This error began after every reboot after an update on a Vista 64 Bit machine. It even mentions the program that “generates” the error – Popup.exe in the Dell SAS Raid Storage directories. Well the problem is fairly straightforward – there is a conflict in the version of the libeay32.dll from the openssl package. The difficulty is that you can have multiple copies of the dll on your machine from various installations and packages.
Luckily I got a break when searching for the versions of this file and its companion ssleay32.dll. You must ensure that you are searching all of the folders on the machine to get the copies that are in system and hidden folders. In my case the copy of the file causing the problem is in the windows\SYSWOW64 folder.
This folder is used by 64Bit Microsoft OSes. These x64 Windows operating systems run 64-bit code natively but can also run 32-bit code through the use of an integrated emulator called Windows on Windows 64 (WOW64).
The version that I replaced it with came from the same machine – and a package that I knew was relatively recent but you can download from the web if required (search on Openssl). This ensured I could return to previous configuration – I renamed the dlls that I was replacing first and then copied in the new ones into the SYSWOW64 folder.
A reboot and check of the popuplog.log for the Dell Sas megaraid controller showed the software had started and registered itself correctly.
Give it some welly !!! »« The upload of "Calendar" failed when publishing calendar from Outlook 2007 to the web
The exact message is
The upload of “Calendar” failed. The next upload attempt occurs with the next send/receive. Server returned an error.
Happened every time Outlook 2007 was sending and receiving – very annoying !!
I got this or so I thought shortly after receiving a published diary from a colleague. Looking under tools – email accounts – Published calendars showed no calendar.
So I clicked on change account and was shown a message saying “If you change your account, all calendars published to Microsoft Office Online will no longer be published”. Well since I don’t have any published according to outlook – I pressed continue and then sign in. It then told me I was logged into Live Id under the account I always use for that service – clicked next and finish – and was rewarded with a status screen and finally with a “Your calendar was published successfully” message. I could then send the diary to colleagues needing sight of my calendar.
So all back and working again …
The ordinal 2821 could not be located in the dynamic link library LIBEAY32 error »« Supporting users with VNC single click
Many people use VNC to support remote users and simply install the software on the remote machine and setup NAT passthrough on routers to get to the machine.
However a tip if you want to support someone who hasn’t got VNC on their machine and you have a static IP address. Use the VNC Single Click online creator (here) to build a custom windows .exe file that you can get the use to run. Place it on a web server or other location that the user can access and run it. Then open port 5500 on your router and start the VNC listener for that port.
When the user runs the application – its their machine that makes the connection out to your support machine.
The process for generating the file is as follows – - download the components from the site (some icons and text files) – edit the helpdesk.txt file and change the host section to your routers static IP address. Make sure port 5500 is opened and pointed at your machine. Zip all the file components in a zip archive.Then go to the Online creator site and upload the zipfile. It will compile and then give you a link to your custom exe file. Save it to you machine and then place a copy on your web server where the use can access.
Now when you want the user to get support send them the link for example http://www.mysupportserver.com/sc.exe and they will be prompted to run the application.
Some more info about this vnc derivative …
What is SC ?
UltraVNC SC is a mini (166k) UltraVNC Server that can be customized and preconfigured for download by a Customer. UltraVNC SC does not require installation and does not make use of the registry. The customer only has to download the little executable and Click to make a connection. The connection is initiated by the server, to allow easy access through customers firewall.
What is the difference between UltraVNC and UltraVNC SC ?
Size: UltraVNC is about 650k while SC is only 166k
SC can only do a reverse connection while the normal version server can listen to viewer connections.
SC can NOT be run as service, no logon or Ctrl-Alt-Del is supported.
SC can only do File Transfers, Directory transfer is not yet supported (but will be soon).SC doesn’t use registry and password. Settings are preconfigured, password is not needed for an outgoing connection.
The upload of "Calendar" failed when publishing calendar from Outlook 2007 to the web »« VM Boot screen too quick in VMware Workstation ? – change bios.bootDelay
