Fix – This Unlicensed Adobe App Has Been Disabled
We have used this ourselves for an Adobe Reader Pro install that was activated with a permanent licence that had been working fine for several years, then suddenly…
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Fifteen years of fixes and opinions from the engineers who run Caultex. The old posts stay because people still find them useful; the new ones are about where we're going.
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How to Remove Remote Desktop (RDP) Security Warning
To fix: Run Regedit as an administrator and navigate to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\Client Create a DWORD (32 bit) value name: RedirectionWarningDialogVersionSet to decimal and give it a value of…
ReadOutlook Error Message When Opening
We are seeing a lot of people experiencing an error with Outlook when the Office licence is 365 but their email is hosted by an on-premise exchange server.…
ReadFix For Cumulative Update Error on Server 2022 (0x800f0905)
We have had an issue with some of our Windows 2022 Standard servers and cumulative Windows updates. Normal updates would install fine but the cumulative ones would fail…
ReadVPN from windows 10 is not working
When trying to dial a VPN you get the following error: ‘A connection to the remote computer could not be established. You might need to change the network…
ReadOutlook doesn’t save sent items
This fantastic article explains why Outlook may not be saving your sent emails. It comes from the options menu having random settings due to a problem with it…
ReadExchange Mailbox storage best practices
Never store more than 10,000 items in one folder. Consider removing items from your Spam and Deleted Items folders. Do not exceed more than three levels of folders. For example: Best-practice…
ReadOffice repeatedly prompts you to activate on a new PC
Office repeatedly prompts you to activate on a new PC If you find that Office keeps propmting you to activate it could be that you didn’t uninstall the…
ReadChange your Office 2016 product key
This is an excellent article by Microsoft in how to do this. I recommend the cmd line solution. I have used it successfully multiple times. https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/change-your-office-product-key-d78cf8f7-239e-4649-b726-3a8d2ceb8c81#ID0EABAAA=Use_a_command-line_script
ReadOutlook 2016 Security Window Keeps Popping Up
Only fix that has worked for us so far is rolling back to previous version of Outlook Here it is if anyone else needs: At the command prompt,…
ReadSharing Contacts Folder Outlook 2010
Share a contacts folder with specific people You can share your contacts folder by doing the following: In Contacts, in the Navigation Pane, under My Contacts, click the…
ReadFix for Corrupted Exchange OST file
Email messages, calendar, tasks and other items are saved on a server and your computer, on your computer, they’re saved as Outlook Data Files (.pst or .ost). Just like any…
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