Symptom: your Windows 8/Windows 2012 system locks and crashes after installing some updates
We are still collecting information and data on this issue, but here’s a word of advice:
Microsoft announced today on their SkyDrive blog site that Live Mesh will be officially retired on February 13, 2013.
http://blogs.windows.com/skydrive/b/skydrive/archive/2012/12/13/update-on-windows-live-mesh.aspx
SkyDrive continues to be enhanced with apps for Windows, Windows Phone, Android, iPhone, iPad and Xbox 360, and is deeply integrated with Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT.
Today, my Nokia 920 Windows Phone 8 locked up on me again (see my prior blog post on the lock up issue).
However, after getting my phone restarted, my phone displayed the following error:
Error code 80048888
There is a problem with the certificate for {my mail domain}. Contact a support person on your service provider
I was able to resolve the issue by completely powering down my phone and restarting it. However, I found another post indicating that deleting and recreating your email account on your phone may also fix the issue.
I purchased my new Nokia 920 on Friday November 9, 2012. On Wednesday Nov 21st, my phone is locked up and I cannot use it. All that appears on the screen is the “Nokia” logo. I rechecked my charger cord, and tried different cables and outlets.
On my Samsung Galaxy II tablet, I had encountered a similar issue, and discovered that I needed to hold the power button in for 13-15 seconds. So, I tried that with my Nokia phone. But holding it in for more than 30 seconds did not fix the issue.
So off I went to the AT&T store where I purchased the phone. The sales rep was surprisingly quick with the solution, which worked. He held in both the Volume key (5) and the Power/Lock key (6) simultaneously, for a full minute. This does a soft reset of the phone.
I just installed the WordPress app on my new Nokia 920 phone. Let’s see how well it works!
Posted from WordPress for Windows Phone
I am very fortunate to be able to join with many of my Microsoft SBS MVPs from literally around the world this week in Dallas TX (Las Colinas, to be exact) for training by the Microsoft SBS/Windows Essential CSS team. This is a special opportunity for us.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been two years since our last training session. Here’s a photo documenting that event (I’m on the front row, far left).
If you are running Windows 8 on your desktop computer, you can skip this post.
But if you’re like me, and you are still using Windows 7, and you purchased a Windows Phone 8, then you need to install the Windows Phone App for Desktop, a free download from Microsoft. Please note that as of this writing, this app is still considered Beta.
Go to http://www.windowsphonecom/en-US/how-to/wp8/windows-app-for-desktop
Click on the Download now link
Click Run –> I accept… –> Next –> Next –> Install. If everything goes smoothly, you can click Finish
You can locate your Windows Phone app from the start menu:
I don’t recall that I ever stood in line to buy anything on it’s release day. That is, not until Friday November 9, 2012, when I was the second person to go through the doors of our local AT&T store at 10am, and the first to purchase the brand new Nokia 920 Windows Phone 8.
Brief background and history … I’ve been an AT&T/Cingular customer for as long as I can remember, maybe 20 years? The first smart phone I owned was the Cingular 8125 with a pull out keyboard that ran Windows Mobile 6.0.
After my 8125 died, I switched over to the iPhone 3, and then the iPhone 4. I really liked the iPhone 3, until it fell and broke. I was one of many who encountered the issue with cell phone reception and dropped calls on the iPhone 4, depending on where you held the phone. To their credit, Apple did send me a free bumper protector that minimized the issue.
But since June when I attended Microsoft’s 2012 Tech Ed conference in Orlando, I have been anxiously awaiting the release of Windows Phone 8.
I’ll report on its performance and apps in later blogs.
I’ve encountered this error on two different Windows XP systems in the past several days, so I thought I would create a quick post in case it helps others.
Issue: If your workstation has recently been attacked with malware, after cleaning up the malware you may discover that you will get Error 0x80070424 when you try to run Windows Update or Microsoft Security Essentials:
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Windows Update/Microsoft Update (WU/MU)
Solution is very simple:
You should now be able to run WU/MU or update MSE successfully. That’s all, folks!
Storagecraft is the maker of the popular backup software for servers and workstations, ShadowProtect.
Due to the events caused by Hurricane Sandy, StorageCraft is offering a free three day use of their ShadowProtect IT Edition software to people in areas affected by the storm.
Read more here:
http://www.storagecraft.com/blog/affected-by-sandy-wed-like-to-help/
The IT Edition allows you to backup and restore an entire server or workstation without installing any software on the computers. I have relied on the IT Edition of ShadowProtect for years, and is one of my primary “go-to” I.T. solutions in my tool bag!
