Friday, December 2, 2022

iPhone can't transfer Photos to Windows 11

1. REBOOT your iPHONE - seriously.

2. Unplug, the replug iPhone into PC.

3. If no DCIM folder in iPHONE device, take a new picture - seriously.

4. Close "This PC", then re-open it, then click on iPhone again.

5. Wait a few minutes while it is connected for "Internal Storage" folder to appear

6. Turn off Passcodes completely.

7. Turn Autolock off (to Never).

8. Make sure phone is unlocked.

9. Try a different PC.

10. Stop Using iPhones and get an Android.


You want to clear up some space on your iPhone:

In DCIM, you can't delete directories, but go inside each DCIM folder, select the files you want to delete, and delete them there.

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Sites added to this zone must use the prefix https

Issue:When trying to add a https website to a Internet Security Zone, the error "Sites added to this zone must use the prefix https:" appears.
Environment:
Internet Explorer on Windows
Symptoms:
Typically, this happens when the website does not have a https prefix, however, sometimes this error can occur when the website being added does have an https prefix!
Solution:
This was occurring on a system with a seemingly unrelated setting.
Using administrative rights:
Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer
Find the setting "Security Zones: Use only machine settings"
If this is Disabled or Not Configured, try changing this to Enabled.
Close the Internet Explorer browser.
Run "gpupdate /force"
Restart Internet Explorer and try again.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Unable to read from or write to the database

Issue:
When attempting to use secedit to analyze a database (sdb file), you receive the following information - Unable to read from or write to the database
Environment:
Windows
Solution:
Although it is worth checking permissions on the sdb file, the issue was occurring because the read-only attribute was assigned on the file. Clear the bit, and try again.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

ACAS \ Nessus Causes Systems to Crash, Reboot, or BSOD upon Credentialed Scans

Issue:
ACAS \ Nessus Causes Systems to Crash, Reboot, or BSOD upon Credentialed Scans
Environment:
Windows 7 workstations
Symptoms:
The moment an ACAS \ Nessus Credentialed scan begins, the target system crashes, reboots, or BSODs.
Solution:
Tracked this down to Microsoft Patch 3161531.
Appears to be happening when Tenable accesses C$ (almost immediately upon scan).
A related discussion on BSOD's when accessing C$ is here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4b1e0e7b-3b26-41f3-8979-0cd7a25d9209/kb3161561-crashing-server-when-remotly-accessed-with-smb?forum=winservergen
It appears that Microsoft has put out a related hotfix to this issue. Not because of Nessus specifically, but due to general problems when accessing C$, which I believe is ultimately why Nessus is failing.
For details, see both:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3161561
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3179573

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Updates not working on new install of Windows 7

Issue:
Updates not working on new install of Windows 7
Environment:
Windows 7 x64 Fresh Install
Symptoms:
Going to Windows Updates results in a window which states 'Checking for updates', but that check never ends.
Solution:
I did see this solution after much looking on answers.microsoft.com , but wanted to put it here as it specifically worked for me:
Install Windows 7.
Don't connect to internet.
Install Windows6.1-KB3083710-x64.msu.
Reboot.
Install Windows6.1-KB3102810-x64.msu
Reboot.
Use the Windows Update tool as normal. The initial check for updates may still take some time, but should eventually work.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

If you want to have a task deleted automatically after it runs, you must add at least one trigger that has an expiration date.

Issue:
When attempting to use Task Scheduler with the "/sc onstart" and "/z" switches, the task does not get deleted. The error "If you want to have a task deleted automatically after it runs, you must add at least one trigger that has an expiration date." may occur. This occurs when trying to run a scheduled task on startup (onstart) and have it deleted upon completion (/z). Although a deletion of the task could be performed via the GUI, the point is to have the task removed automatically.
Environment:
Windows. The goal is to kickoff a task when a computer is rebooted, have the task complete and then be deleted so that it doesn't run a second time.
Symptoms:
Task runs, however does not get deleted upon completion.
Solution:
It appears that to use the "/sc once" switch, a time MUST be entered. Without knowing the time that the system will be rebooted, this isn't easy or practical to do. Using the "/sc onstart" option with "/z" doesn't produce the desired results either (as mentioned above). The solution was to have the task delete itself.
The first task can be created such as:
SCHTASKS /create /sc onstart /tn "myTask" /tr "C:\temp\test.bat" /ru SYSTEM
The test.bat file would accomplish whichever tasks were desired, and then delete the task:
test.bat:
****
...Actions to take...
SCHTASKS /delete /tn "myTask" /f
****

Please note that this issue is different from the error "The task XML is missing a required element or attribute" which occurs if not using the /v1 switch, as described here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2004151


Tuesday, May 26, 2015

The uploaded content exceeded the maximum size allowed

Issue:
When attempting to upload a software package into the an ePO master repository, an error occurs: "The uploaded content exceeded the maximum size allowed"
Environment:
Web Interface of McAfee ePolicyOrchestrator (ePO)
Symptoms:
Hard disk space is not lacking, and yet, shortly after trying to upload the ZIP file package, the error occurs.
Solution:
Although this could very well be traced to a corrupt zip file, the problem was that the ZIP file I was using contained a tar.gz file inside. I had to extract the zip file, then extract the tar.gz (use a program such as 7zip). Once that was extracted, there was another ZIP file which was the appropriate one to use.