How to fix errors when installing and uninstalling programs on Windows (sometimes including code 2502 or 2503):

Written by Ian Britten and Tibby Fielding

Are you having issues when installing and uninstalling programs on your Windows computer?

Sometimes, but not always, you may receive error messages that contain the code 2502 or 2503. A Windows computer has a built-in Windows account called Trusted Installer which assists in installing, modifying and removing updates and other Windows components. Over time your computer can become corrupted which causes the Trusted Installer to lose some of its access to the Temp Folder which holds temporary files used during installation. This can cause programs to stop installing or uninstalling all together.

To fix these issues, follow the steps below:

Step 1:

In the search bar type ‘cmd.’

Next, from the menu, right click ‘Command Prompt App’ and select ‘Run as administrator.’ 

Click ‘yes’ to the pop up.

Step 2:

Copy and paste the following commands in the command prompt box and press the ‘Enter’ key:

TAKEOWN /F C:\Windows\Temp /R

Icacls C:\Windows\Temp /Q /T /C /RESET

Step 3:

Open ‘File Explorer.’

Navigate to C:\Windows\Temp.

Right click the ‘Temp folder.’  and select ‘Properties.’

Step 4:

From the ‘Properties’ menu, select the ‘Security’ tab.

At the bottom of the Security Tab, select “Advanced.’

Step 5: 

At the top of the window, next to ‘Owner:’, select Change.

Step 6:

In the Advanced Security Settings Window, press the button named ‘Locations…’.

Step 7:

In the Locations window, select your device name under ‘Location:’.

Select’ OK’

Step 8:

In the textbox, ‘Enter the object name to select’ type: NT Service\TrustedInstaller

Next, select ‘Check Names’.

Step 9:

Once TrustedInstaller displays (with underline), select ‘OK’.

Step 10:

At the bottom of the Advanced Security window, click ‘Apply’ to set TrustedInstaller as owner.

 When you are finished giving Trusted Installer the access it needs, you should not have further issues installing or removing programs.

QuickBooks Payment Notifications Not Sending

Written By: Tamra Dubis and  Tibby Fielding 

QuickBooks customers should receive emails that show when a client processes a payment; However, since the end of July, QuickBooks customers have not been getting payment notification emails.

QuickBooks payment notification emails look like the image below:

Our IT technician dug deep into this issue to find a resolution, yet one is not currently available, and it has been deemed a back-end engineering issue. Take a look below to see all the steps our IT Technician took, including guidance from QuickBooks customer service. Hopefully, this will save you troubleshooting time until the issue is resolved.

 

  1. ADVYON contacted QuickBooks customer support and they gave the link below to fix this issue:

The article is titled: “Unable to receive Intuit email from QuickBooks Payments”

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/unable-receive-intuit-email/L10iCMjNp_US_en_US

 

  1. Our IT tech followed all the steps in this article as shown below:

Step 1: Check Email folders, including spam and junk

Step 2: Add the following email addresses to your contact list

Step 2 did not work, so they tried Step 3.

Step 3­­: Turn off the Sender ID filtering for all Server Hostnames/IP Addresses

Unfortunately, the steps in this article provided by QuickBooks Customer Service did not work.

 

  1. Next, ADVYON’s IT Technician found another support article after searching “QuickBooks not sending notifications”

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/payments/email-payment-notifications/00/688786

This article directs you to log into QuickBooks online account for QuickBooks desktop and make changes to the account settings and alerts. See the image below. ADVYON’s IT technician tried all steps on this QuickBooks support page with no resolution.

4. Next, our IT tech reached out to QuickBooks customer service again, the support representative said they would contact a higher tier of support to find out the issue. Through this exchange, we discovered that this is an ongoing backend issue at QuickBooks. Per the conversation below, the issues should have been resolved with the September 2, 2022 update. While QuickBooks has not updated its website to reflect the issue, the support representative clearly stated that the engineering department will have to fix the issue.

 

As of September 21, 2022, the issue still has not been resolved.

How to solve issues connecting to SharePoint on the Microsoft Edge browser

Written By: Ian Britten and  Tibby Fielding 

There is an issue with Microsoft Edge and Java if you are using a later version of both.  This problem can cause SharePoint to show an error that says “Undefined global this,” which means it cannot reach the website. If the browser does not have the right versions of Microsoft Edge and Java to reach a website, it will not connect and it will produce an error message. 

To fix this issue:

Download the latest version of Microsoft Edge. You do not need to uninstall anything; Microsoft Edge will reinstall over the older version

  1. Click this link to update Microsoft Edge: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge
  2. Choose your OS from the drop-down menu
  3. Next, download the latest version of Java. You do not need to uninstall anything; Java will update to the latest version. 
  4. Click this link to install the latest version of Java: https://www.java.com/en/download/
  5. Choose the green “Download Java” button

This fix should cure any roadblocks accessing SharePoint through Microsoft Edge.  

 

 

Download QuickBooks 2009 with Update R14 embedded

To get around the dreaded update error, you can download the file with the embedded update below:

From intuit.com:

We can install your QuickBooks 2009 with the R14 update. Here’s the direct link installer for QuickBooks 2009 (Note – the file will begin downloading once you click the link):

http://dlm2.download.intuit.com/akdlm/SBD/QuickBooks/2009/R14/QuickBooksPro2009.exe

To find updates for older versions of QuickBooks, including the R14 update, visit the Qtools website.



Quickbooks manual updates for older versions

Are you struggling to find updates for older versions of QuickBooks? We found this site which has links to QuickBooks updates for outdated versions.  If your QuickBooks is experiencing a 12009 error and you know you’re connected to the internet, try manually updating your QuickBooks.

QTools QuickBooks Update Page

File Stuck in Outbox – Work Offline Mode didn’t fix – RESOLVED

Recently we had a client who experienced a stuck file in the Outbox.  It was about 76MB and no way it would send.  She also had Outlook 2007 without the ribbon up top.  Using the regular “Work Offline” mode didn’t free up the file.  It still had the file is being sent message.  I was able to clear it up by doing the following.

1.  Make sure Outlook is in “Work Offline” mode

2.  Hit Send/Receive

3.  Before the operation finishes, cancel the send/receive in either the popup window for send/receive or the bottom bar.

After I cancelled the send/receive, it made the file free and I was able to delete it.

Hope this helps!

Mac AdwareMedic (Now Malwarebytes)

What Does Mac AdwareMedic (Malwarebytes) Do?

Mac AdwareMedic (now Malwarebytes) moves all known adware from your Mac. It is very simple to use and should clean up your system in less than a minute, from start to finish. Just open the app, click the Scan for Adware button, and remove anything that is detected. That’s it!

If AdwareMedic (Malwarebytes) doesn’t solve your problem, it includes the ability to take a system snapshot that can help find possible sources for the problem. This both helps you get rid of the adware and helps others by improving the app!

AdwareMedic (Malwarebytes) will not install anything on your system.

When it is opened, it will connect to adwaremedic.com to check for and/or download the latest adware “signatures” (a small text file that tells AdwareMedic how to identify adware components).

For more information, visit the Malwarebytes website.