Bret A. Bennett

Bret A. Bennett is the principal consultant of BRET A. BENNETT, a business IT consultancy in West Palm Beach, Florida (est. 1987). Bennett specializes in the installation, training, and support of Microsoft Dynamics GP, Passport Business Solutions, and Open Systems Traverse software. He also provides support for BI delivery and Microsoft servers, including SQL Server, Windows Server, and Small Business Server. Besides earning a bachelor's degree, he's a Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), Certified Accounting Applications Specialist, and Certified Installation Specialist.

bret@bretabennett.com

Bret A.’s Recent activity

Audio Echo in XP SP3 Messaging Clients
Jan 19, 2010
One of my customers recently purchased a new Dell Vostro 1720 laptop with Windows XP preinstalled. When I had the customer use Windows Live Messenger and I connected to the Vostro over the Internet, the customer...
Offline File Caching Slows Logon and Logoff
Dec 15, 2009
I recently noticed excessive offline file caching during logon and logoff on a particular Windows XP domain machine (called PC1) at a customer’s Windows Small Business Server 2003 site. (Note that you can configure a...
Another Way to Add URLs to IE 7.0's Favorites Tree
Aug 05, 2009
In "Easily Add URLs to Internet Explorer 7.0's Favorites Tree", I provided an alternative to using the Add to Favorites feature to add URLs to a large Favorites tree in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0. I recently...
An Unlikely Culprit Can Cause Computers to Hang
Jul 24, 2007
Executive Summary: The Windows Indexing Service can help you quickly search through files, but problems can arise that can make Windows XP Professional and other Windows operating systems sluggish and eve...
Create an MMC Snap-In for Searching PDF Files
Feb 27, 2007
I recently called Microsoft Customer Service and Support (CSS) to help resolve what I thought was an undocumented error. As it turns out, the error was documented—I just couldn't find a reference to it in...
Surmounting the Unmountable_Boot_Device Error
Feb 27, 2006
I had a job recently in which the customer's Windows XP PC would power-on self test (POST) but would display a blue screen with an Unmountable_Boot_Device error. I loaded a third-party partition management utility...
Exchange Connection Problems? Check This Registry Key
Dec 26, 2005
After I performed an over-the-top reinstall of Windows 2000 Professional on a user's PC, the user was having connection problems with Microsoft Exchange Server. When I called Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS)...
Load More