Event Log AFD:Error (13) - Path Problem

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Event Log AFD:Error (13)

This is a very uncommon error. If your receiving this error in an application like Captaris RightFax, then the solution may be as simple as a directory or file rights/permissions modification.

Check that the services that may be writing files for Captaris' services, and there are several of them, have the necessary rights to write to the folders the software writes to when creating or updating the index file stored and used for file retrieval and archival on the system during send and receive.

The error is not limited to the index file permission but also the pdf or tif files that are created with each receive (incoming). Especially if you are routing the incoming to folder locations based on the user who is to get them.

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Event Log AFD:Error (13) - Path Problem

Desktop, Server and Network Management

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Desktops, Servers, and Networks, oh MY!: RAID - Not Just for Servers Anymore

Desktops, Servers, and Networks, oh MY!: RAID - Not Just for Servers Anymore

RAID, once found only in network server and on a very rare occasion, and on a very expensive desktop computer system. Any desktop years ago that had true hardware RAID installed was a very expensive and rare site to see. often, it was for someone who had way too much money and needed something to brag about. In legit cases however, if there were a desktop with hardware RAID installed it would also be acting as a server in some capcity or the user was just paranoid and didn't want to save anything in public space such as a network server.

RAID - Not Just for Servers Anymore

With the cost of RAID redundancy coming of age in terms of pricing, it's no wonder that there are more desktops sold with the option of RAID redundancy. Due to the successfully change from the IDE standard many years ago to SATA and SAS, RAID at the desktop level is much more consumer friendly in terms of price and therefore many more desktops are shipping with redundancy hard drive redundancy and fail over being built into them. RAID is no longer only for servers.

I think this is great and wish it could have been so inexpensive to add RAID to desktops many years ago. I know that it would have saved many people a lot of pain as their computers took a dive and the hard drive they stored much of their data on was never backed up.

What prompted me to add this post is during a recent installation of Vista Ultimate edition on a desktop computer system, I noticed a button on the installation drive selection window. It said load drivers and so out of curiosity, I clicked it. Behold, an option to add third party disk drivers to Vista. This was once a part of the text based installation of XP and Windows 2000, but now it's been nicely GUI-fied.

Oddly enough though, when you click the button to add disk drivers to the Vista installation, you are asked to insert a diskette containing the drivers. So just as it's becoming common place to see RAID installed in desktops, it becoming just as rare to see floppy drives installed on new systems.

Desktops, Servers, and Networks, oh MY!: RAID - Not Just for Servers Anymore

VMware Boot From ISO Image

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One of the nice features, and VMWare has many great features, of VMWare Workstation is the ability to select an ISO image to boot from. If the ISO is the installation media for a guest operating system then the installation for the operating system begins.

In the case of Vista fo example, it comes often on DVD. If the user of VMWare worksation doesn't own a DVD player on their computer and their budget is tight, they are left with trying to borrow one or have the DVD image converted to an ISo. Once they have the ISO image, the file can be compied to a network drive or stored on the local hard-drive. Throuhg VM's interface, the ISO image can be selected to boot from and the installation begins.

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Support computer software, applications and networks hardware

Computer Support - Adventure (Rated PG): Supporting tech-nol-o-gy. Yep, that's a computer alright. - Powered By Bloglines I saw the post on hardware reviews, they're not bad. They're not fluffed up with an angle to sell and computer or network hardware or having been sponsored by anyone to say good or bad things on particular hardware or software computer devices or applications. It seems that person is really a technician or engineer that supports the computer software, applications and networks hardware (and other computer desktop hardware - can't leave out the printing wows that everyone has gone through). It really seems that person really works in the tech field and is posting for real stuff from a regular technician's or hardware and software integrator perspective. A site that has some honest reviews of software and hardware is http://www.bloglines.com/blog/puppet/ . The writer isn't a tech writer, you'll realize that right after the first reading but does have a flair and natural ability to write. That is important because as the reviews or computer desktop and server hardware is written about, the author isn't trying to play to any audience, isn't getting paid by anyone to write about their computer or network products, the author is just writing about the things they have experienced while working and applying computer desktop, server, backup and network technologies. 

Backup and network technologies

 Other opinionated article and site regarding computer and networking technologies can be found that may have an opinion about computer and software and other such topics but if you notice they'll be commercial sites with commercial adds about computer desktop or server and networking hardware and software on the pages and more often the writers are paid to write about some product. So you want an opinion from someone who was paid to provide it? Does that make sense? The writers on article sites or promotion (PR) sites often promote sites or products have a vested interest in what they are writing they've been often paid to say good things and in many cases to even just talk about the product. Another site that's not a paid opinion site. The author hasn't been paid to say things about the product (at least not from what I can tell - the site doesn't seem commercialized) http://remotesupport.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4332AD0A933BC068!166.entry http://remotesupport.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4332AD0A933BC068!166.entry For software that will enable remote desktop support and online server remote support through the web - Desktop Remote Support Software