Fix Outlook Data File has Reached the Maximum Size Error

Situation: The user receives this message when she opens Outlook:

‘Your mailbox has reached its maximum size limit at which you cannot send or receive any more content. Empty your deleted items folder from MS Outlook or delete messages from your mailbox to create more space.’’.

Resolution: We can reduce the size of Outlook Data Files by using Mailbox Cleanup tool and Conversation Clean Up tool. Please refer to this post for more details:


IE works fine but chrome

Situation: The client just migrated their website. Now, IE can access the website but chrome can’t and gets time out.

Troubleshooting: 1. Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application”.
Here you will find a file ‘master_preferences’, delete that file or just move it out of that folder.  Close Chrome and reopen and it should start working.

2. it could be caused by an antivirus software, try to disable it or to update it.

3. MSIE → Tools Menu → Internet Options → Advanced → Reset … → Default Options (You do not need to delete personal info)

4. I had the same problem and it got resolved as follows.

  1. Press Win key + R.
  2. Type services.msc and enter.
  3. Services Window will open.
  4. Look for the service “Windows Event Log”.
  5. Right click on it and choose restart.
  6. If it brings the “Restart other Services” Dialog box, Press yes.
  7. If this resolved your problem, Right click on the Service “Windows Event Log” again and choose properties and make sure you have “Startup type” set to Automatic.

5. May clean cache in Web server.

6. Reset switch cache.

FillZilla can’t establish the connection with this error: Could not connect to server.

Situation: The client setup FTP on their Windows 2012 R2 server. Internet Browser access the FTP server without any issues. However, FillZilla can’t establish the connection with this error: Could not connect to server.

Troubleshooting: 1. Make sure the user has correct password.

2. Make sure the user has permissions to access the FTP folder.

3. Try change encryption to “only use plain FTP” and logon type “Normal” under File>Site Manager.

4. try this settings:

  • Open Filezilla, go to Edit -> Settings
  • Click on Connection -> FTP: Choose Active
  • Click on Connection -> FTP -> Active Mode: Select “Ask your operating system for the external IP address”
  • Click on Connection -> FTP -> Passive Mode: Choose Fall Back to Active Mode
  • Press OK.

5. Try to use the IP address instead of the DDNS.

6. Go to File > Site Manager > Select your site > Transfer Settings, change the Transfer mode from Default to Active or Passive.

7. Make sure you can telnet port 21.

8. Go to File > Site Manager, change the Encryption to Only use plaint FTP (insecure).

FTP Failed to retrieve directory listing

Situation: The client setup FTP on their Windows 2012 R2 server. Internet Browser access the FTP server without any issues. However, FillZilla can’t establish the connection with this error: Failed to retrieve directory listing.

Troubleshooting: 1. Make sure the user has correct password.

2. Make sure the user has permissions to access the FTP folder.

3. Try change encryption to “only use plain FTP” and logon type “Normal” under File>Site Manager.

4. try this settings:

  • Open Filezilla, go to Edit -> Settings
  • Click on Connection -> FTP: Choose Active
  • Click on Connection -> FTP -> Active Mode: Select “Ask your operating system for the external IP address”
  • Click on Connection -> FTP -> Passive Mode: Choose Fall Back to Active Mode
  • Press OK.

5. Try to use the IP address instead of the DDNS.

6. o to File > Site Manager > Select your site > Transfer Settings, change the Trasfer mode from Default to Active or Passive.

Can’t login VM with “Apply Computer settings” screen

Situation: The client has VM running Windows 2012 R2 on windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V. They can’t login the VM with “Apply Computer settings” screen forever.

Troubleshooting: 1. Turn off and turn on VM doesn’t fix the problem.

2. Running Safe mode has the same problem.

3. We find the host has a Windows update. Installing and restarting the host fixes the problem.

4. The problem we had is the server Windows update is default settings Install updates automatically. Whenever major windows updates installed, the RD server has a problem and the restating takes along time with “Apply Computer settings”. The resolution is change the Windows update default settings to Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them.

Can’t login VM with “Please wait” screen

Situation: The client has VM running Windows 2012 R2 on windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V. They can’t login the VM with “Please wait ” screen.

Troubleshooting: 1. Turn off and turn on VM doesn’t fix the problem.

2. Running Safe mode has the same problem.

3. We find the host has a Windows update. Installing and restarting the host fixes the problem.

4. The problem we had is the server Windows update is default settings Install updates automatically. Whenever major windows updates installed, the RD server has a problem and the restating takes along time with “Apply Computer settings”. The resolution is change the Windows update default settings to Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them.

Robocopy crash the server

Situation: The client try to use robocopy to copy files and folders with security from one server and anew server. It process for a few minutes. some folders and files miss, and then no one can access the server. This is the commond:

robocopy \\comm\TS_Share C:\ TS_Share /MIR /COPYALL /DCOPY:T /R:1 /W:1 /NP /TEE

Troubleshooting: There is the space between C:\ and TS_Share. That curses the problem and override some system files.

Palo Alto Firewall GloablProtect can’t establish VPN with “Still working” message

Situation: The client has Palo Alto Firewall as VPN. One of users can’t establish the VPN. it shows “Still working”.

Troubleshooting: 1. It could be the DNS issue. Make sure the VPN hostname is correct. For a test, use IP address instead of DDNS.

2. Repair GlobalProtect in Control Panel. To do that, type Control in the search bar. Click on Control Panel to open it.

In the Control Panel, click on Program and Features.

In Program and Features, right click on GloablProtect and select Repair.

3. Make sure PanGPS service is running

4. Uninstall and re-install GloablProtect.

535 5.7.3 authentication unsuccessful

Situation: when the client setup Synology SNA notification using Office 365 account, they receive 535 5.7.3 authentication unsuccessful.

Troubleshooting: 1. Make sure you use correct SMTP server info:

Server: outlook.office365.com

Port: 993

Encryption: SSL/TLS

or

Server: smtp.office365.com

Port: 587

Encryption: STARTTLS

2. Make sure account credential are correct.

3. When filling out the Username, put in the full email address.

4. In out case, we fix the problem by switching Service Provider from SMTP Server to Outlook. Please refer to thispost:

How to configure Notification on Synology SAN

An error occurred while attempting to checkpoint the selected virtual machine(s)

Situation: The client installs Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition. Backing up VM works fine. However, it gets this error message when backing up SQL.

10/1/2019 11:39:33 AM :: Failed to create VM recovery checkpoint (mode: Veeam application-aware processing) Details: Job failed (‘Checkpoint operation for ‘SQLServer07’ failed. (Virtual machine ID 76714D70-9FF7-4F19-902B-0CFF030D7FAC)

‘SQLServer07′ could not initiate a checkpoint operation: %%2147754996 (0x800423F4). (Virtual machine ID 76714D70-9FF7-4F19-902B-0CFF030D7FAC)’). Error code: ‘32768’.
Failed to create VM recovery snapshot, VM ID ‘76714d70-9ff7-4f19-902b-0cff030d7fac’.

Troubleshooting: Go to VM Settings. Navigate to Checkpoints, change the Production checkpoints to Standard checkpoint.