Category: Windows
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Cannot activate QuickBooks Desktop Pro
Issue QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2021 software installed on Windows 10 Pro PC cannot be activated. The software accepts the License and Product codes, but online activation fails with the error below. You’ll need to update your software to access your Intuit Account here. Learn how. The software is actually up to date, there is nothing…
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Office 365 email in Outlook stopped working – Trusted Platform Malfunctioned…
Issue Office 365 email account suddenly stopped working in MS Outlook (desktop app). The user got a prompt to re-enter their password. After entering the correct password, the following error came up: Something went wrongYour computer’s Trusted Platform Module has malfunctioned. If this error persists, contact your system administrator with the error code 80090016.Error code:…
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Apple Magic Mouse scrolling does’t work in Windows
Issue Apple Magic Mouse connected to Windows PC operates normally, except from scrolling via its touch surface.
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MS Word 2016 – Unable to open… Cannot download the information you requested
Issue MS Office 2016 shows the error below when trying to open some hyperlinks in Word documents. Unable to open https://dropbox.com/…… Cannot download the information you requested.
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Unprotect Excel Sheet without password
Issue A user protected a single sheet inside Excel .xlsx file and forgot the password. There are multiple ways to unprotect sheets without the password, below is just one of them. Please be aware this will not work if the whole Excel file is protected from opening (encrypted).
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Emails missing in Outlook folders (MS Exchange Shared Mailbox)
A user is complaining that emails are missing from some folders in his secondary mailbox. The mailbox in question is another user’s Office 365 mailbox attached via auto-mapping (by giving the first user full access permissions). After a quick check, all affected folders appeared to have a “Filter applied” label showing in the bottom left…
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Windows 11 upgrade stuck on downloading 8%
Issue Windows 11 upgrade initiated via Windows Updates gets stuck in the “downloading…” stage, and always on 8%. Rebooting the PC and restarting the update does not help, it starts downloading from 0, and gets stuck again at 8%.
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Outlook crashes when trying to open a shared calendar
Issue MS Office 365 Outlook with Exchange Office 365 account crashes when trying to open a shared or other user’s calendar. Outlook closes and restarts with the following error logged in Windows Application Logs. Event ID: 1000Level: ErrorDescription:Faulting application name: OUTLOOK.EXE, version: 16.0.15427.20210, time stamp: 0x62ed4990Faulting module name: OUTLOOK.EXE, version: 16.0.15427.20210, timestamp: 0x62ed4990Exception code: 0xc0000005Fault…
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Uninstall Microsoft Phone Link app
Windows Phone Link app is not uninstallable via normal Settings or Start Menu UI. However, it’s very easy to remove using a single-line PowerShell command.
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WiFi not working on Windows 10 laptop
Issue WiFi does not work on Lenovo IdeaPad 330S Windows 10 laptop. Windows Settings has no WiFi options listed as if the PC didn’t have a WiFi adapter. Device Manager, however, shows that the WiF adapter is installed and working correctly. Trying to add an external WiFi dongle does not help – drivers get automatically…
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Capture One 8 crashes on start in Windows 10 and Windows 11
Issue Capture One Pro 8 crashes on start with the following error: Fatal ErrorAn unknown error occurred.The application was unable to gather information about the error.System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Pl.Cl.Program.Main()System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: path1 at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)at P1.C1.Framework.CrashHandhng.CrashDetectionAndAnalysis. GetFileToDeleteTolndicateTheCrashReporterHasRun()at P1.C1.Utilities.ExceptionHandler.HandleExceptionThreadFunc() The issue affects Windows 10 Anniversary…
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Media Portal Remote controller commands duplicated
Issue Some remote controller commands are processed twice by Media Portal making it impossible to perform certain actions. For example, a pause command doesn’t seem to do anything because the video is paused and then instantly unpaused. The controller in question is Logitech Harmony Hub working in tandem with IntelliRemote software which extends remote controller functionality…