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Registry Optimization for Windows 7 Backup Server

Date October 7, 2018 Author By kadmin Category General, Windows 7

Problem: I’m using Windows 7 as a storage server for my Acronis backups. I frequently get failed backups due to SMB connections failing. Solution: Open Windows registry (Windows + R -> regedit.exe) and set HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache to ‘1’. This key tells Windows to set aside enough system cache for sharing large files. Then set HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\Size to ‘3’. This value tells Windows […]

Rename Invalid File Names for Sharepoint or OneDrive Sync

Date August 24, 2017 Author By kadmin Category Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8

Problem: You are trying to sync or upload your files to Sharepoint or OneDrive and you get hundreds of errors about illegal file names. Solution: Open PowerShell and run this command to change all the invalid characters to a – Edit the path to match the location of your files Get-ChildItem C:\full-path-here -Force -Recurse | […]

Windows 7 Fresh Install Won’t Update

Date October 7, 2016 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7

Problem: You reinstalled Windows 7 recently. You want to update it. Windows update takes up 25% CPU and runs for an entire day but makes no apparent progress. It doesn’t even present a list of updates to install. Solution: This Site has lots of info on the topic. Key Info: Install these items in order: […]

Fatal Error Occurred while trying to sysprep

Date July 14, 2016 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7

Go to Sysprerp folder i.e. c:\windows\system32\sysprep\Panther Then move or delete all contents of the Panther folder to another folder for backup purpose. Now run the sysprep.exe For few user’s sysprerp starts by stopping mediaplayer process running and by uninstalling & installing mstdc. For me everything without success but above steps works 100%. UPDATE […]

Event Id 2017 The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the server reached the configured limit for nonpaged pool allocations.

Date February 25, 2016 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7

Event Id 2017 The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the server reached the configured limit for nonpaged pool allocations. You need to tell Windows that you want to use the machine as a file server so that it will allocate resources accordingly. Set the following registry key to ‘1′: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory […]

KB3114409 Causes Outlook 2010 to run in Safe Mode

Date December 19, 2015 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8

Control Panel Uninstall: Command Line Uninstall: msiexec /package {90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} MSIPATCHREMOVE={14CDCBF7-3CCC-42E2-A5BB-2D4926E16FAA} /qn /norestart

How To Force Windows 7 To Create A New Domain Profile

Date January 23, 2015 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7

Problem: Your Windows profile is corrupt. You rename it and reboot so Windows will create a new one but it just creates a temporary profile instead. Solution: Rename the user’s profile folder to something like xuser Open regedit and make sure that the user is no longer in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileList. Delete it if present, even […]

Windows 8 Password Reset

Date November 10, 2014 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7, Windows 8

Problem: You’ve lost your Administrator password for Windows 8 or Windows 7. The computer is not bound to a domain and you don’t have a password reset disk (does anyone every make one?). Solution: Get out your Windows 8 Installation DVD and boot from it. Open a Command Prompt from the list of recovery options. […]

Remotely Enable RDP Remote Desktop on Another Computer

Date December 19, 2013 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

There are many utilities that will do this for you. Some are free and some cost money. This is how to do it manually for free.

This Action Can't Be Completed Because The File Is Open In Another Program

Date July 12, 2013 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7

Problem: You are trying to rename or move a photo and you keep getting this error message: Solution: Chances are that you’re only experiencing this with folders that contain content that generates thumbnails (photos and the like). A lot of people have speculated that this is to do with indexing (which I’m not going to […]