Posted by paris on Jan 26, 2012 in
Fixes A 2008 R2 Terminal Server with ACT 2012 installed, had been setup for Outlook Syncronisation. This gives it the user the opportunity to add Emails to Act Contacts. To set this up
Close Outlook.
Open up Act to the correct Database
Click on Tools then Preferences then Email and Outlook Sync. Then click on Email System Setup
Run through the Wizard for Outlook and add the correct PAD file. If you remove and readd the PAD file it refreshes the address list. You can leave all the other fields as defaul then Finish
Reopen up outlook and you should see the following, under Add In’s for Outlook 2010
After doing this , if the Quick Attach part dissapears randomly in Outlook sometimes you need to re add the ACT address book
To do this , Open Outlook 2010
Click File , Account Settings , Account Settings Again
Go to the far right address book tab. If you don’t see the ACT! Address Book
Go to New , Addiotinal Address Books, Choose ACT! Address Book. It will ask you for the PAD File, make sure this is correct then click Close and Next
Close down Outlook and Reopen
Posted by paris on Jan 26, 2012 in
Fixes 
Recently when setting up a domain which was already being filtered and hosted by Microsoft forefront into Office 365, Upon changing the nameservers, the MX records correctly updated from mail.global.frontbridge.com to 365′s one (domain.outlook.com) , however the email still flowed to the host setup up in Frontbridge instead of the 365 Mailbox
The local UK support number for Office 365 : 02034506455 did not pick up after 2 x 30minute sessions with holding music!
Next I tried Frontbridge International Support : 0018662917726 ( Which is free to call via Skype from anywhere ! ). Luckily a helpful techican ‘Mudassir Ansari’ helped me with the following :
You can fix this issue by performing the following ( pretty sure this will work to BPOS as well as 365) :
Make sure your domain is verified in Office 365 and the correct DNS is set or nameservers migrated
Download and install the Migration Tools 32bit here : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=9ed5f4c1-7f0b-4506-a214-32093af6147a&displaylang=en
Go into your frontbridge control panel and disable the domain , then delete it!
Open a Power Shell Window
Enter this command : $LiveCred = Get-Credential
Enter your office 365 administrator Details
Enter this command : $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Then this command : Import-PSSession $Session
Then this command : Set-AcceptedDomain **ENTER YOUR DOMAIN HERE** -OutboundOnly $true
Wait 2-3 Minutes
Then this command : Set-AcceptedDomain **ENTER YOUR DOMAIN HERE** -OutboundOnly $false
Then wait for Microsofts Cloud SMTP Servers to Update , in my instance it took 15 minutes
Tags: FOPE to 365, fope to BPOS, forefront to 365, forefront to BPOS, mail.global.frontbridge.com, transfer a domain from FOPE ( Forcefront/Frontbridge ) to Microsoft 365 / BPOS
Posted by paris on Jan 24, 2012 in
Random 
Further to my Easyspace post regarding TXT Updates , I tried to update TXT records for domain authentication for Office 365 on a new domain , however again, there was no where in plusnet’s manage DNS control panel to do this. A call on their support number, produced the fact they do not support TXT DNS Record updates.
Luckily in 365 there is another way to verify domain ownership which is to use a low priority dummy MX record, which plusnet did allow. However … Microsoft utilise SRV records for Microsoft Lync to work. As Plusnet do not support these, or allow the changing of nameservers to Microsoft’s own ( Ns1.bdm.microsoftonline.com and Ns2.bdm.microsoftonline.com), I had to move the domain to 123-reg.co.uk a free transfer and allowed me to update the nameservers
All this would have been nice at : http://www.plus.net/support/hosting/domains/domain_admin_dns.shtml !
Tags: Force 9 TXT Records, plus net office 365, Plusnet Name Server Records, plusnet ns records, plusnet srv records
Posted by paris on Jan 8, 2012 in
Travel 
So over NYE and Christmas I headed over to India with some traveling friends for the famous Sunburn festival.
Accommodation for Sunburn Festival
We stayed here : http://www.prazeresresorts.com/Home_Pr.html , the room rate was 4000 Ruppees a night which is quite expensive for India. The resort does have a pool, and moved us into a appartment for 4 people with a balcony overlooking the pool which was good. It was also a 10 minute walk to the beach and festival! After Suburn, in true Indian style , we battered them down to 3000 Ruppees a night over New Years Eve which wasn’t bad at all over the peakest season in Goa!
There looked like lots of places around Candolim for accommodation , however best to organize first during peak times!
Sunburn Festival
Tikets
I purchased my tickets online after the first pre sale via the offical ticket reseller bookmyshow.com on 17/10/2011. Another friend purchased her ticket on November. We found when we arrived in Goa the tickets where still on sale right up to the day and during the festival but the website was falling over daily! You could buy day tickets to each of the other days. One thing to note, you need to collect your tickets on the first day with ID, ( a credit card proving your name on the booking). They don’t check if it’s the credit card you booked with online, so it can be any and make sure you have it on your first day otherwise you won’t be allowed in!
Starting Times
On the first day, the festival was supposed to start at 4pm. We arrived at 5pm and the festival was pretty dead. There was no beer or spirits available , caused by the trucks waiting outside and the correct people in the police to be bribed! We left for the beach and had dinner in a nearby beach bar with music. The festival really didn’t start until 8pm which is a shame considering it finishes at 10pm!
The next two days the festival was scheduled to start at 4pm/12pm again respectively , and it was much busier than the day before.
After Parties
Unfortunely due to licensing laws, the festival only goes on till 10pm everyday. After this the whole of Candolim gets flooded with traffic and the time to travel anywhere north or south of the coast doubles as well as the price
A few after parties we checked out :
Candolim
Club Cubana
Costs : 1500 Rupees for a couple or 1000 Rupees per person. It cost 3 of us 700 Rupees in a taxi from the Suburn Exit
They call this the Night club in the Sky as it’s right on the top of a hill in Arpora. The club is mainly outside and boasts a swimming pool, lots of outdoor seating and a bar. The only inside bit is the dance floor which plays a range of club hits. The entry does include free drinks throughout the night
Butter
Cost : Free for Suburn Festival VIP wrist band , otherwise 2000 Rupees
Suburn have their offical “After Dark” parties which tool place in this club from 10.30 pm until 5 am. The benefit of this, is it’s about a 20 minute walk from the Sunburn exit
Baga
One night we ventured to Baga beach after a tip off from some locals , cost of this was 600 Rupees in a Taxi and took 20 minutes
Tito’s in Goa charged 1500 Rupees per person. The whole islands surrounded is flyered with bill boards for a place!
We found this place with was also adjoined with Cafe Mambo , costs for this was 800 Rupees per person
We then found a place with free entry called : Cape Town Cafe. It was more of a bar then a club however there was a good dance floor inside and outside was really busy
Ajuna Beach
After staying here on Christmas Day and boxing day, we knew most of the bars on this stretch. However this was still a popular spot to go after the festival
There was UV bar which was hosting a 5 day non stop party throughout Sunburn. The music in this bar was pretty intense and entry was 500 Rupees!
The rest of the bars on the Anjuna beach front where free and had different price drinks. These weren’t policed though, so you could take your drink from any of the bars, a few favorites where http://www.cafelilliput.com and a bar called Hippies. There is also a famous bar called Curlies , however I did not have time to visit!
During the second day of Sunburn due to the 4pm start , we rented scooters and headed to Arambol beech, This took about an hour to get there from Candolim , but was a really good ride with amazing views. I would of really liked to stay here , the beach , people and general vipe seemed a nice relaxing place to stay.
Tags: sunburn after parties, sunburn festival, sunburn festival Accommodation, sunburn festival goa, Sunburn times
Posted by paris on Dec 19, 2011 in
Random 
If you find Protrace files appearing on your desktop on your local machine or terminal server this is due to a database engine called Progress. If you open up the files which usually end in a .random number in notepad you should see a header such as :
PROGRESS stack trace as of Wed Nov 30 16:06:55 2011
From progress site :
A protrace files (also called stack trace) is a report generated to aid in debugging by showing where exactly an error occurs. The last few stack frames often indicate the origin of the problem or the bug. A protrace file is generated from a core file. A core file is generated by an error in a Progress executable. A protrace file is a stack trace from a Progress session that had a serious error. The protrace file is created from a core file being ‘unwound’ by an operating system utility.
They are usually created when a user crashes out of a session or a session ends abnormally, so you can delete these of your own accord or forward them onto your database/program developer!
Tags: PROGRESS stack trace, Protrace File
Posted by paris on Dec 7, 2011 in
Random 
Recently a client using an open source ASP CMS system to edit a website was having with the CMS’ page timing out due to script errors. It seemed it was timing out on the MCE editor part of the page. Checking the local firewall on the machine , disabling the anti virus did not resolve the issue. I then tried to VPN to another site , which used a different default gateway ( Router ) and it worked straight away.
Upon diagnoses of the local router a ‘BT 2Wire’, it seemed the advanced filewall settings where causing the issue. As soon as we turned off Stealth Mode it fixed the issue
http://btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10866/~/editing-advanced-firewall-settings
Tags: Webpage Taking Time to Load due to MCE Editor
Posted by paris on Dec 1, 2011 in
Random 
Recently a client had bought a Philips LFH2310/00 Dictation Foot Pedal to go with a Philips LFH9375/00 Dicatation Device
The dictaphone came with SpeechExec Dictate software, however after playing around with the settings, it seems the foot pedal was only recognised in ‘SpeechExec Dictate Pro‘. To purchase this Pro license it was going to an extra cost around £135
One issue I had with this software anyway was that you could not assoicate .DSS or DS2 files with the Philips Speed Exec Player. This means you would have to save the file on your computer and open through the Philips Speed Exec Player each time instead of just doubling click on the DSS File.
After some searching around, I found some free Software which works with the foot pedal and file assoication for anyone else with this issue here’s the link : http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html
Tags: Philips Foot Pedal, philips LFH2310/00, Philips LFH9375/00, Speechexec Pro Dictate, Speechexec Pro Dictate license
Posted by paris on Nov 25, 2011 in
Research 
Most software that comes with nework printers ( HP, Brother or Lemark ) addprinters through a WDS Printer Port Interface. This is good when it works, because printers advertise themselves on networks so windows can find them as well as their device driver. Sometimes I find the WDS Service stops on local machines causing issues. Trying to diganose whether the problem is communication related between the computer and the printer or an actual printer issue is hard through WDS. If I go get issues I like to find the IP address of the device to ping it, as well as remapping the device through a Local TCP/IP address instead of WDS. To find the IP address of a printer using WDS in Windows 7 or Visata. If you right click on the print in Device and Printers, and click properties. You should be able to see the Web Services Tab. Click on this and at the bottom should be the IP Address. If the device responds a ping reply, then try changing the port to TCP.
Tags: Ip Address, WDS Printer Port, Windows 7, windows vista
Posted by paris on Nov 18, 2011 in
Fixes 
When trying to open my RDP Client MSTSC.exe , it gave me the follow error: “Remote desktop connection has stopped working” , after looking at the crash it seemed the fault had occured with mstscax.dll
I found the file from a working Windows 7 SP1 32bit machine here : http://pariswells.com/upload/mstscax.zip and copied and replaced the dll in C:\Windows\System32\mstscax.dll , which fixed the issue
To get round the trusted installer , you will need to give yourself ownership of the file , then change the security settings so you have full write access to it
Tags: mstscax.dll, remote desktop connection has stopped working, Windows 7
Posted by paris on Nov 12, 2011 in
Fixes 
Recently after trying to set file associations for a .accdb file ( Access 2007 / 2010 file type ) , when trying to open an .accdb file it would display the .accdb “is not a valid Win32 Application”.
When trying to right click on the file and choose “open with” and find the MSACCESS.exe executable in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 14 ( 2010) Office12 ( 2007\ it would still display the same error message. If you opened Access up and went to file open , and find the file manually it would open the file correctly. The issue is the file associations are set in Explorer , so you have to reset the file associations, then restart explorer for them to work.
Go to Regedit and deleted the following key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.accdb
Then download this , and run it :
http://www.pariswells.com/upload/fixaccdbfileassoc.zip
Now go to CTRL ALT Delete , Task Manager , Find Explorer.exe under processes, End the process. Then go to File and Run and type in Explorer.exe and press enter. You should now be able to open your .accdb files. A restart would of also performed this acction
Tags: .accdb, not a valid win32 application, Office 2007 RunTime
