Remotely Enable RDP Remote Desktop on Another Computer
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.
Read MoreHow to Diagnose Blue Screens BSOD
Date July 9, 2013 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Crash dump files A crash dump is essentially a snapshot of what was held in memory at the point in time when Windows crashed, so it contains a lot of useful information that can be used to identify what caused the crash. So the first thing you need is to obtain the crash dump file […]
Read MorePrint Jobs Stuck in Print Queue
Date October 24, 2012 Author By poster Category Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Scenario: When you send a print job to a local printer ( connected via usb), it sits in print queue and wont print. Solution: Clear the print spool – the right way to do it Click “start” and go to “Run” Type “services.msc” at the prompt Scroll down the alphabetical list in the right window […]
Read MoreHow to Disable Dell Datasafe Local Backup Software
Date October 19, 2012 Author By kadmin Category General, Support Articles, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Problem: Your Dell computer comes with junk software called Dell Datasafe Local Backup. It serves not purpose unless to pay to upgrade it. You go into Control Panel to remove it and it fails to uninstall. It starts up every time you boot your computer. You can’t get rid of it. Solution: You can go […]
Read MoreConnect Windows 7 64bit to Shared Printer on XP or 2003
Date July 30, 2012 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Scenario: You have a printer attached to a Windows XP machine. It is shared. You browse to \computernameprintername from your Windows 7 machine to connect the printer Windows 7 complains that it can’t find the driver and won’t accept any driver you give it (or it is an old printer with no downloadable win7 driver). […]
Read MoreThe IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter.
Date May 29, 2011 Author By kadmin Category VMware, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP
This is common if you migrate a virtual machine to a new VMware host and it automatically reconfigured the hardware with a new NIC. You can safely click NO and everything will work but it is annoying that the message appears every time you open your network settings. Here is how to remove the old […]
Read MoreC:WINDOWSSoftwareDistributionDownload
Date February 24, 2011 Author By kadmin Category Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
C:WINDOWSSoftwareDistributionDownload This folder contains the Windows Update downloads. It is safe to delete the contents of this folder as long as you do not intend to unintall the updates. If you have an old server with a small C drive this is a good place to gain some hard drive space.
Read MoreIDT High Defiinition Audio Codec will NOT install on Windows XP
Date February 11, 2011 Author By kadmin Category Windows XP
Related Error Messages: the hardware detected is not supported by this IDT sotware package the devices co-installer has additional work to perform Scenario: You are setting up a new laptop with Windows XP. You may have used a disk image from another laptop that used a SoundMax sound card. Even though you removed the SoundMax […]
Read MoreUSB Drive Infected – Hidden Folders with Malware Shortcuts
Date February 1, 2011 Author By kadmin Category Anti-Virus, General, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Problem: Your USB hard drive is infected. All of the folders are marked with Hidden and System attributes and have been replaced by shortcuts which point to the folders. The shortcuts also contain extra code which will launch when you click them. You can unhide your folders by using the command attrib f:foldername -h -s […]
Read MoreSystem Restore From Command Line
Date December 16, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Windows XP
If you registry is corrupt you can’t boot into Windows but you can still boot to a command prompt and then run system restore to bring back a previous version of the registry. 1. Restart your system 2. When the system first boots, type F8 to bring up the boot menu 3. Select the Safe […]
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