Matt

There was a problem with a client PC today using Windows XP and Office 2007.

Outlook 2007 was reporting the Exchange server as Offline and would not reconnect to the Exchange server.  Looking through the Eventlog, there was a Userenv error of 1517.  This probably had a part in causing the system to not connect correctly to the Exchange server.

If you have a system that is experiencing a Userenv 1517 error:

Windows saved user <user name> registry while an application or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user’s registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use. This is often caused by services running as a user account, try configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account.

The resolution I found for this was to:

1. Open the “Active Directory Users and Computers”
2. Locate the “Computer” object and reset it.
3. Remove the PC from the domain.
4. Add the PC back into the domain.

This seemed to fix the Userenv error.

Once this was fixed, there was still the Outlook Connection Error on the same account with different PCs.  With the following error:

Cannot open your default email-folders. You must connect to Microsoft Exchange with the current profile before you can synchronize your folder with your offline folder files.

The steps I took to resolve this were:

1. Deleting the account from the Control Panel > Mail area .
2. Open the folder where the OST/PST files are stored and remove all files but the PSTs.  (You can move the OST file to another location if you do not want to delete it quite yet).
3. I am not sure if this helped but I also ran the command  “outlook.exe /cleanprofile” (For 2007)
4. Then I opened the dysfunctional account in the Webmail system.
5. (The trickiest part?) Refresh the webmail and let it talk to the Exchange server for a bit.  In my case it was about 5 minutes. Right after logging into webmail and then trying to run Outlook again still generated the same error.
6. After waiting for a short while, restarting Outlook worked again and the user could access mail again.

Why I had to log into webmail and wait I really don’t know.  But it seemed to fix whatever connection/sync problems the user was having.

Hope this helps anyone that might encounter the same problem.

Well, the first trailers for the new Star Trek movie have finally made their way onto the Internet.

You can find the direct links here:

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Personally, I have mixed feelings about this movie. I don’t know whether to think it’s good or bad or something else? On one hand they bumped up the action quite a bit, on the other hand it makes no sense. For example, why is a star ship being built on a planet? To my knowledge they were to be built in space, as the ship wasn’t really made to fly in the atmosphere. Well, here’s to hoping that my Star Trek nerd mind doesn’t get confused while watching this when it comes out.

From here

I didn’t make this image, but it seems that the new Enterprise is equiped with some 20th century technology.  That and I have mixed emotions about this film.

Went to see Dave my friend to have some dinner and drinks with him.

Good short read from IBM on some useful linux commands.

Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins.

Found this article on BoingBoing its pretty good to watch if you like Bladerunner. It is an interview with Syd Mead, who designed all the artwork for the movie. You get to hear a bit more about what didn’t go into the move and that actually a lot of things were really thought out to put it into the movie.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

I thought that this was pretty funny clip from Daily Show.

Good use of the money.

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While browsing the Internet, I came across this Youtube video that explains the sub prime housing crisis right now.  So now I can finally understand part of the reason why my investments are all shrinking from when I initially bought them.

Now all I need are some fancy charts and graphs after that to make it a bit more understanding.  Ah wait, that would be here at the BBC.