/SMB3 disabled and the server has SMB1 disabled.

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Does anyone know how to fix this?

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Image Gets Blurry When I Resize It In Microsoft Paint

June 6, 2017, 9:32 pm
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When you resize an image in Microsoft Paint, it can get blurry depending on a number of things. Images get blurry when resized in Paint if the image size is significantly reduced, especially if the image format is a lossy format or not a bitmap.

To fix this, use a more powerful image manipulation program to resize the image, such as Photoshop or GIMP (a free alternative to Photoshop). Such a program will have a better algorithm for compressing the image on resize.

Additionally, you can reduce the chances

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Padlock Icon Appearing On Files / Folders In Windows 7

June 7, 2017, 5:23 pm
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Strangely enough in Windows 7 some files seem to have a padlock icon that’s started appearing. After a bit of troubleshooting I found that this is actually due to NTFS permissions. To fix this, set the file to be modifiable by the user (right click -> Properties -> Security tab).

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When Was Windows 2012 R2 Last Rebooted (What Is The Event ID For A Reboot)?

June 12, 2017, 8:51 pm
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To see when Windows was last rebooted, search the Event Log for Event ID 6009. Each occurrence of Event 6009 shows when Windows Server 2012 R2 was last rebooted.

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Office 2000 Keeps Asking For The CD

June 13, 2017, 2:10 pm
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Whenever a new user logs onto the computer and starts an Office 2000 program, Office 2000 will ask for the install CD.

I’ve found a few notes on the internet about this and found the following suggestions on how to fix it, which I have collated here, but not yet tested:

  1. When installing Office 2000 don’t install it from the autorun, install it from the following command:

    msiexec /I “\\server\folder\Microsoft Office 2000.msi” ALLUSERS=1

    (Obviously change the command to reflect the location of your Office 2000 install file).

    Using the ALLUSERS=1 command changes the install mode so that it installs Office 2000 on a per machine basis instead of a per user basis. This seems like the most likely way to install Office 2000 so it doesn’t keep asking you for the CD.

  2. One article suggested copying the contents of the CD to a network location and installing from there. I know that this doesn’t work, but it may work in conjunction with the ALLUSERS=1 switch?
  3. You should use the msiexec /a command to do an Administrative install of Office 2000. I’m not sure if it’s required to do this to copy the files, which you then install from the network location, or if that’s your install done.
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The DNS Server Is Waiting For Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) To Signal

June 14, 2017, 5:17 pm
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The following event can appear in the DNS Event Log:

The DNS server is waiting for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to signal that the initial synchronization of the directory has been completed. The DNS server service cannot start until the initial synchronization is complete because critical DNS data might not yet be replicated onto this domain controller. If events in the AD DS event log indicate that there is a problem with DNS name resolution, consider adding the IP address of another DNS server for this domain to the DNS server list in the Internet Protocol properties of this computer. This event will be logged every two minutes until AD DS has signaled that the initial synchronization has successfully completed.

Source: Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Server-Service
Event ID: 4013

This event occurs after the DNS Server Service has been started and will (under correct behaviour) be followed by events notifying that each zone is being loaded into DNS.

It’s worth noting that Event ID 4013 is a warning, not an error and should only be of concern if DNS has not intentionally been restarted or if zones are not loading after it starts.

To troubleshoot DNS issues associated with Event ID 4013, you might consider checking if DNS is integrated with AD, and if there are issues with network or AD.

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How To Access Google Chrome Hidden Settings

June 15, 2017, 2:57 pm
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Google Chrome has lots of hidden settings and hidden information. Here’s a list of URLs you can enter into Google Chrome to activate the hidden settings (just paste the bellow URLs into your Chrome browsers address bar to access the hidden settings):

chrome://about
chrome://accessibility
chrome://appcache-internals
chrome://apps
chrome://blob-internals
chrome://bluetooth-internals
chrome://bookmarks
chrome://cache
chrome://chrome
chrome://chrome-urls
chrome://components
chrome://conflicts
chrome://crashes
chrome://credits
chrome://device-log
chrome://devices
chrome://dino
chrome://discards
chrome://dns
chrome://downloads
chrome://extensions
chrome://flags
chrome://flash
chrome://gcm-internals
chrome://gpu
chrome://help
chrome://histograms
chrome://history
chrome://indexeddb-internals
chrome://inspect
chrome://invalidations
chrome://local-state
chrome://media-internals
chrome://nacl
chrome://net-export
chrome://net-internals
chrome://network-error
chrome://network-errors
chrome://newtab
chrome://ntp-tiles-internals
chrome://omnibox
chrome://password-manager-internals
chrome://policy
chrome://predictors
chrome://print
chrome://profiler
chrome://quota-internals
chrome://serviceworker-internals
chrome://settings
chrome://signin-internals
chrome://site-engagement
chrome://suggestions
chrome://supervised-user-internals
chrome://sync-internals
chrome://system
chrome://taskscheduler-internals
chrome://terms
chrome://thumbnails
chrome://tracing
chrome://translate-internals
chrome://usb-internals
chrome://user-actions
chrome://version
chrome://view-http-cache
chrome://webrtc-internals
chrome://webrtc-logs

The following hidden features are for debugging only because they crash or hang the renderer:

chrome://badcastcrash/
chrome://crash/
chrome://crashdump/
chrome://kill/
chrome://hang/
chrome://shorthang/
chrome://gpuclean/
chrome://gpucrash/
chrome://gpuhang/
chrome://memory-exhaust/
chrome://ppapiflashcrash/
chrome://ppapiflashhang/
chrome://quit/
chrome://restart/

I’ll add more of Google Chrome’s hidden settings as I discover them.

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Windows Couldn't Connect To The Internet To Download Necessary Files 0x800F0906

June 19, 2017, 6:39 pm
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When trying to install Windows Features, you get this error:

Windows couldn’t complete the requested changes.

Windows couldn’t connect to the Internet to download necessary files. Make sure that you’re connected to the Internet and click “Retry” to try again.

Error code: 0x800f0906

This is because you are using a WSUS server to get your Windows Updates from, but the WSUS server doesn’t have the necessary files.

To fix this, you can either install the feature through a DISM command, or you can set the following GPO to tell the computer to get it’s Windows Updates for feature installation from Microsoft directly, instead of the WSUS server. The following GPO will do this for you:

Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair

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We Were Unable To Copy Your files – Windows USB/DVD Download Tool

June 21, 2017, 3:58 pm
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When creating a bootable USB device using the Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, you get this error:

We were unable to copy your files. Please check your USB device and the selected ISO file and try again.

This is most likely because the WIM file in the source you have provided is larger than 4GB (maximum size supported by the FAT32 file system on the USB drive.

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The Letter 'L' (And Other Lines) In PDFs Is Too Thick / Bold

June 21, 2017, 9:09 pm
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In a PDF, sometimes lines and certain letters appear bold / or double thick. This isn’t a problem with the PDF, rather a problem with the program displaying the PDF. By example, if you use Adobe Reader for your PDFs, you can turn off the “Enhance Thin Lines” setting and it will no longer be bold / too thick.

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Resource Monitor – Status "Terminated"

June 25, 2017, 5:56 pm
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Does anyone know what the Terminated status is on the Windows Resource Monitor? I can’t find anything on the net about the Terminated status, other than it’s for stopped processes. But what I can’t understand is why a stopped process would consume CPU.

My best guess is that the Terminated processes are sitting in the CPU’s cache, or the Resource Monitor is displaying recently terminated processes as a historical log.

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Reply To: The Letter 'L' (And Other Lines) In PDFs Is Too Thick / Bold

June 27, 2017, 3:52 pm
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The “Enhance Thin Lines” setting can be found under Edit -> Preferences in the menu.

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Unable To Start Program http://localhost An Operation Is Not Legal

June 27, 2017, 4:20 pm
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When trying to launch a web program in Visual Studio 2017 via Google Chrome, you get this error:

Unable to start program http://localhost:xxx

An operation is not legal in the current state

Google Chrome will display this message:

Chrome script debugging in Visual Studio is enabled…

The program is unable to start because JavaScript debugging for ASP.NET (Chrome and IE) is turned on.

To fix this:

  1. In Visual Studio, click Tools -> Options
  2. Navigate to Debugging -> General
  3. Untick Enable JavaScript debugging for ASP.NET (Chrome and IE)
  4. Click OK
  5. Stop debugging, then try again
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PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8CA2&SUBSYS_85341043&REV_00\3&11583659&0&FB

June 27, 2017, 7:10 pm
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I’m trying to find the driver for the SM Bus Controller with hardware ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8CA2&SUBSYS_85341043&REV_00\3&11583659&0&FB. I’ve tracked the motherboard down to be an Asus Z97-A, but can’t find a driver on the Asus site that the SM Bus Controller likes.

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