There is a simple method to re-establish the trust relationship between the workstation and the domain controller. It only involves a single restart and a single step.
Open System Properties. This varies by Windows version. On Windows 10 and 11, open “Settings” select “System” and then open “About”. In Windows 10 select “Advanced system settings” on the right. In Windows 11 select “Domain or workgroup”. Both of them will give you a window that looks like this.
Select Change… and another window will pop up
Remove .local from the Domain: field
Click OK and it will welcome you to the domain.
Click OK on the welcome message
Click OK on the System Properties window. It will warn you that a restart is required so accept that to reboot the workstation.
Everything should be as before. If you open the window back up after the reboot, the .local domain name will again be in that field.
For the sake of data redundancy, I have copied this from Microsoft Support and claim no credit for any of this excellent documentation.
If some Windows functions aren’t working or Windows crashes, use the System File Checker to scan Windows and restore your files.
Though the steps below might look complicated at first glance, just follow them in order, step-by-step, and we’ll try to get you back on track.
Run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe)
To do this, follow these steps:
Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, do the following as your appropriate:
If you are running Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, first run the inbox Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool prior to running the System File Checker. (If you are running Windows 7 or Windows Vista, skip to Step 3.)
Type the following command, and then press Enter. It may take several minutes for the command operation to be completed.
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
Important: When you run this command, DISM uses Windows Update to provide the files that are required to fix corruptions. However, if your Windows Update client is already broken, use a running Windows installation as the repair source, or use a Windows side-by-side folder from a network share or from a removable media, such as the Windows DVD, as the source of the files. To do this, run the following command instead:
Note: Replace the C:\RepairSource\Windows placeholder with the location of your repair source. For more information about using the DISM tool to repair Windows, reference Repair a Windows Image.
At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
sfc /scannow
The sfc /scannow command will scan all protected system files, and replace corrupted files with a cached copy that is located in a compressed folder at %WinDir%\System32\dllcache. The %WinDir% placeholder represents the Windows operating system folder. For example, C:\Windows.
Note: Do not close this Command Prompt window until the verification is 100% complete. The scan results will be shown after this process is finished.
After the process is finished, you may receive one of the following messages:
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations. This means that you do not have any missing or corrupted system files.
Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation. To resolve this problem, perform the System File Checker scan in safe mode, and make sure that the PendingDeletes and PendingRenames folders exist under %WinDir%\WinSxS\Temp.
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %WinDir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. To view the detail information about the system file scan and restoration, go to How to view details of the System File Checker process.
How to view details of the System File Checker process
To view the details that are included in the CBS.Log file, you can copy the information to the Sfcdetails.txt file by using the Findstr command and then view the details in the Sfcdetails.txt. To do this, follow these steps:
Open an elevated command prompt as described in the previous step 1.
At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt" Note The Sfcdetails.txt file contains details from every time that the System File Checker tool has been run on the computer. The file includes information about files that were not repaired by the System File Checker tool. Verify the date and time entries to determine the problem files that were found the last time that you ran the System File Checker tool.
Open the Sfcdetails.txt file from your desktop.
The Sfcdetails.txt file uses the following format:Date/Time SFC detail The following sample log file contains an entry for a file that could not be repaired: 2007-01-12 12:10:42, Info CSI 00000008 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:34{17}]”Accessibility.dll” of Accessibility, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_MSIL (8), Culture neutral, VersionScope neutral, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:b03f5f7f11d50a3a}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
How to manually replace a corrupted system file with a known good copy of the file
After you determine which system file was corrupted and could not be repaired through the detail information in the Sfcdetails.txt file, find where the corrupted file located, and then manually replace the corrupted file with a known good copy of the file. To do this, follow these steps:
Note You may be able to get a known good copy of the system file from another computer that is running the same version of Windows with your computer. You may perform a System File Checker process on that computer to make sure the system file that you intend to copy is a good copy.
Take administrative ownership of the corrupted system file. To do this, at an elevated command prompt, copy and then paste (or type) the following command, and then press ENTER:takeown /f Path_And_File_Name Note The Path_And_File_Name placeholder represents the path and the file name of the corrupted file. For example, type takeown /f C:\windows\system32\jscript.dll.
Grant administrators full access to the corrupted system file. To do this, copy and paste (or type) the following command, and then press ENTER:icacls Path_And_File_Name /GRANT ADMINISTRATORS:F Note The Path_And_File_Name placeholder represents the path and the file name of the corrupted file. For example, type icacls C:\windows\system32\jscript.dll /grant administrators:F.
Replace the corrupted system file with a known good copy of the file. To do this, copy and paste (or type) the following command, and then press ENTER: Copy Source_File Destination Note The Source_File placeholder represents the path and file name of the known good copy of the file on your computer, and the Destination placeholder represents the path and file name of the corrupted file. For example, type copy E:\temp\jscript.dll C:\windows\system32\jscript.dll.
If the steps above don’t work, you may need to reinstall Windows. For more info, see Windows 10 recovery options.
My wife found a really cute Yorkie puppy named Blue and wanted to buy it. After a couple of emails, the alarm bells started ringing. Following are the points of evidence for me to call a scam alert.
Here is a picture of Blue on the site https://foreveryorkiekisses.com/available-puppies/
My wife filled out the “Adopt Blue” form on the site and here is the first email we got back in response.
We are writing to you in response to your inquiry on Yorkie puppy; BLUE
We greatly appreciate your interest in our little buddy and also hope that the information on Blue stated below meets your expectations so he can make you and your family absolutely happier.
BLUE’S INFO:
He is AKC registered just like the rest of our Yorkies.
He is current on all his shots (vaccines).
His birthday is January 21st, 2021
He currently weighs 1.4 lbs and his estimated adult weight is 5 lbs
Blue has equally been Microchipped
Like the rest of our puppies, he has been potty trained to use a puppy pad.
Blue loves giving puppy kisses, he loves to cuddle, he's filled with love and he is also very playful
He gets along very well with children as well as with other home pets.
Basically, Blue loves to be spoiled.
Since all our puppies are a great part of our family (Forever Yorkie Kisses), we are always concerned about the kind of home/family any of our babies will be going to at any given moment.
For that reason, we have a couple of questions we would like for you to answer before we can proceed with the entire process.
How big is your home/house/apartment? Will your job/school provide you with enough time to be able to take care of this puppy?
Are you experienced with this breed of puppy or with puppies as a whole?
Do you have any intentions to breed our puppy/puppies?
Do you live with kids or other home pets?
How soon would you like to have BLUE as part of your home/family?
The cost to adopt Blue is $500.
From the inquiry you sent earlier, we noticed that you are from [name of our town] which is about 18 hours drive away from us, but that isn't a problem at all because we shall have Blue transported safely to your city by a professional pet transportation company via flight (in the cabin), and then he will be delivered to your address by an agent within the same day. Transportation to your location will cost $200.
Hence, the total cost will be $700 for you to have Blue.
We are very much looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind regards!
Fair enough. Breeders should be careful about where the puppies are headed. No red flags here, except that price! My wife sent an email in response to the questions with a couple of questions of her own. Namely, where are they located? Here is the second email we got from them.
Thank you for getting back to us. We have read through your mail and would like to inform you that we are pleased to let you provide a home for baby BLUE. He is in perfect health condition and doesn’t not have any genetic or physical defects.
Find attached a recent photo and a video of Blue.
In order for us to proceed, when we receive your reply to this email stating if you are still willing to provide a home for this fur baby, we would then forward to you a “PURCHASE AGREEMENT FORM”
via email in the form of PDF which you will download and print the documents; then fill the form, and finally scan the filled form and send back to us before you make the payment for your to-be puppy. If you do not have a means to scan the form, simply take clear photos of each page of the form with all 4 edges of the pages showing in the photos. Once we receive the filled form and your payment, we will then proceed with necessary arrangements for transportation of the puppy to your home address which you will include on the form.
A deposit of $400 is required to reserve a client’s puppy till they are ready to receive the puppy at their home.
We currently accept payments via ZELLE, APPLE PAY, GOOGLE PAY, Walmart2Walmart, Western Union, MoneyGram, and BITCOIN.
We hope to hear back from you soon!
Warm regards!
Following are the included picture and video.
Cute little guy, isn’t he?
No answer to the question about their location. The use of language is stilted and the list of payment methods is concerning, as well as a 57% deposit. So now the red flags are starting to fly. That led me to do some hunting. I discovered that Blue is also named Kevin on this site https://happypetcompanions.com/available-puppies/
That was the last red flag for me. I cannot say with empirical evidence that the people involved with this are scammers and neither am I interested in finding that evidence. I’ll pass on getting scammed, thank you very much! All in all, there are many reasons to believe that both sites are run by the same people and that neither of them is to be trusted.
There is uncommon effort put into this attempt. I’m positive there are many thousands of these stories happening now so that means uncommon diligence is needed. Stay frosty my friends!
I just finished tussling with a client’s computer that was locked with a small legitimate program called Lock My PC from FSPro Labs. I found several articles talking about the response they had to an increase in the nefarious use of their program. Here is one of them at Bleeping Computer talking about the response fspro.net/lock-pc/ had for the scammers.
My customer had been scammed and had enough of dealing with them. The clowns threatened him with locking him out of his computer if he didn’t give them his banking login details. They were planning to make good on their threat with this program. It was very scary for him, but thankfully I was able to help him out of his pickle.
The recovery method offered on this page https://fspro.net/_service/lmpc-passrec/ did not work for me and after further digging, I realized that I was dealing with Lock My PC v4.6 and not with the latest v4.9.6. Ah ha! A clue!
The program is no longer offered by FSPro for download so I turned to Major Geeks for the newest version https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/lock_my_pc.html. After a boot into safe mode and an upgrade install of the program, the fix worked! Entering the code provided by FSPro revealed a recovery code that when entered into the online tool generated a passkey to unlock the program. The same passkey worked to unlock it at uninstall also.
A quick swipe with Revo Uninstaller later and everything is gone!
Kudos to FSPro for a decisive action to cut these crooks off at the knees.
My Logitech G502 was plaguing me with intermittent hitching. Sometimes it would work great for days and other times it would be barely usable. I assumed it was a driver or Windows issue. I tried many suggested solutions and none of them worked. The problem even pursued me through a major computer platform upgrade from Intel to AMD. The common denominator ended up being the mouse itself.
I installed Logitech G Hub and poked around until I discovered that I was able to edit the onboard settings of the mouse.
The Surface Tuning was set to custom. I changed it to default and it started behaving perfectly.
Eph 2 is a wonderful parallel text to the first half of Romans 8. Christ fit both the old and the new together. He is the cornerstone of the kingdom of Heaven. Everything hinges on Him. He fulfilled the law and made it possible for us to do the same. Only through His Spirit and through His Spirit we fulfill the law and we are fellow citizens with the saints and the household of God. No longer is there enmity. We are free to become righteous. We no longer need to sin. There is no longer the need.
We can change. We may change. It is possible for us to change. We can change through His Spirit. We can change through the power of the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead and brought new life. That power. That life. That very same Spirit enlivens and powers us today. That is the grace of God. That power. That life. It is the grace of God in our lives. We may change because our why can change. The reason why we live. The reason why we strive. The reason we want to change can change. It no longer must be about ourselves. It may be about Him. It must be about Him. That change changes everything.
No longer are we slaves to what we were. We are free to change. To become righteous. To become better. To become more like Him. Not because it is about us any longer. But because it is about Him. We are able to move forward and change. Change because it is who we are becoming. We are becoming more like Him. Jesus embodies perfection. We don’t want to be like Him because we want to be perfect. We want to be like Him because we are now a new creation and we are now meant to be like Him. We may be like Him. Let this same mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus…
[Phl 2:5-11 CSB] (5) Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, (6) who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited.
(7) Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, (8) he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross.
(9) For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
(10) so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow — in heaven and on earth and under the earth —
(11) and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
The struggle will be with us to the end of this life.
Ecc 1:1-18 CSB The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. (2) “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Absolute futility. Everything is futile.” (3) What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun? (4) A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. (5) The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it returns to the place where it rises. (6) Gusting to the south, turning to the north, turning, turning, goes the wind, and the wind returns in its cycles. (7) All the streams flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. (8) All things are wearisome, more than anyone can say. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing. (9) What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. (10) Can one say about anything, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us. (11) There is no remembrance of those who came before; and of those who will come after there will also be no remembrance by those who follow them. (12) I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. (13) I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied. (14) I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. (15) What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. (16) I said to myself, “See, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.” (17) I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind. (18) For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases.
In much wisdom is much grief.
I don’t consider myself a wise man but I am, in biblical terms, somewhere in the middle of my life. Of course, I am a typical man so I am wondering what mark, if any, I will leave here. Please forgive the introspective tone of what I have to share.
What is the stuff of life? Is it relationships? Is it to help others? To improve their lives? Christ came to heal. [Isa 61:1-3 CSB] (1) The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners; (2) to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn, (3) to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the LORD to glorify him.
God created the world for His own glory. So how can we as Christians bring Him glory?
We bring glory to God when we trust Him. Put our weight on Him. Put our faith in Him and let Him lead us. We can mess up our lives and our witness with our mis-understanding of what God wants and what He is about. We don’t want to mess up. We don’t want to make God look bad so we refrain from doing things that could make God look bad. The problem we often face though is that we don’t want to make ourselves look bad if God doesn’t come through with what we think He should do. What if we look like fools?
Let us read that last sentence of the last verse I just read. “And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the LORD to glorify him.”
[Isa 61:10-11 CSB] (10) I rejoice greatly in the LORD, I exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (11) For as the earth produces its growth, and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
[Mat 5:13-16 CSB] (13) “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. (14) “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. (15) “No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. (16) “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
[Jer 17:7-8 CSB] (7) The person who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence indeed is the LORD, is blessed. (8) He will be like a tree planted by water: it sends its roots out toward a stream, it doesn’t fear when heat comes, and its foliage remains green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease producing fruit.
[Psa 30:11-12 CSB] (11) You turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, (12) so that I can sing to you and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.
[1Pe 2:9-10 CSB] (9) But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (10) Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
[Eph 2:1-10 CSB] (1) And you were dead in your trespasses and sins (2) in which you previously lived according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient. (3) We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. (4) But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us, (5) made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! (6) He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, (7) so that in the coming ages he might display the immeasurable riches of his grace through his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. (8) For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift – (9) not from works, so that no one can boast. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
We are not saved by good works but we are created for them.
[Heb 13:5-18 CSB] (5) Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you. (6) Therefore, we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? (7) Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith. (8) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (9) Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by food regulations, since those who observe them have not benefited. (10) We have an altar from which those who worship at the tabernacle do not have a right to eat. (11) For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the most holy place by the high priest as a sin offering are burned outside the camp. (12) Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that he might sanctify the people by his own blood. (13) Let us then go to him outside the camp, bearing his disgrace. (14) For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come. (15) Therefore, through him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. (16) Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices. (17) Obey your leaders and submit to them, since they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. (18) Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honorably in everything.
There are times in your life when you spend time thinking about what your priorities are and what you want out of life. Sometimes those times come unexpectedly and other times they come after an event that reminds you that life on earth has an expiration date.
This week some of my family went to a funeral for a man that we have known and have worked with for 20 years. He was an older gentleman and his passing wasn’t unexpected or a surprise. He was 84 years old and had a family of 15. He had 105 grandchildren and I am guessing there will be a few more added to that number. I have to wonder what legacy Dan Detweiler will have. In 4 generations, will anyone remember that he existed? Will they know what sort of man he was? Will they even care?
Do you know what sort of man your great great grandfather was? You had a bunch of them. Do you know any of their names? Do they matter to you? Have you ever wondered what sort of men they were? What about their wives? You wouldn’t exist today if it wasn’t for them and yet they most likely never crossed your mind.
Do you want to be remembered? Do you want to leave a legacy? Do you need to be remembered to leave a legacy? Do the decisions you make have any importance? Does it make a difference if you make good or bad decisions? Who is affected by those decisions?
I think they matter. I think every decision you make has long reaching implications. This should not paralyze you but make you free to live life joyfully. You matter. We all matter. That is why the work of Christ in your heart is so important. That is why Jesus came to die for us. Because we matter. The world will tell you that you do not matter to anyone but yourself and you need to make sure you are happy because nobody else will. They will tell you that you are alone and you need to make your own way. Is that true?
No person lives alone to themselves. Every moment. Every motivation. Every purpose. Every beat of your heart is affected by someone else and every beat of your heart affects someone else. In countless ways and in boundless measure you matter. We all matter. That is why it is important that you make good choices. We need to live for good. We need to leave a good mark in the world we live in. We need to let the work of the Trinity work His wonderful work.
We all know this. We want to do this. We want to be good and we really to take ourselves as good. We know the motivations of our hearts and we know the things we intended. We judge ourselves as needing only a bit more work and then we are perfect. We know this is laughable but we still believe it.
What messes us up is the fact that we do not exist in a vacuum. We are surrounded by good and evil influences. Depending on your circumstances you will generally think that the world is either a fundamentally good or a fundamentally evil place. What is difficult is to believe that the other might be true. That the world might be different than we perceive it. That we do not have a complete understanding of Creation. That there are things that we cannot explain. That we might be wrong in some way that matters. That we may need to repent. To change.
One fundamental understanding we need to have is that our hearts are wicked. Among others, here are some clues to that truth.
Jeremiah 17:9 – The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Mark 7:21-23 – For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Romans 1:21 – Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Romans 3:10-18 – As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips: Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet [are] swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery [are] in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Matthew 12:35 – A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Psalms 51:5 – Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalms 118:8 – [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
I want to focus on one of those verses for a bit. Matthew 12:35. Jesus was talking to the Pharisees and was warning them to repent.
[Mat 12:33-37 KJV] 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
This gives us another clue to the nature of our hearts. We do have a choice about what treasure is there. The CSB translation of this verse, Mat 12:35 “A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.” We can choose to put good or evil material there. Through the work of Christ, we have that option. That ability.
What is in your heart? Have you been putting good treasure there? How do you put good treasure there? Do you consider the things you read? Do you consider the things you listen to? Do you consider the choices you make on what media you will consume? When was the last time you chose to not consume something because it was unhealthy? What about the thoughts that you dwell on? What about the friends that you choose? Do they affect the decisions you make? Who do you let tell you what is acceptable and good? Do you consider?
I will tell you that reading the Bible, praying, and fasting are the best ways to build good treasure in your heart because those things are good. There are other good things that you have opportunities to do. As you do those things, you are putting good things in your heart because those things are good. What you choose to do with the time you have is what determines what is in your heart.
Where do you want to go? Are you bent toward evil? Do you want what is good? Is your heart in a good place? How can you tell? I will remind you that you are not alone in the world and that is why it matters. You are not alone. Every choice you make will affect someone else in some way. Even the thought life and emotional life you lead matters.
If you are not in the place you want to be, I recommend doing something about it. If you believe there is nothing you can do about it, you are believing a lie. The grace of God will enable all who want to know Him. It is a divine promise.
[Jer 29:13 KJV] 13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
[Zep 2:1-3 CSB] 1 Gather yourselves together; gather together, undesirable nation, 2 before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning of the LORD’s anger overtakes you, before the day of the LORD’s anger overtakes you. 3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth, who carry out what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the LORD’s anger.
[Luk 11:9-13 CSB] 9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. 10 “For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 “What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12 “Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? “
One of my favorite stories of the faithfulness of God is when Jesus calmed the storm on the lake of Galilee. It is one of the few times when Jesus interacted with nature to teach a lesson. Jesus was traveling the countryside teaching with parables and healing people. On this particular day, He led them to water and requested that they cross the lake to the other side. Sometime during the journey, a storm whipped up. I’m guessing this was an unusually bad storm because the disciples were afraid for their lives. One of the gospels even mentions that the boat was taking on water. I wonder if the devil wasn’t behind it, but we’ll leave that for another discussion. The disciples woke Jesus with the frantic cry that they were all going to perish. Jesus stood and rebuked the wind. The accounts all agree that there was immediately a great calm. The weather didn’t obey sullenly. It obeyed completely. [Mar 4:40-41 CSB] Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith? ” And they were terrified and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!” When are caught in an unexpected storm in life, we do not need to be afraid but have faith. God is good and even if Jesus doesn’t miraculously calm the storm, we’ll still be ok. Even if we drown. God’s purposes are so much larger than we can understand, and His grace and mercy are so much more profound than we have imagination. To remember this is to have faith. To rest in this is to believe that He is good and righteous and holy and that He loves us.
I have used this solution in two different situations when I changed hard drives in computers by imaging the old one. I ripped it from here for the sake of preserving knowledge. I don’t trust Intuit. If the encrypted file containing your licence number and product code is damaged, QuickBooks will not open, and might display an error message. In those situations, deleting the entitlement file and reentering your license and product information may resolve the issue.
To rename the entitlement file (QB 2013):
Close QuickBooks if it’s open.
Open the entitlement data folder for your operating system and version of QuickBooks.
On your keyboard, press Windows + R to open the Run window.
Enter (or copy and paste) the following information, and then press Enter
QuickBooks 2013-2016 and Enterprise 13.0: C:\ProgramData\Intuit\Entitlement Client\v8
Right-click the EntitlementDataStore.ecml file and select Delete.
Click Yes to confirm you want to delete the file.
Open QuickBooks, open your company file, and follow the instructions to register the application.
