How to recover when Wscommcntr1.exe/Wscommcntr2.exe eats up CPU resource and system hangs with Autodesk products installed

 Hey folks, In my previous post we discussed about the error message with Revit and navis in one of my friends computer. The same guy is using Autocad 2012 in his computer and experience drastic performance variation some times.

 He was reporting that even though he has 8Gb of RAM installed in his computer, It is freakingly hangs when he is working with Autocad 2012.

 Let see how to stop that nonsense...


 The first thing I did was, I checked in task manager for any unusual activity and found that Wscommcntr1.exe is eating up almost half of the CPU resources. Then I searched for the information about the (Wscommcntr1.exe) process in internet. then i found that the process Wscommcntr1.exe is a part Autodesk Communication Center module. Then i decided to turn off that feature.

The below procedure will help u to turn that feature off.


Open regedit by typing regedit.exe in run and hitting enter. In the regedit windows navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R18.2\ACAD-A030:409\CadManagerControl\CommunicationCenter. In the right pane,

i)   Double click on EnableCommunicationCenter , put 00 in value data and click ok.
ii)  Double click on EnableNonPatchNotifications , put 00 in value data and click ok.
iii) Double click on MaintenancePatchNotificationOption , put 00 in value data and click ok.

 Once you edit the following values restart your computer and try working with Autocad.

If you have any queries please leave it in the comment section. Hope this helps...

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How to recover Revit cannot run the external command "Navisworks 2010/2011/2012" error in revit Structure/Architecture

  A friend of mine called up and asked me to correct an issue he is facing with Autodesk revit structure 2010 suite, while he is trying to use Navis manage 2010 exporter plugin.

 whenever he tries to load the Navis exporter 2010 as an add-in, he gets this error message.

 He was on a 64 bit windows box, with both revit structure 2010 and Navis manage 2010 installed...


After a small research i realized as u can see in the error screen attached, Revit structure 2010 64 bit, tries to load Nwexportrevit2010_7.dll from c:\program files(x86)\common files\Autodesk shared\navisworks\2010\Nwexportrevit2010 . Which means revit 2010 64 bit tries to load navis 2010 32 bit dll file in a windows 7 64 bit box. That's where it's stuck.

  I checked in control panel and found both navis exporter 32 bit and 64 bit plugin were installed in his computer. And revit took 32 bit plugin as default and tries to load it.

  Then i just removed navis exporter plugin 32 bit from his computer through programs and features wizard and restarted his computer.

  Voila!! after that restart revit can load the navis exporter plugin without any problem.

  Thought i would share this information with u guys. If you have any queries leave it in the comment section.

  Hope this helps.

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How to Dismantle or DissamblyDELL LATITUDE E-SERIES (E6510, E6400, E6500, E5500, E6000,E4300, E4200, E6220, E6320, E6520, E5420)

In this post we will discuss the procedure to dismantle DELL E-Series maptops (E6510, E6400, E6500, E5500, E6000,E4300, E4200, E6220, E6320, E6520, E5420).

We will describe it with a dell e 6510 laptop but the same procedure will suite for all dell e-series laptop. U will get access to ram and hdd.


Remove the five screws and battery as mentioned in the below image...

After removing the screws, pull that cover as mention in the below image.

Hdd can be removed by pulling it in the mentioned direction.

Hope this helps..
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How to rectify "unable to communicate with the reporting component" in sepm server

Hey friens, Recnetly was installing Altiris IT management sollutions through symantec installation manager to test it's ability in my organization's environment, But as a part of pre request check it asked me to configure script mappings for IIS. I did as it said and it passed the pre request check. Successfully installed altiris IT management sollutions. Thank god. I did it..


But when i open my symantec endpoint protection  management console, i was shocked as it display "Unable to communicate to reporting commponent" error when i login to my console and there were a white blank screen on HOME, MONITOR and REPORTS tab. Oh my god, i forgot i had sepm console in the same server, and now i made a mess in IIS...

Found many procedures to troubleshoot this issue, None of them worked for me.

Tried resetting IIS, Tried reconfiguring ODBC, tried restoring apppoolsettings in IIS blah, blah..... None of them set that right.

So i decided to go ahead with repairing sepm installation as i cannot let that error persists for one or two days and open a support case in symantec. Because i had configured almost 12 scheduled reports that run daily.

As i was ready to repair sepm installation i took database backup and keystore backup, as i might need it later to restore if anything goes wrong.

Started repair, after 5-10 mins it asked me to reconfigure sepm, I specified same configurations as i had set my server earlier. Volia my console came online again. The scheduled reports are also working now.. Thanks to repair. :)

Hope this post helps you..


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Allow standard user to change system date and time : How to change system date and time without admin privilege.

  Hey friends, In this post we will discuss about setting up permissions for a standard user to change system data and time in windows.
  Let see how we can do that..


   Login to your computer as ad administrator. Type secpol.msc in run and hit enter to open local security policy. Click on continue if UAC prompts...

  Expand local Policies>User right assignment, in the right pane double click on Change the system time to edit it.

  By default, Administrators and Local service will be having the permissions. To ad a standard user or a group, Click on add user or Group(marked as 1).  Then click on object type at the top right. Put a check mark on Groups if you want to add a group(marked as 2).

  Type Users and click on check names(marked a s 3). Once the group name is resolved, click on Ok in all opened windows to accept the change. You can even add a single user name if you don't want to add user group.

  That's it now login as a standard user, and you will be able to change the system data and time..

  You can even manage this security policy through GPO if you are inside a domain network. Need to edit your GPO as below.

Hope this will help you...

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