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Tech Tips and Resources
Below are some general tech tips, notes we've made from doing repairs, and other useful information we've consolidated into one area.
Mail Settings
Mail Settings
Cruzio email settings
Cruzio email settings
Username: full email address
Email: full email address
Incoming Server POP: mail.cruzio.com (or subdomain)
Incoming Server IMAP: mail.cruzio.com (or subdomain)
Outgoing (smtp) server: smtpauth.cruzio.com (or subdomain)
Authentication method: password
Outgoing server requires authentication: same as incoming server
Ports and SSL: can use SSL or not, usually; PORT IMAP 143 or SSL 993 ; POP 110 or SSL 995 ; SMTP 587/465 (SSL may work on either)
Google or GSuite email settings
You may need to log into the web mail settings of Google and "enable IMAP",; you also may need to go into the Security settings and "Allow Less secure Applications"; and you may also need to "generate a device specific password."
www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
Username: full email address
Email: full email address
Incoming Server IMAP: imap.gmail.com
Outgoing (smtp) server: smtp.gmail.com
Authentication method: password
Outgoing server requires authentication: same as incoming server
Ports and SSL: PORT IMAP SSL 993 ; SMTP 587/465 (SSL/TLS either may work)
Most other email vendors
Username: full email address
Email: full email address
Incoming Server POP: pop.domainname.com
Incoming Server IMAP: imap.domainname.com
Outgoing (smtp) server: smtp.domainname.com
Authentication method: password
Outgoing server requires authentication: same as incoming server
Ports and SSL: can use SSL or not; PORT IMAP 143 or SSL 993 ; POP 110 or SSL 995 ; SMTP 587/465 (SSL may work on either)
Tips & Tricks
NTLDR is Missing
Invalid boot.ini
\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\CONFIG\\SYSTEM
\\System32\\Ntoskrnl.exe
\\System32\\HAL.dll
This will backup the boot.ini file, delete it, then run commands to re-create it and other important boot files.
Boot from Windows XP install disk, go into the Recovery Console
CD ..
ATTRIB -R boot.ini
ATTRIB -S boot.ini
ATTRIB -H boot.ini
copy boot.ini boot.bak
del boot.ini
BOOTCFG /Rebuild
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (or other OS name)
/FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
CHKDSK /R
FIXBOOT
Repair Corrupted User Profile
If you turn on your computer, and it boots up fine, but then all your data appears to be missing, then your user profile may be corrupted in the registry.
Step 1. Open the Windows 10 Registry Editor by typing regedit in the Search box.
Step 2. When Registry Editor launches, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
Step 3. Look at the S-1-5 folders and look at the "ProfileImagePath entry" to find your user account.
There should be two S-1-5 folder names. One ends in .bak That is the proper but corrupt entry.
The other one should have a ProfileImagePath entry that includes 'temp' as the username
Step 4. Delete the S-1-5 folder with the temp user profile
Rename the folder with .bak and just remove the .bak
Step 5. Reboot. It should all work now.