Windows 7 Related
Normally when you have a problem with Windows Update there are two processes you should go through: Download and install the Update manually (rather than relying on the Windows Update GUI) Reset your Windows Update: Launch SERVICES.MSC, and STOP both “WINDOWS UPDATE” and “BACKGROUND INTELLIGENT TRANSFER SERVICE” then set them Read more
Version 6 of Mitel’s Unified Communications agent now called MiCollab has had troubles connecting to the MAS / MGB server on Windows 10 since the early summer of 2016. As you can see in the screenshot to the right it displays CONNECTION LOST even though it is correctly configured and Read more
If you are RDP’ing to a machine and you see: The system administrator has limited the computers you can log on with. the problem is the language Microsoft has used in their LOG ON TO button in Active Directory Users and Computers. It should be LOG ON FROM. If you Read more
Our Chestermere In Winter Theme contains more than 40 images my daughter and I took from various parks and common areas around our beautiful Town. Most of these images were taken in December 2012 but there are a few images from other winter periods like our Olympic Rings on the Ice in 2008. This Read more
The solution is quite simple: Go to your NETWORK AND SHARING CENTER Change the Network Type from HOME to PUBLIC Change the Network Type (yes, again) from PUBLIC to HOME This should create a second network. Thanks to: http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/21351-multiple-homegroups.html#post232625 Windows 8 does not allow you to change Network Read more
If in both normal boot and Safe Mode you see just a black screen with mouse pointer you can try several things to resolve the issue. For me all was well until I ran through a series of reboots for Windows Updates and my Windows 7 64 bit Professional PC Read more
After playing with this bizarre Google Earth (GE) problem for some time and reading dozens of very frustrated blogers end their threads with “… and the only way I could get it to work was to wipe my PC and perform a fresh Windows install”, I got creative. Being unable Read more
Microsoft just announced that Windows XP, Windows Vista & Windows 7 are all elligible for an upgrade to Windoes 8 Pro, for just $40. That is between half to a quarter of the usual upgrade price. Microsoft is also providing Media Center for free to those who take advantage of Read more
The short answer is, almost all Windows (INCLUDING Windows 7 HOME – see the last paragraph in this message for details) and Mac operating systems; the long answer is: Operating system Supported Domain Join Windows 7 Ultimate, Professional, Enterprise (x86 and x64) Yes Yes Windows 7 Home Premium, Basic, Starter Read more
This disaster recovery tool is often shown for only for Windows 7, Vista and XP (both 32bit and 64bit) but their site says it also works with Windows Server 2008 R2, 2008, 2003… This program can easily be used to recover lost data, backup or clone disks, edit the registry, undo Read more
When attempting an in-place upgrade or an upgrade from a previous version of Windows, you may see the COMPATABILITY REPORT error stating: Windows needs to be restarted so necessary changes to system files can be made before continuing. After restarting this alert flag may not be cleared. Fortunately there are Read more
“…On October 6, I made a dramatic, personal computing switch. After more than two months using the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook running Google’s Chrome OS, I didn’t go back to the Mac but to Windows 7. Mac OS X 10.7 — aka “Lion” — is major, but not only, reason. Read more
UPDATE: Note that I have given up on UltraVNC and gone to RealVNC because it supports 4 monitors (and I find TightVNC just too slow when the screens are busy). Pay the $30 for the Personal version and save the time. BACKGROUND: Sooo, I needed a fast VNC that would Read more
“Conventional wisdom has it that Apple’s Mac OS X system is more secure than Windows. And though partisans on either side of the OS fence have differing reasons for believing that to be so—Mac users believe it’s because of the inherent superiority of OS X’s UNIX underpinnings, and Windows users Read more
Solution: If you are seeing this error, go to ALL of you Domain Controllers and restart the KERBEROS DISTRIBUTION KEY (KDC) service. I have done this on live DC’s without any errors or disruption in service. Details: I found the An Authentication Error Has Occured. The Encryption Type Requested Read more
If you see the error C34 (below) on Win7 when installing SP1 there is no need to panic: What you need to do is tell Windows to install Service Pack 1 by itself and what that means, is you need to tell it NOT to install other updates at the Read more