Category: vista

Saw this error when attempting to connect Excel/Microsoft Query to an installation of Sage when Sage v14 had been installed on Vista with Office 2007 (but these two programs are unrelated to the error).

If in Microsoft Query I select the listed data source for Sage then it would generate the above error. The problem was that the data source that is created by default points to the sample Sage database and not the database on the network that the company was using.

So to fix, create a new datasource and for the data path value enter the full URL to the Sage database including the ACCDATA folder (for example \\server\sage\company.000\accdata).

Finally fixed this one! On Windows Media Player 11, running on Vista on Dell hardware the sound-card (with a SigmaTel device) would ruin the end of every song, but sync the song to a mobile device or use a different media player (VLC for example) and the songs play the bit near the end fine.

The problem is the device and its interaction with Windows Media Player. For the device you need to disable the playback enhancements.

This is done from Control Panel > Sounds. Right-click the Speakers/Headphones entry and choose Properties. On the Enhancements tab select Disable all enhancements. I did not need to reboot or even restart Media Player as I have read reported.