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Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site downloading a document from secure website

When attempting to download a pdf file from a secure website in our case the wonderful people at HMRC we received the error message Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again.

To cut a very long story short it [...]

Access denied when tring to access mapped drives and join a domain

One day when trying to access a mapped drive i received an “access denied” if i tried to access the server directly using the share name it prompted for a username and password and even though the details are correct the box keeps coming back.

So i dis-joined it from the domain and attempted to [...]

Sage Line 50 username already in use

If you receive username already in use or too many users logged in when trying to go into sage it usually happens if the program crashes or the machine was shut down without logging out properly.

To clear the user go to where ever the sage data is stored in our case it was on [...]

Manually Delete a Windows Service

To delete a service manually first of all you need to find the service name go to Administrative Tools and then Services and double click on the service you want to remove, take a note of where it says service name

I this example its AcrSchSvc then you need to open an elevated command [...]

Netgear VPN problems

I had a strange problem occur today between two Netgear IPSEC vpn’s one was an FVS336Gv2 and the other end was a DGFV338 where they just wouldn’t connect i kept getting ‘Phase 2 negotiation failed due to time up waiting for phase1. ESP (ip address)’ in the vpn logs after checking the connection setting at [...]

Sage Line 50 corrupt licence file

Today I had an issue with the licence file within line 50 going corrupt, so it wouldn’t let me change the activation key to upgrade the program it just kept saying the serial number and activation key combination was incorrect. To solve this issue you need to rename the licence key file so the program [...]

“Error applying transforms” during Uninstall

I came across this error whilst trying to uninstall CA ITM on our Server, after a little bit of research it was because the original location of the installation media had moved, for example in our case I originally installed the product from the d: in the server i have subsequently move the installation files [...]

CD/DVD unable to load devices drivers after removing Roxio

I didn’t think this problem happened anymore i first saw it on Windows 2000 but i came across it again on a Windows 7 machine, to get your DVD/CD working you need to delete the upper and lower filters in the following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

 

Move Sage Payroll Data

To relocate your data to another location, open Payroll open the File menu and choose Relocate Data. This allows you to browse to the required location. Once complete, your Payroll data will be located and accessed from its new location.

To ensure other PCs on your network are connected to the same data, copy the [...]

How to allow users to download exe-files from an iis 6 server

By default, IIS 6.0 will not serve unknown extensions and this includes exe and dmg files. When a user requests such file, IIS will reply back with a 404 status code.

The solution to this problem is to allow the exe extension.

To allow exe files to be downloaded to the client, follow these steps:

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