Category: Windows

Problem: Error message “Try that again. Something happened at our end. Waiting a bit might help” with error code 0x00001f4 show when accessing Microsoft Xbox Games Store from Xbox One.

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Problem: After installing Microsoft’s Windows 10 October 2018 Patch Tuesday Update, HP device show BSOD with error message “WDF_VIOLATION”, which refers to the Windows Driver Framework, a set of tools and libraries used for the development of (kernel-mode) drivers. This problem caused by HP keyboard driver version 11.0.3.1 with known incompatibility with certain HP devices on Windows 10 versions 1803 (KB4462919) and 1809 (KB4464330).

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Dictation feature is now available free to everyone in browser based Microsoft Word Online and OneNote Online as part of project to help people with dyslexia, no Office 365 subscription required.

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As of October 31, 2018, Microsoft Office 365 will remove support for security encryption protocols TLS 1.0 and 1.1. All client devices including computers and mobile devices will require TLS 1.2 in order to access Office 365. For older configurations may require following configuration to enable TLS 1.2.

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You might miss notifications from Microsoft Kaizala mobile app due to some mobile devices have certain notifications off by default. Follow these steps to turn on notifications for Microsoft Kaizala mobile apps on your device.

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You may not be aware that Microsoft Office documents such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio files often contain hidden or personal information like comments, revision marks, headers, footers and watermarks. This could place you in an embarrassing or compromising position.

In order to protect any sensitive information from accidentally being made public, perform the following steps before sharing a document with other people.

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Font type used in a Word document determine how that document appears when viewed or printed. If you use custom font type in Word document, embedding fonts will retain layout and formatting of document otherwise Microsoft Word will substitute the custom font with default font.

Microsoft Word allows you to embed TrueType font in Word document and need to be available for embedding. After embed a font, Word document file size will be increase approximately the size of the TrueType font (.ttf) file.

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Problem: Document folder created using DFS replication process on Windows Server 2008 disappear suddenly. Replicated folders are no longer visible from the server or through the admin share.
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Problem: In Windows 10 environment, When try to open Microsoft Outlook 2016 (or another Office application on Windows Terminal Services), error message below prompting:

"Something is wrong with one of your data files and outlook needs to close."


"Outlook couldn't start last time. Safe mode could help you troubleshoot the problem, but some features might not be available in this mode."
"Do you want to start in safe mode?"

Event viewer show below error happen:
Event ID: 2000
Source: Outlook
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\mspst32.dll
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Shared mailbox is a mailbox that’s not primarily associated with a single user and is generally configured to allow access for a group of users to read, send email and share common calendar or shared contact list. Below are the steps for how to create shared mailbox using Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and Exchange Management Console (EMC) GUI in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

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Problem: “Contacting the server for information” or “Getting your new Office ready for you” message box prompt for long periods of time while opening up Microsoft Office 365 applications.

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Problem: Error 8000FFFF “Windows Update encountered an unknown error” show when perform KB4457144 security updates on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. This is a known issue, Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 may fail to install the cumulative update if you do not have KB3177467 Servicing stack critical updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 September 2016 installed.

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Problem: Windows 8/8.1/10 shutdown is hybrid shutdown where contents of memory are saved to disk to achieve faster startup. However, turning on the PC after a hybrid shutdown does not allow for pressing F1 or F12 during startup to enter BIOS because Windows boot up too quickly to listen for a key press at startup. Follow below steps in order to access BIOS on Windows 10 PC.

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Problem: Microsoft Outlook 2016 return “No Results” message when perform search.

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