Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Failed to send SMTP (2AFC) for CA BrightStor ARCServe Back

This error was getting thrown after every backup my system does. BrightStor used to send me emails when it finished a backup job but at some point in time it started failing.

The simple fix for this is to add in a hosts entry for the SMTP server. Even though I specified an IP address for my SMTP server this fix worked.

To add in a hosts record open Notepad or whatever text editor you love and then open the file "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\hosts". Notice there is no extension on this file.

If you have your \Windows directory located on a partition other than "C:" use "%windir%\System32\Drivers\Etc\hosts".

Monday, February 18, 2008

Failed to access IIS metabase.

This error typically occurs when you install IIS after you have asp.net installed. It is a very simple fix.

Copy and paste this into the Run Command from the Start Menu.
%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -i

This will reinstall asp.net for use with IIS and in most cases fixes the error stated above.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

The operation failed due to a registry or installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again. If the problem persists, please reinstall.

I have seen this error "The operation failed due to a registry or installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again. If the problem persists, please reinstall." pop up twice in the past few weeks. After researching the error online I found numerous posts pointing to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article KB315048.



The solution as told in KB315048 is to create a new Outlook profile with for the user. This however did not fix my problem. I tried doing a "Repair" on Microsoft Office XP once and did a full uninstall, reboot, install of Microsoft Office the second time in an effort to fix the issue (as that is what the error clearly states). Neither of these options worked.



After searching and searching for a solution I tried something different. I rebooted the Microsoft Exchange 2007 server. That did the trick. First I had tried to restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service, but when that failed to stop I had no choice but to restart the entire server.



From what I can tell the problem we had started when the power kicked out and back in really quick. Our Microsoft Exchange 2007 server stayed on due to its UPS as did the workstation, but something went wonky somewhere along the line.