SOLVED: How To Disable PROTECTED MODE In Internet Explorer Using GPO
This was a major a pain to me. I have found that many sites, including MSN.COM, Outlook Web Access, GoToMeeting.com and others, do not load properly with PROTECTED MODE enabled on Windows 7, 8 and 10...
View ArticleSOLVED: Your Camera is Not Configured or Is In Use on Logitech BCC950 Camera...
If you find that your Logitech BCC950 Conference Camera works in Lync SETTINGS > VIDEO but errors out in a call with a message similar to YOUR CAMERA IS NOT CONFIGURED OR IS IN USE IN ANOTHER...
View ArticleSOLVED: The Third-Party INF Does Not Contain Digital Signature Information
If you are trying to install a driver from a small developer or you want to use an old driver, you may see this alert: Windows Encountered a Problem Installing the Driver Software For Your Device...
View ArticleSOLVED: Command Line to Get Windows 10 Into Recovery Mode
In a CMD prompt type: shutdown /r /o /f /t 00 and the PC will reboot into RECOVERY MODE where you can bring up the old F8 boot menu. Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e | /o]...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Find EXTRA REGISTRY SETTINGS in Group Policy Management Console
‘SOLVED’ is a bit overselling it. If you have EXTRA REGISTY SETTINGS in a Group Policy what you have settings that were set in an old .ADMX template. In other words they are orphaned. You likely...
View ArticleSOLVED: Cannot Install .NET 3.5 On Windows 10 Error 0x800F0906 and 0x800F081F
If you are running Windows 10 and need to install something old that requires .NET 2 or .NET 3.5 you will likely follow the instructions to install it from PROGRAMS AND FEATURES > TURN WINDOWS...
View ArticleSOLVED: RDP The System Administrator Has Limited The Computers You Can Log On...
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...
View ArticleSOLVED: Printers Automatically Reinstall After Deletion or ERROR 0X00000709
This was a mess. I had installed printers on my Windows 10 lab PC so I could build an image with the common drivers already installed, but I forgot to remove the “print devices” (AKA Printers) from...
View ArticleSOLVED: A Program with Chinese Characters APP IS PREVENTING YOU FROM SIGNING OUT
If you shut down, restart or sign out of your PC and see the following ‘Chinese’ characters: 牔獵整牥潎楴楦慣楴湯牁慥獍䉧硯 This app is preventing you from signing out. You have IBM/Trusteer Apex or Rapport...
View ArticleSOLVED: Audio Crackling After Upgrading To Windows 10
If your audio is crackling and you have ruled out the usual audio solutions like: Unplugging and replugging in your cables, to clear any static that may have built up and to ensure a good connection...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Reset a Password in Windows 10 Without Using a Reset Disk
If you forget your password on a Windows 10 PC and you cannot reset it using Microsoft’s typical processes, you can use this moderately straightforward routine. The idea is to replace the EASE OF...
View ArticleSOLVED: The (Nearly) Complete List of Boot Key Strokes, ASUS, Dell, Intel,...
This page details the keys needed to boot a PC into various modes (like the BIOS and PXE Network) from various manufacturers. If you are stuck and you can try the common keystrokes during a POST and...
View ArticleSolved: How To Disassemble an Asus X550, X552, X553, X751 Series Laptop and...
This Asus X series laptops are very interesting because they use new Intel Pentium Bay Trail N2830 N2930 and N3530 CPU’s that use about 4 watts of power. This means: they do not need active cooling...
View ArticleVIDEO: See The Results of a Lithium Ion Battery Explosion
Lithium Ion battery’s have long had problems with explosions due to over-charging or physical defect. I have seen many LION batteries swell and get very hot but until today, I have never seen one...
View ArticleSOLVED: How to Edit The Registry in an Offline Windows 10 WIM File
If you have built a corporate image and found that you need to make a change to settings in the registry you can edit the registry off line. In my case I use WSUS to deploy images so I had to find the...
View ArticleSOLVED: Windows 10 RDP The connection cannot proceed because authentication...
If you are using a Microsoft RDP client to remote to other PC’s, you likely will not have a problem but if you are using third party tools, like Juniper’s RDP client you may error out with: The...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Fix Error 2503 2502 On Windows 10 When Installing Software
If you are installing (or configuring) software on your Window 7, 8 or 10 PC, you may see ERROR 2503 followed by ERROR 2502: Fortunately there is both a fix and workaround for this problem: HOW TO FIX...
View ArticleSOLVED: How to Disable OneNote From Starting and Putting an Icon in...
Having OneNote start up by default everytime you sign into Windows is obnoxious. If you want to get rid of the OneNote icon in system tray / notification area permanently: Launch OneNote Click FILE...
View ArticleSOLVED: How to Uninstall InTune From an Android Device When Uninstall Is...
If you have any management software on your Android device and try to remove it, you have likely found that both FORCE STOP and UNINSTALL are greyed out. The solution is to set that program to not be...
View ArticleSOLVED: Cannot Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows
Several things can cause a file or folder to be locked in such a state that even a local, domain or enterprise administrator cannot change. In the ADVANCED SECURITY SETTINGS, you may see: YOU DO NOT...
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