If you are attempting to install or update Microsoft Visual Studio in offline mode, you may receive an error about your Internet connection which prevents you from downloading necessary installation files.   Visual Studio Installer Unable to download installation files. Check your internet connection and try again.    You must create a local cache install, including...

If you disabled Microsoft User Account Control (UAC), you may begin to notice the following system log messages appearing.   Event 7000, Service Control Manager The UAC File Virtualization Service Failed to Start due to the following error. This driver has been blocked from loading   Microsoft advises to never disable UAC to begin with. If...

If you attempt to import data using the data interpreter in Tableau, you may receive an error message.   An error has occurred. Error: Maestro document is invalid: loomDocFmtResourceBundle.at.e.json.then.o   This was a known issue with previous versions of Tableau prep. Ensure you are running the latest version of Tableau prep software here.

You may receive a message randomly or while attempting to ZIP a file in Windows. First, check to see if the files you are trying to ZIP are not in use already by another program. Next, ensure the Windows user you are logged in has access to the Windows temp folder and that it is set...

If you attempt to open Microsoft Outlook, you may receive an error message and Outlook closes.   The first Outlook message you receive is   ‘Microsoft Outlook’ exited without properly closing your Outlook data file “”. Microsoft Outlook must be restarted. If this error message recurs, contact support for ‘Microsoft Outlook’ for assistance.   The second...