Category: Windows
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The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows…
If you get the error bellow while trying to run an application on a 64bit Windows computer in most cases it means that your application is 16bit. The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit)…
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Windows Update error 800B0001 on Windows Server 2012 (WSUS)
Issue Windows Server 2012 machine fails to find and install any updates. Windows Update displays following error: Windows could not search for new updatesThere was a problem checking for updates.Error(s) found: Code800B0001 Windows Update ran into a problem.
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Skype – File transfer limit. You cannot send any more files…
Issue Trying to send bunch of jpg image files via Skype. Transfer fails to start and following error message is displayed: File transfer limitYou cannot send any more files until your existing file transfers have finished.
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Google Chrome – Java plugin blocked, options greyed out
Issue Trying to run a Java application in Google Chrome fails. Message “Plug-in blocked” appears in the address bar and options to temporary or permanently allow Java on a particular website are greyed out.
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Altusen Aten KH1508Ai firmware upgrade issues
Issue Cannot upgrade Altusen Aten KH1508Ai IP KVM switch firmware via web interface GUI. After choosing the .fw firmware file and clicking the Upgrade button, following error is displayed: “Firmware file format error“.
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Android Studio – Gradle DSL method not found: ‘runProguard()’
Issue After upgrading Android Studio from 0.8.14 to 1.0 RC4, project Gradle sync fails with error: Gradle DSL method not found: ‘runProguard()’Error(16,0)Possible causes:• The project ‘<project name>’ may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method.• The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin.
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Installing USB debugging drivers for Tesco Hudl 2
This is how I managed to to install USB debugging drivers for Tesco Hudl 2 and use it with Android Studio for development. Enable USB debugging on the Hudl2 and connect to a PC From Android notification drawer change USB connection type from Media Device (MTP) to Camera (PTP) Open Device Manger on the PC and choose…
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Desktop PC keeps waking up on its own
Issue Windows 8.1 desktop PC wakes up from sleep mode every night around 3am. Resolution To find out what woke up computer last time you can run powercfg -lastwake Owner: [SERVICE] \Device\Harddisk\Volume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventBroker)Owner Supplied Reason: Windows will execute ‘NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Regular Maintenance’ scheduled task that requested waking the computer.
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Cancel Windows Server 2012 reboot initiated by Windows Update
Default Windows Server 2012 reboot after Windows Update is truly baffling. The server installs updates at night and then waits for a user/administrator to login (which normally happens in a middle of working day). As soon as logged-on you get a non-cancelable 15 minutes warning until server restarts! This can make some sense on client machines, but…
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Apple Mail – Can’t send large emails via Exchange server
Issue Apple Mail would not send large emails via an Exchange account hosted on MS Exchange 2007 server. Activity window would show Sending message / Adding messages for a few minutes. Then email would just sit in Outbox until deleted. No errors or warnings… These emails were 8-9 MB in size, well below maximum message…
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Minecraft server crashes – [Server Watchdog/FATAL]: A single server tick…
Issue Minecraft server crashes when computer is resuming from sleep mode. Minecraft Logs: [05:11:26] [Server thread/WARN]: Can’t keep up! Did the system time change, or is the server overloaded? Running 23352870ms behind, skipping 467057 tick(s)[05:11:35] [Server Watchdog/FATAL]: A single server tick took 23361.66 seconds (should be max 0.05)[05:11:38] [Server Watchdog/FATAL]: Considering it to be crashed,…
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Setup Minecraft server to start automatically
These instructions will allow setting up Minecraft server to launch automatically when computer starts. I used Windows 8.1 Pro machine, but setting this up on different Windows versions would be very similar.