When using the InfoPath to Word Wizard (part of the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 SDK), you may receive the following error when clicking the Finish button “to generate an XSLT file from your document”:
To fix this, you’ll need to manually register the following 3 DLLs provided with the SDK using regsvr32.
html2xhtml.dll
(C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 2003 Developer [...]
Posted by Brad Benner in Technical on 17 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
We recently had a Qwest DSL installation for one of our small business clients turn in to a bit of a nightmare.
After the circuit was installed, the client reported that they weren’t able to log on to several websites, including their QuickBooks Online account and Hotmail. After some initial diagnosis, it became clear that there [...]
Posted by Brad Benner in Technical on 14 March 2008 | No Comments »
We recently had an interesting little adventure with Clearwire. We had a client who had an emergency need for a high speed network connection, and I had some familiarity with Clearwire because I helped some friends set up Clearwire in their restaurant so they could offer free WiFi to their patrons. So I recommended it [...]
Posted by James Cook in Technical on 7 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
I don’t know why I get certain things get stuck in my craw, but lately I have been annoyed at having to close a command prompt in order to get out of a telnet connection. I use telnet sometimes just to see if a server is awake and touching the Internet–you know, as an [...]
Posted by James Cook in Technical on 15 February 2008 | No Comments »
Microsoft has a penchant for complication. Today I spent way too long reading an 800 page document on the nuances of licensing Windows Server 2003 in a virtual environment, only to come away more confused than before.
After a bit more searching, I did come across this paragraph, which summed it up nicely:
The virtualization use rights [...]
Posted by Brad Benner in Technical on 10 January 2008 | No Comments »
I wiped my machine yesterday and installed Vista. So far, so good, but I’ve run in to a few minor issues. Here’s the first.
When accessing our SharePoint intranet via UNC (either through a drive mapped to a UNC path, or the UNC path directly), I would be prompted to re-enter my network login credentials, even [...]
Posted by Brad Benner in Technical on 25 December 2007 | No Comments »
One of a few annoyances since I moved to Vista. Here’s the solution: http://i.nconspicuo.us/2007/08/28/rebuild-windows-vista-icons-cache-vista-displaying-wrong-icons/.
Posted by Brad Benner in Technical on 21 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
We’re in the process of migrating away from HyBlue to a new managed services platform. While we’re really excited about the new platform and how it’ll improve our ability to manage our clients’ infrastructure, we’ve been having trouble mustering much enthusiasm around the office for manually uninstalling the HyBlue agent.
So I spent a few minutes [...]
Posted by Brad Benner in Managed Services, Technical on 21 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been having a terrible time lately with SharePoint and Office (Office 2007 and IE 7 on Windows XP Pro with Windows SharePoint Services 2003). Whenever I open a Word DOC or DOCX from a SharePoint UNC path Word, Internet Explorer, and often Windows Explorer all freeze. After about 15-20 minutes these process usually start [...]
Posted by Brad Benner in Technical on 20 November 2007 | 2 Comments »
When installing Exclaimer’s Email Archive Web Access (v2.0.1.1038) software, if IIS does not have a website called "Default Web Site" then you’ll receive the following error:
Error 1720. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A script required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or [...]
Posted by Brad Benner in Technical on 20 November 2007 | No Comments »