Archive for October, 2008

ArcGIS Unable to locate source Error 1706

In particular I am speaking of ArcGIS 9.2. It was originally installed from a network location on to the workstation. We wanted to modify the installation to add .NET support. Usually this is done by Add/Remove programs in control panel or running the installer. When we did the Add/Remove programs and then chose .NET support, [...]

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How to remove duplicate contacts in outlook

This happened to me when my activesync enabled smart phone was replaced. The verizon rep transferred my contacts from the old phone to the new phone. Why? I don’t know. Well I have my contacts syncing to my exchange personal contacts. So on my phone after I added my active sync settings, BAM, it started [...]

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How to force group policy

Sometimes on your workstations the group policy doesn’t take affect. Or you need it to take place immediately. The command to invoke this is gpupdate /force

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How to force client to connect to WSUS server

If you  have Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) running in your environment, you know it can take up to 22 hours before a newly added machine to the domain can start receiving updates from WSUS. To force this, you can run the following command on the client. wuauclt /detectnow Within minutes your client should have [...]

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The IP address you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter (microsoft Virtual machine Bus Network Adapter) which is no longer present in this computer.

Now if you copied over a VHD from Virtual Server 2005 to Hyper-V, you will most likely see the error The IP address you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter (microsoft Virtual machine Bus Network Adapter) which is no longer present in this computer. There are a few reasons [...]

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The file d:\virtual machines\disk.vhd does not have the required security settings

In virtual server 2005, you could copy VHDs among different folders and virtual servers no problem. With Hyper-V if you tried this, you will get an error similar to: The file d:\virtual machines\disk.vhd does not have the required security settings. What you need to do is deattach the VHD file from the virtual server settings, [...]

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ArcGIS Server map images do not appear

In ArcGIS Server, you can create and publish web applications with no problem, but the map itself does not appear when you view the web application. Instead, you see all the ArcGIS map tools, and where the image should be you see a broken image X. ArcMap and ArcCatalog can connect and view the map [...]

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An error has occured on the server. For details, please check the event (application) log on the web server. Unable to retrieve ArcGIS install directory from the registry

In ArcGIS Server manager, you are unable to create a web app. You receive the error “An error has occured on the server. For details, please check the event (application) log on the web server. Unable to retrieve ArcGIS install directory from the registry. The reason is because 32-bit IIS/ASP.NET is not enabled. We were [...]

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