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 Hello Everyone, If your getting the below error in your event log and want to remove it. The below error is caused because of Floppy Drive. so Disable it with the below settings. Error 12/5/2018 5:15:08 AM VSS 12289 None – Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error  DeviceIoControl(\\?\fdc#generic_floppy_drive#6&2bc13940 &0&0#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} – 0000000000000538,0×00560000,0000000000000000,0,000001F790975F90,4096, 0 ). hr = 0×80070001, Incorrect function. Error 12/5/2018 4:45:50 AM VSS 12289 None – Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error  DeviceIoControl(\\?\fdc#generic_floppy_drive#6&2bc13940 &0&0#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} – 000000000000055C,0×00560000,0000000000000000,0,0000028292B56260,4096, 0 ). hr = 0×80070001, Incorrect function. Error 12/5/2018 2:30:01 AM VSS 12289 None – Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error  DeviceIoControl(\\?\fdc#generic_floppy_drive#6&2bc13940&0 &0#{53f563

  Sometime you setup windows server 2008 to vmware using LAN or wifi, you chose Bridge mode to share internet connections between host and virtual machine may be cause of issues with internet connection at virtual machine. They can not connect to the internet or appear a message likes " conflict IP address " Enter:  Run > cmd > ipconfig /all You may see the following issues: or: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-24-08-30-57 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8508:6cb9:5112:f8c9 (Preferred) Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.248.201(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.136(Duplicate) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway

Hi All, Today I am going to give you a script . When the folders of SMTP service like pickup, badmail, Drop and queue becomes full or reaches to some number the below script will kill the SMTP process and will again start the process.  and a output log file will be created when the process is killed. Modify the below script as per you environment. @echo off set /a c=1 for /f %%i in ('dir C:\inetpub\mailroot\Pickup  ^| findstr /i /c:"file(s)"') do set count=%%i if %count% gtr 10 (      for /f "tokens=2 delims= " %%P IN ('tasklist /FO Table /M "SMTPSVC*" /NH ') DO (TASKKILL /F /PID %%P)     net start smtpsvc echo %date%      %time%       %count% - Pickup Folder has reached the limit >>"C:\smtp.log"      ) endlocal for /f %%i in ('dir C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Queue ^| findstr /i /c:"file(s)"') do set count=%%i echo count=%count% if %count% gtr 10   (      for /f "tokens=2 delims= "

Hi Guys, Today I am going to give you a script which can be set in the scheduled tasks and made to run every 1 Hrs or as per your wish. Once this script runs it will check the 4 folders in Mailroot and see if its reached the limit (10) which you have set in the script and restarts the SMTP service.     This will prevent the SMTP service hung and many problems which are associated with SMTP server. The script is given below Copy it in notepad and save it as .bat extension so that it becomes a batch script. @echo off setlocal set /a count=0 for /f %%i in ('dir E:\Inetpub\mailroot\Badmail  ^| findstr /i /c:"file(s)"') do set count=%%i echo count=%count% if %count% GTR 10 (         net stop smtpsvc & net start smtpsvc     ) endlocal for /f %%i in ('dir C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Drop  ^| findstr /i /c:"file(s)"') do set count=%%i echo count=%count% if %count% GTR 10 (         net stop smtpsvc & net start smtpsvc     ) endlocal

                    Windows Update service unable to start, Error 0x8007277a Hi, Welcome to my  forums. This could be an issue with third party winsock. You can reset winsock. Here's how you can do it. 1.Click the Windows Start button. 2. Type Cmd in the Start Search text box and press Ctrl-Shift-Enter (keyboard shortcut to run Command Prompt as Administrator). Click Continue to allow elevation request. 3. Type netsh winsock reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key. 4. Type netsh int ipv4 reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key. 5. If you use ipv6, type netsh int ipv6 reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key. Note: you may need to run Network Diagnostics afterwards to "repair" your connection after this.

Guys today I am sharing a scripts to clean all the unwanted, Temp and waste files . I have added few scripts which are tested in cleaning the waste files so please do not fear to use it and I am using it in daily tasks. I have also included the Tree size View software with which you can find out which folder is taking more space if the scripts are unable to free up space. Please click the below Link and download the files... https://www.dropbox.com/s/dcw324tr2i71ezl/Temp%20Clean.zip?dl=0 Please let me know if anything else is required.

Guys when you are  trying to install or Uninstall any software and your getting the below error which is preventing you from doing your work. Please follow the steps mentioned below and you can complete your task. When your stuck on this error message please follow the below steps. 1.  Press   + R  and put  regedit  in  Run  dialog box to open  Registry Editor  (if you’re not familiar with  Registry Editor , then click  here ). Click  OK. 2.  In the  Registry Editor  window, navigate to following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products 3.  Expand  Products  registry key and you’ll see some long randomly named sub-keys. For each of these sub-keys, in the corresponding right pane, you can use  ProductName  registry string ( REG_SZ ) to identify to which program this sub-key belongs. Following that, you’ve to find the correct sub-key for the program with which you’re having issues. Once you spotted correct sub-key, right click on it and sele