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Lenovo Z370 laptop Atheros AR9285 wireless not connecting to networks

2012-01-21T17:53:00.000Z

Strange problem with two identical Lenovo Z370's (well one pink, one black). The pink one always connects, the black one sometimes fails to connect - it just reports a generic connection failed error. Tried reinstalling drivers, deleting wireless settings, removing anti-virus/security. It also fails on other wireless networks, so its not down to the router. Both laptops had dentical drivers -

'sent on behalf of' user@gmail.com with own domain name - stop gmail doing that

2011-12-15T18:47:00.001Z

Just set up a couple of gmail accounts for friends' kids and registered their own domains for them. You can easily add the new email address to gmail so it uses their own domain (eg kid@kidsname.com) instead of a generic gmail.com one (look under Gmail Settings > Accounts & Import > Send As) However using the standard setup which specifies using Gmail's own SMTP server to send mail out, the

Symantec 12.1 LiveUpdate incorrectly reports low disk space

2011-12-09T15:15:00.000Z

I've got 23GB free on this laptop and Symantec EndPoint Protection Small Business 12.1 keeps insisting I need to run disk cleanup to free some disk space. I found this recent Symantec post that talked about proxies causing that problem http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH157197 but I don't think that applied on this site I then found this old (!) 2008 post talking about the same problem with

HP PSC 2410 Photosmart keeps clicking when turned on, won't print

2011-10-24T13:13:00.000+01:00

An HP PSC 2410 photosmart all-in-one printer (thats the printer fax scanner copier model) won't print anything. When its first turned on you can hear a constant clicking sound. If you look closely at the scan head its lit up and moving slightly, almost like its jammed. The problem was caused by dirty glass and the scan sensor not responding correctly. Dismantling the top of the scanner to clean

Unexpected shutdown after restart of SBS 2011 on Hyper-V with Remote Desktop

2011-10-21T21:16:00.001+01:00

Got a client with Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 running on Hyper-V Server Core 2008 R2. I always remote in to load updates by using Remote Desktop (or Terminal Services client or Remote Desktop Services or Client or whatever its called this year) I noticed this particular server always gives an Unexpected Shutdown after I click Restart once the updates are loaded. Also if I manually choose to

Symantec Mail Security ate all my disk space

2011-10-11T10:51:00.000+01:00

An SBS 2008 server running on Hyper-V Core just ran out of disk space on the system volume. When I checked I found a 10GB Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE or is that Information Foundation for blah blah) log file hiding in C:\Program Files (x86)\Symantec\SMSMSE\6.5\Server\logs. I deleted it, but within a couple of minutes the free disk space had gone again. A scan of folder

IE 9 won't open or save attachment in OWA webmail on SBS

2011-09-22T17:16:00.002+01:00

That new locked down IE9 is giving me hell on the SBS servers. Latest was to stop me saving a licence file on a remote server I was logged into. No errors, just wouldn't open or save or save as.Messed with security xones, trusted certificates, activex filteringFound the answer on Andy Grogan's blogInternet Explorer > Internet Options > Advanced scroll most of the way down the list, and untick

I can't open the Word/Excel attachment in email

2011-07-21T16:10:00.002+01:00