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  • The system failed to register host (A or AAAA) resource…

    Issue Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V server System Event Logs are filled with the following warnings: Event ID: 8017Source: DNS Client EventsUser: Network ServiceDetails: The system failed to update and remove host (A or AAAA) resource records (RRs) for network adapterwith settings:Adapter Name : {CB032530-6E23-4220-8328-605853A9F603}           Host Name : SERVER-NAME       …

  • Acrobat quit unexpectedly. Click “Learn more” for possible fixes…

    Issue Adobe Acrobat Reader (v23.008) keep throwing the following error: The software doesn’t crash, just keeps popping the error…

  • AMD Ryzen PC crashes on wake up from sleep or hibernate

    Issue AMD Ryzen 7 2700X PC crashes and reboots when entering or exiting sleep / hibernate mode. In some cases during sleep, fans start blasting at full speed while the PC is unresponsive. Windows crash reports point to amdppm.sys driver. Bugcheck name: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILUREDriver or module: amdppm.sys (amdppm+0x3a22)File path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\amdppm.sys

  • DELL Lifecycle Controller – invalid ip address or share name

    Issue Cannot download and install DELL PowerEdge T430 server firmware updates using DELL Lifecycle Controller, using online (FTP) method. After configuring the network and trying to connect to ftp.dell.com, the following error is shown: Warning Firmware Update Invalid IP Address or Share Name

  • Can’t access DELL iDRAC remotely – Access Error: 400

    Issue After upgrading DELL PowerEdge T430 Server iDrac v8 firmware to v2.85.85.85, admins can no longer log in to the iDRAC web GUI remotely. The remote access is via a public IP address forwarded on the firewall (TCP ports 443 and 5900). Obviously, the access is restricted to a few trusted source IPs. The connection…

  • VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible

    Issue After the Windows 11 23H2 update, VMware Workstation 14 Virtual Machines no longer start. The following error message is shown instead: VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible. VMware Workstation can be run after disabling Device/Credential Guard.

  • Microsoft Outlook – Copying meetings is not supported

    Issue An error message “Coping meetings is not supported” is shown when users attempt to copy meetings within Microsoft Outlook from one Office 365 Exchange mailbox calendar to another. The issue started happening around December 2023.

  • Cannot open app package – This app package is not supported for installation…

    Issue MS Teams  ( the “new” version .msix package) installation fails with the following error: Cannot open app packageThis app package is not supported for installation by App Installer because it uses certain restricted capabilities.

  • Veritas Backup Exec Crashes after Windows Update

    Issue After installing Windows Updates on a Windows Server 2008R2 server, Veritas Backup Exec Administrative Console crashes on launch with the following error. BackupExec has stopped workingDetails:Problem signature:  Problem Event Name:    CLR20r3  Problem Signature 01:    BackupExec.exe  Problem Signature 02:    20.0.1188.1650  Problem Signature 03:    5b5b3903  Problem Signature 04:    mscorlib  Problem Signature…

  • Connecting to DELL PowerEdge iDRAC 6 Virtual Console from Windows 11 in 2023

    DELL iDRAC 6 virtual console runs on Java and has always been a major pain in the backside. Almost every Java update breaks something, and who wants to install Java these days anyway… I recently had to revisit this topic. In order to avoid a long drive I needed to access a remote DELL PowerEdge…

  • Microsoft Outlook error – your organisation has deleted this device

    Issue The following error appears when the user tries to sign in to their Microsoft Office 365 account in Microsoft Outlook. Something went wrong. Your organization has deleted this device. To fix this, contact your system administrator and provide the error code 700003. More information: https://www.microsoft.com/wamerrors

  • Outlook Personal Stationary Themes stopped working

    Microsoft Outlook Personal Stationery HTML Themes suddenly stopped working for some users (File > Options > Mail > Stationary and Fonts > Theme). People who had their themes selected from before and didn’t touch the settings were not affected. However, as soon as anyone tried to change the theme, it would stop working for them.…