After updating my system to Windows 8, Office 2010 Publisher quit saving files as PDF and XPS. The error message was:
"Publisher cannot save the file" or in german "Publisher kann Datei nicht speichern".
On a different computer the same file saved as PDF without problems.

How-i-fixed-it:
I found the right hints how to fix it here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-office_other/publisher-2010-error-when-try-to-save-a-file-as/e2df6b52-0359-447d-8b5d-7d4545052ea3

I changed my default printer to a different one than before and suprisingly  PDF and XPS export in Publisher was working fine again.

This is in response to an email I got asking me about how my upgrades went and if I used new hardware.
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When we did our big upgrade to 6.3.8, we moved the database to new hardware and then did the upgrade.
We also had a consultant do the conversion because we moved from Oracle to SQL server.
The conversion went fine. I move copies of the database to my test server all the time. Moving the databases around is no problem since there is no software tied to it directly on the DB server.
I use Microsoft DFS that comes with Server 2003 R2 and beyond to create DFS shares for my visual files. That way I can move servers around and it will not ever break Visual on the desktop.
So my Visual binary files are always loaded from v: and the custom reports from o:.
I also have 3 sites with a WAN, so I use thin clients at the remote sites and a terminal server here connected to my DB server with a Gigabit line. It works great. Much better than running over the wan with just the Visual client.
Even my planners at remote sites use Remote Desktop to run Visual.

Back to the install…
It much easier to do smaller upgrades, so I have done the last 2 by myself.
Like from 6.3.8 to 6.4.1 and then I went from 6.4.1 to 6.5.1.
I upgrade Visual about once a year.
Both upgrades were very simple and the database changes were done in like 15 minutes or less.
I used to use Microsoft SMS 2003 (System Management Server 2003) to push out the software to the desktops, but it was just getting out of hand, so now I run everything from a network share and it seems to be fine.
We have about 50 concurrent Visual users and about 20 barcode stations.

I hate SQLbase. I have to use it for my some of my timekeeping software.
I use Microsoft SQL server 2005 now and it comes with Reporting services free and we use it for lots of custom web based reports. I love it.
The only thing I didnt like was that I had to re-create all my 100 users when I upgraded from SQL2000 to SQL2005. This also happens when you change servers, so I did both things at the same time, so that I would only have to re-create everyone once.

How much water do your plants need? It took me a lot of time (and lots of indoor plants) before i finally found it, that i will probably never learn to give them the right amount of water. How to fix that problem?
Use the great Blumat Watering System. Less problems with your plants. More time to write great code :-)

I was looking for a free hosted service of Microsoft Team Foundation Server to have version control for my Visual Studio software projects.

I found out, that Microsoft itself offers a free plan for up to 5 users under: http://tfs.visualstudio.com/

My Windows Phone 8 OS-Version: 8.10.12397.895 startet to throw error 86000106 when syncing with my companys Open-XChange groupware server.

Found similar issues described in a forum, but that did not help for me:

http://answers.microsoft.com/de-de/winphone/forum/wp8-wpemail/fehler-bei-active-sync-fehler-86000106/a69fb145-29d2-4c12-8730-7ecbd389787e?rtAction=1404212848646

https://mailbox.org/windows-phone-8-1-fehlermeldung-beim-synchronisieren/

The fixes suggested to change sync interval from "based on usage" to "manual".

How-I-fixed-it:
I deleted the particular Exchange ActiveSync Account on my phone and added it again. The account syncs OK since this.

In my SQLCLR C# Stored Procedure on SQL Server 2008 R2 i returned the results using a SqlDataRecord that has a column of SqlDbType.Float.

Trying to set the value using the SetFloat Method, i got an InvalidCastException.

How-i-fixed-it:
I found out that SqlDbType.Float is equal to a System.Double data type. Using the SetDouble Method it works fine.

Here i found the right hints:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/vstudio/system.data.sqldbtype(v=vs.80).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/vstudio/microsoft.sqlserver.server.sqldatarecord.setfloat.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/vstudio/microsoft.sqlserver.server.sqldatarecord.setdouble.aspx






 



 

Here are some tips to go with some CATIA errors that I have resolved.

OSM_VE004 : Cannot open document due to data storage versionning. 

This means that the file you are opening is newer than the Version of CATIA you are running.
In my case I opened the catpart in notepad and searched for LastSaveVersion
Next to that I found 5/21/4/
Since I was on V5R20, this told me that I needed to install V5R21SP4.

CATIA V5R21 will not find the LUM License Manager
CATIA now wants to use the DSLS License Manager, but you can force it to use LUM.

To tell CATIA V5R21 to use LUM, add this Enviromental Variable:
DSLICENSING = LEGACY

I uninstalled a network printer under Windows 8, but the TCP/IP printer port was still in the list of printer ports. I tried to manually delete it form the ports list, but i got the error message "The requested resource is in use" (In german: "Die angeforderte Ressource wird bereits verwendet"). Reboot did not help.



How-I-fixed-it:
I found the right hints here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/245c20bd-b6e1-4932-b91b-84fbd9767b41/can-not-delete-tcpip-printer-port-when-deleting-the-printer-on-windows-2008-server?forum=winserverprint

1. Open the registry Editor "regedit.exe"
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlPrintPrinters
3. Is the Printer deleted recently still listed there? If yes, delete the according entry in the registry
4. Restart the Spooler Service
5. Delete the TCP/IP Printer port.

P.S.
I did this, because our Network admin changed the hostname of a HP Color LaserJet 4650dn Printer and i had to re-install it on my computer.

I recently updated to Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate.
When i tried to open an existing SQL Server SQLCLR Project (*.sqlproj), it says that the sqlproj is incompatible with the version I am running.

How-i-fixed-it:
I installed the SQL Server Data Tools from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/tools.aspx.

I found the solution here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11906691/visual-studio-2012-csproj-and-sqlproj

and here:
http://www.comoke.com/index.php/2012/10/visual-studio-2012-database-project-sqlproj-project-type-not-supported/

and here:
http://blog.tentaclesoftware.com/archive/2013/02/11/visual-studio-2010-and-2012-sqlproj-interoperability.aspx

Thanks to Rick Strahl for this great blog entry that saved me a lot of time solving a COM Interop issue:


COMException exposes this HRESULT as an int value in the Exceptions ErrorCode property. Now in my brain freeze haze I tried something like this:

try{ this.OutputBuffer = this.ComInstance.GetType().InvokeMember("ProcessHit", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, this.ComInstance, new object[1] { this.CompleteInputBuffer }) as string;}catch (COMException ex){ // *** RPC Server Unavailable if ( ex.ErrorCode == 0x800706ba ) { // try to reload the server if (this.LoadServer()) return this.CallComServer(); } this.ErrorMessage = ex.Message; return false;}catch (Exception ex){ this.ErrorMessage = ex.Message; return false;}finally{ this.EndRequest();}

Now that seems like it should work well enough right?

Eh, not quite. The problem is that the constant hex value is created as a uint while the HRESULT is a signed integer. The code compiles just fine but at runtime the comparision may fail (depending on the HRESULTs actual value - high values like the one above (and arent just about all COM errors 0x800... ) will fail.

So quick - how do you create a signed hex constant?

I dont know, but this works as expected:

if ( (uint) ex.ErrorCode == 0x800706ba )

I have not been working with the Linq to SQL tool before and had to make some changes to an existing Visual Studio 2012 project. Some new colums were added to a database table and i needed to update the corresponding dbml file in the Visual Studio project.

How-i-fixed-it:
I found the solution here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1110171/how-to-update-linq-to-sql-dbml-file

Delete the modified tables from the designer, and drag them back onto the designer surface from the Database Explorer. I have found that, for this to work reliably, you have to:
a. Refresh the database schema in the Database Explorer (right-click, refresh)
b. Save the designer after deleting the tables
c. Save again after dragging the tables back.

Today i had to find the chord names for some notes on my keyboard. This great tool helped me:
http://www.sengpielaudio.com/Akkord-Benennung.htm

One of my C# SQLCLR table valued function started to throw an exception with some recently added data to the database:

SQL Server Message 6260
system.overflowexception Arithmetic Overflow

How-i-fixed-it:
It turned out to be caused by a divison by 0 happening at runtime because of bad records in the data. I added some code to check for this which fixed the problem of the arithemtic overlow.

I installed MIKTeX 2.9.5105 64 Bit on my Windows 8.1 64 Bit OS. Then I installed TeXStudio 2.7.0 as my favourite TeX Editor.
Starting up TeXStudio, it did not find my MIKTeX Installation and therefore refused to compile documents.

How-I-fixed-it:

I found some hints here:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/71073/i-installed-texstudio-and-miktex-in-the-wrong-order-how-can-i-do-a-clean-instal

Close TeXStudio. In Windows Explorer navigate to: %APPDATA% exstudio (Alternatively you can navigate to C:UsersYOUR_WINDOWS_ACCOUNT_NAMEAppDataRoaming exstudio).

Delete texstudio.ini file.

Restart TeXStudio.

This fixed it for me.

Recently, opening my Outlook 2013, the folder pane was empty. Indeed, it looked not really to be empty. It was filled with blue color and the was some mouseover effect happening moving the pointer over it.

How-i-fixed-it:
It turned out, that the September update of Office Software can cause this issue in case a certain combination of Outook.exe and mso.dll happens. Its the KB2817630 patch causing the problem in case the August Cumulative update is NOT installed on the Computer.

Heres what the TechNet blog says:
"Due to a version incompatibility between outlook.exe and mso.dll, a mismatched reference to a data structure causes the “Minimize” button in the navigation
pane to render incorrectly, typically extremely large to the point that the navigation pane is "invisible" to the user. The issue only manifests when incompatible versions of outlook.exe and mso.dll exist on the system."

It only happes to:

Office 2013 Standard

Office 2013 Professional Plus

Heres a good description, how to fix it: http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2013/09/11/outlook-folder-pane-disappears-after-installing-september-2013-public-update.aspx

Where can you find the Outlook.exe and mso.dll Version Information?
Go to File -> Office Account -> Info about Outlook

I have a SIMULINK model to filter and process sensor data. I wanted to access some of model data from MATLAB workspace while the model was running.

How-i-fixed-it:

In my simulink model i added a non-blocking UDP receive block, a triggered subsystem ad a UDP send block.
The Status output of the UDP receive block triggers the subsystem which contains the UDP send block and received as Input the model data i want to send to the workspace.

In the workspace i create a UDP object to communicate with the UDP blocks in the SIMULINK model.
When the model is running, i send just a single byte on UDP from Workspace to the UDP Receive to Trigger the send. Next step is to read the desired number of bytes from the udp port in the workspace.

I found out, that the timing of this solution is not very performant. When the model is very busy (or at least the CPU is), then there can be significant delays in the model sending out the data on UDP. I think this does not work for real-time Systems, but its a simple solution to get it working.

I wanted to connect my Windows 8 calendar, mail and contacts app to my companys OpenXChange-Server.
How i fixed it:
Like described in: http://software.open-xchange.com/OX6/doc/BusinessMobilityOXtender/OX6-OXtender-for-Business-Mobility-English.pdfi found out, that it works like this for Windows 8 as well!
Windows Phone 7 includes a pre-installed Exchange ActiveSync client, with which you can synchronize your emails, contacts and appointments between your mobile phone and the Groupware Server.
Note: This guide refers to a non-modified version of Windows Phone 7. The icons and names on your mobile phone may be different from this guide. In this case, refer to your mobile phone documentation or ask your cell phone provider.
How to configure your Windows Phone 7 mobile phone:
1. In the main menu, select the right arrow icon or scroll to the left to access the application list.
2. Select Settings. Choose email & accounts.
3. Select add an account. Select the Outlook account type.
4. Enter the E-Mail address you use for the Groupware Server. Enter the password you use for the Groupware Server. Note: The entries are case-sensitive. Select sign in. 5. Enter your access data (username and domain) for the Groupware Server. If your username contains the @ character, enter the characters preceding @ in the Username field, the characters following @ in the Domain field. Example: For the username mike@ox.io enter mike as user and ox.io as domain. If your username does not contain the @ character, enter the username in the Username field and defaultcontext in the Domain field. Select Sign in.
6. A notification message is shown. Select Advanced. On the next page select show all settings.
7. Enter the server name (hostname, FQDN) of the Groupware Server in the Server field. If your server uses encryption, enable Server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection.
8. Check the settings. Select sign in. Result: Your mobile phone is configured to use the Grouwpare Server. The initial synchronization automatically starts immediately. Depending on the data volume and the network connection, the first synchronization might take a while.

I got a LateX document template that was using the bibunits package to create the references list. Out of the box, TeXnicCenter was not creating the references list in the document, there were still "unknown references".
How i fixed it:
I found the right hints here: http://latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=9168&p=74542
There are two steps to make it working:
1. In your project folder create a batch-file with the following Content (in case its not already part of the template files):

@echo off
echo Processing auxiliary files with BibTeX
For %%i in (*.aux) Do bibtex %%i

save it e.g as compilebib.bat.
2. Then click define output profiles (Alt+F7), select the postprocessor tab, and add new. Put compilebib.bat under executable.

On my sisters Asus A8JR Laptop Skype was complaining "The camera is used by another program".
How i fixed it:
She had ICQ installed and it was started with windows. Setting ICQ to not start automatically, made the webcam usable for Skype.

After searching around on the web for a while, i decided to write my own little conversion tool to export only parts of my firefox bookmarks, e.g. subfolders, to a HTML-File or in TRAC format.
Heres how i did it:
I added the OPML Addon to my firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/2625
I exported my bookmarks to an OPML-File, which is just XML.
Next i create a little XSL-Stylesheet that converts the OPML to the desired format.
To convert OPML to TRAC links the XSLT looks like this (OPML2TRAC.xsl):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" encoding="utf-16" media-type="text/plain" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no"/>
<xsl:variable name="exportRootFolderName">PlaceTheNameOfYourSubfolderHere</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="//outline[@text=$exportRootFolderName]">
<xsl:call-template name="outlineConvert"></xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="outlineConvert">
<xsl:for-each select="outline[@url != ]">
<xsl:sort select="@text" />[<xsl:value-of select="./@url" disable-output-escaping="yes"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="./@text"/>]<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


To convert OPML to HTML links the XSLT looks like this (OPML2HTML.xsl):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-16" media-type="text/html" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no"/>
<xsl:variable name="exportRootFolderName">PlaceTheNameOfYourSubfolderHere</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="//outline[@text=$exportRootFolderName]">
<xsl:call-template name="outlineConvert"></xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="outlineConvert">
<html>
<body>
<h2>My Bookmarks</h2>
<table border="1">
<xsl:for-each select="outline[@url != ]">
<xsl:sort select="@text" />
<tr>
<td>
<a>
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="./@url"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="./@text"/>
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Replace the "PlaceTheNameOfYourSubfolderHere" value with the name of the Subfolder of your firefox bookmarks.

In the head of the OPML-File insert the reference to the XSL-File:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="opml2trac.xsl"?>
<opml version="1.0">
... Rest of the OPML file ...

Open the OPML in Firefox or Internet Explorer now. You should then see the converted result.

You can also use a XSLT-Processor, e.g. MSXSL to do the conversion.

Windows 7 automatically names network connections like Connection 1 etc. I want to assign a name to the network connection myself, but theres no context menu or link in the network and share center. How i fixed it: Click on the network type symbol next to the name of the network at "Active Networks" in the network and share center. A dialog box opens to allow entering a name for the network and to choose the symbol to be displayed. Here are the screenshots for my german OS: Click on the network symbol to open the dialog:

I was wondering, how i can link to a specific page in a PDF file openend in the browser.

How-I-fixed it:

Heres the AdobeManual on PDF opening Parameters for command line and URL:
http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf

Specifying parameters in a URL
  Because all specified actions are executed, it is possible that later actions will override the effects of previous actions, so it is important to use the correct order. For example, page actions should appear before zoom Actions.
Commands are not case sensitive except for the value of a named destination. There can be no spaces in the URL.

URL examples

http://example.org/doc.pdf#Chapter6

http://example.org/doc.pdf#page=3

http://example.org/doc.pdf#page=3&zoom=200,250,100

http://example.org/doc.pdf#zoom=50

http://example.org/doc.pdf#page=72&view=fitH,100

http://example.org/doc.pdf#pagemode=none

http://example.org/doc.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks&page=2

http://example.org/doc.pdf#page=3&pagemode=thumbs

http://example.org/doc.pdf#collab=DAVFDF@http://review_server/Collab/user1

http://example.org/doc.pdf#page=1&comment=452fde0e-fd22-457c-84aa-2cf5bed5a349

http://example.org/doc.pdf#fdf=http://example.org/doc.fdf

 

URL limitations

●Only one digit following a decimal point is retained for float values.

●Individual parameters, together with their values (separated by & or #), can be no greater then 32 characters in length.

●You cannot use the reserved characters =, #, and &. There is no way to escape these special characters.

●If you turn bookmarks off using a URL parameter when a document had previously been saved with bookmarks on, the bookmark scrollbars are displayed at first, and only disappear once Acrobat obtains enough streamed information to render the full page.

Over the last days, the battery of my Lumia 920 was empty much faster than i was used to. Usually it lasted y couple of days, but now its empty after 1 day.

How-i-fixed-it:
I found the right hints here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/winphone/forum/wp8-wpupdate/lumia-920-battery-issues/94655503-118c-4dfe-b433-08c23b8140c6

I fixed it by disabled a couple of background tasks. I also found out, that some of those Background tasks were added by recently installed apps.

Go to Settings->Apps->Background Tasks to see the list of apps that work in the background and choose the ones the disable.

Auf Deutsch:
Der Akku meines Nokia Lumia 920 wird schnell leer aufgrund von aktiven Hintergrundanwendungen.

Today we started an ASP.NET C# Project under VisualStudio 2012 using Team Foundation Server. We ran into the problem that we need to store some local path settings in the web.config file, but they are different on every developers computer.

How-I-fixed-it:
The solution is, to split the web.config up into several files and just reference the files using the configSource="sectionName.config" Attribute in the corresponding section in the web.config. Dont add these local files to the project, to not get them overwritten by each other.

Heres a sample:

web.config:
<applicationSettings>

<KCM.Properties.Settings configSource="KCM.Properties.Settings.config" />

</applicationSettings>

KCM.Properties.Settings.config:

xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<KCM.Properties.Settings>

<setting name="DataStoragePath" serializeAs="String">

<value>D:inetpubftproot</value>

</setting>

</KCM.Properties.Settings>
Here i found the right information to get the solution:

I just got my first iPhone, what a disapointment.
It was my first iPhone since I am loyal to Sprint and my unlimited data plan.
Im ready to return it after one day.
Even after the IOS5 upgrade the OS feels old and dated, it still looks the same as it does on my kidss generation 2 ipod touch. Was this boxy phone the best they could come up with.
My HTC Evo 4G had a huge screen compaired to this and its 2 years old!
Yes, Siri is cool, but you will need it since you cant read anything on this little screen!
I like how readable my email is on Andriod and when I zoom in on my email the text doesnt wrap, and that just sucks.
I read that the Galaxy 2S has a 4.5" screen and a better camera.  I should have got that.

I am very impressed with the new tools that come with Windows Live Essentials 2011.  The Live writer that I’m using for this blog make posting easy and the new Live Messenger is now my favorite tool for navigating Facebook along with my other Social Media tools, like LinkedIn, YouTube and Blogger.

Check it out!

In my LAN, I have a AVM Fritz!Box 7390 as DSL router and a Linksys WRT54G acting as a WiFi/WLAN repeater and LAN switch. Everything was fine for years with this configuration on DSL 16.000 (Annex B).
After German Telekom upgraded us to VoIP in the Fritz!Box (Annex J), problems started. Turning all devices on, full LAN and Internet Speed was present at all computer in the Network. After some time, the spped in the local LAN decreased (transfer rate from PC to PC as well as from PC to Internet) to just a few KB per second.(I tested internet speed with Ookla speedtest http://www.speedtest.net/). Internet Speed for WiFi devices connected to Fritz!Box router directly was OK.
I found out, unplugging the LAN cable from the Fritz!Box router and plugging it in again brings back full transfer rates in the LAN between all PCs and to the Internet.

How-I-fixed-it:
In thesSetup-menu of the Linksys under "Advanced Routing" theres an option called "Operating Mode". It was set to "Gateway". I set it to "Router" as suggested by the help text. No more LAN problems so far.

If you create an index of Adobe Acrobat files for fast searching, you may want to create a scheduled task that updates the index every night.
Adobe didnt have any pages that told me what should be in the BPDX file, but after some serious googling I was able to find a sample.

Here is a sample:

#--------------BatchUpdateCertIndex.bpdx------
c:Document ArchivesMy Index.pdx /rebuild
#-----------------------------------------

When I call the BPDX file from Task Scheduler I use this command line:
"C:Program Files (x86)AdobeAcrobat 10.0AcrobatAcrobat.exe" "c:scriptsBatchUpdate.bpdx"

Acrobat will not close on its own, but since I run this every night on a server, I just leave it running and it fires off again the next day in the same dialog box without opening new sessions.



This is the Help (or lack of it) from the Adobe Website on how to use the BPDX:

Use the Catalog feature and a catalog batch PDX file (.bpdx) to schedule when and how often to automatically build, rebuild, update, and purge an index. A BPDX file is a text file that contains a list of platform-dependent catalog index file paths and flags. You use a scheduling application, such as Windows Scheduler, to display the BPDX file in Acrobat. Acrobat then re-creates the index according to the flags in the BPDX file.

For more information on scheduling an indexing update, search for BPDX at www.adobe.com/support.

Note: To use BPDX files, in the Preferences dialog box under Catalog, select Allow Catalog Batch Files (.bpdx) To Be Run.

Recently I changed the password of my WebDav-Account. After that, Outlook stopped to publish my calendar to the Server. I tried to re-publish the calendar, but Outlook did not prompt me for the username / Password and still told me "Login failed".

How-I-fixed-it:
I went to system control -> user accounts -> credential manager -> windows logon credentials
There i found the setting "MSOutlookGeneric - MyWebDavServer". Open the tab and use "edit" to Change the credentials or delete the entry to let Outook prompt you for the login credentials again.

In German / Deutsch:
In der Systemsteuerung findet sich unter Benutzerkonten -> Anmeldeinformationsverwaltung -> Windows-Anmeldeinformationen "MSOutlookGeneric - MeinWebDavServer". Den Tab ausklappen unter unter "Bearbeiten" das Passwort eingeben.

I wanted to switch my contact management from OpenXChange/Outlook to Outlook.com/Outlook.  Im using Outlook 2013 (15.0.4615.1000) on Windows 8.


I followed the steps described here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2844991/en-us and copied all contacts from local Outlook folder to the contact folder of my outlook.com account.


I turned out, that the contacts were synced, but the birthday date for all of them was gone. Even manually entering the date in Outlook did not fix it.


How-I-fixed-it:
- Export all contacts to a csv-file from Outlook
- Manually import the contacts from the csv-file in outlook.com


I wanted to move the local temp folder of OneDrive to a different harddrive on my computer.


How-I-fixed-it:

I found the right hints here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/wiki/sdoptions-sdfileset/change-the-onedrive-folder-location/147dade2-830b-46ee-bf7e-36a8eab9446a

Change the OneDrive Folder Location

Summary

Details

I was behind a Firewall that blocked outgoing mails. I got a mail stuck in my Windows 8 Metro Mail App outbox. The app did not allow me to delete it from the folder.
How i fixed it:
I disabled my network connections. Then i was allowed to delete the mail.

Today my firefox 33 did not start any more. In task manager the process was shown, but with memory = 0 and CPU = 0. But the HDD usage of my computer went up to 100% and it was fully blocked for everything else. Waiting for a couple of minutI es did not change anything, also rebooting did not help

How-I-fixed-it:
Since Internet Explorer since worked on the computer, i went to https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/new/ and installed the latest version of the firefox browser. After this, firefox worked fine again.