If you are an IT administrator there will come a time when you find RDP problems and the first step to resolving them is to kill all the session. But how? Microsoft released a new utility named QUSER in Windows 7 and it applies to their operating systems made since […]
We explain and demonstrate how Folder Redirection from Windows 10 / 11 to Windows Server 2022 works and doesn’t work! We assume you are a newbie and know very little about Windows Server or even Windows 10. We take you through the process step by step. To make this Windows […]
If you want to understand the differences in remote desktop solutions, you are probably most interested in Amazon Workspaces and Citrix. However the exact specifications can get lost in the some of the marketing speak so here is a simple table to explain the differences: Feature Citrix HDX AWS Workspaces […]
If you are trying to tighten up your security by adding Virtualization-Based Security (aka VBS) to your Windows 11 you might find this error: Core Isolation Memory Integrity Incompatible Drivers WDCSAM64_PREWIN8.SYS Driver date: 11/29/2017 Driver version: 1.2.0.0 Published name: oem26.inf This is an old driver that ships with both Windows 10 […]
You don’t have to be Bill Gates or Chuck Peddle (the inventor of the personal computer) to understand that a safe word, like Secure, Trusted and Measured, before the word Boot, likely means this will improve the security of your computers startup process. However, even experienced IT professionals find this […]
If you have an M.2 SSD you might want to know how to figure out if it is healthy or not. These two screen shots show the health check results of our old Crucial P1 which is still in great shape (and likely will be for many years to come) […]
We have a Dell Inspiron 13 7000 from 2015 which has a black screen. The laptop powers up and the backlit keyboard turns on but the screen stays black. We show how to revive and repair this apparently dead laptop by pulling the battery and CMOS battery. The we find […]
If you have either of the following printer error messages in Windows 11 or Windows 10, we have a work around that may help. Printers: Operation Could Not Be Completed Error 0x00000bc4 We Can’t Install This Printer Right Now #740 In both cases the problem appears to be with […]
Years ago, it was easy to remote to any machine on your network using the local user accounts that were built in. However, today Microsoft all but requires home users to log into their Windows 10 and Windows 11 PC’s using a Microsoft Account and that makes RDP’ing from one […]
In case you were not already aware Shaw BlueCurve and Rogers Ignite in Canada and Cox Contour and Charter in the United States have licensed Comcast’s X1 platform used for on-demand viewing including the the mobile / browser app. As such their troubleshooting steps are all the same. While the instructions below […]
At URTech.ca we focus nearly all of our effort on Windows, Microsoft 365 cloud and Android issues, but we recently had a requirement to connect to a web server and run some Linux commands. The process of connecting and running those commands with Putty was not as straight forward as […]
Office 365 Apps were rebranded as Microsoft 365 Apps a few months ago and new release channels were also made available. We have a full explanation of how to change between Microsoft 365 Apps Channels HERE but many people are confused now that there are six to choose from. In […]
Microsoft recently added new channels to Microsoft 365 Apps (formerly Office 365) and renamed the old channels New Name Channel Code Previous Names Beta Channel BetaChannel Insider, Insider Fast, Monthly Current Channel (Preview) CurrentPreview Monthly Channel (Targeted), Targeted, Insiders, Slow, Preview Current Channel Current Monthly Channel, Monthly, Deferred Monthly Enterprise Channel […]
If you are interested in Windows 11, you will be interested in your Trusted Platform Module (aka TPM). What is a TPM? A TPM is just a physical chip on your computers motherboard that contains a number which is used by Windows and other software to encrypt (scramble) data and […]
If you have used Paint.net you know it is a very well constructed free graphics tool that gets updated periodically. It is very handy for even intermediate graphics works and many companies use Paint.Net as a replacement for MS Paint (yes, Paint still exists in Windows 11 – see our […]
Facebook products React and React Native have rapidly gained popularity. React, or ReactJS, is a JavaScript library for creating single-page web applications. On the other hand, React Native is a framework based on ReactJS tailored explicitly for mobile app development, allowing the building of native mobile apps using reusable components. […]