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I Hate Windows 10 Start Menu!

Call me old fashion. Tell me I am stuck in the past but I just hate Windows 10 Start menu. Its better than Windows 8 and 8.1 but still for a desktop environment it sucks! It might be fine for a touch environment like a MS Surface Tablet but for desktop its not. […]

Task Scheduler Is Broken After Downgrade From Windows 10

This has happened on a few computers. The task scheduler has many corrupted tasks. Found this on the net. Here is a link for a utility to fix this.

Can’t Sync Contacts With Outlook 2016 and iPhone

Found this on the Internet. Seems Apple has an issue with sync with itunes and Outlook 2016.

Firstly, you need a Microsoft account, which is generally hotmail.com or outlook.com. These are not exchange accounts, exchange is something you have to pay for separately (although one is included in one of the business office 365 packages).

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Back Door Into Windows 7-10

Here is info on how to get into a Windows PC that you forgot the password or something is corrupt and you need to login when you can’t.

Back Door Into Windows 7-10

 

Windows 10 Can’t Connect To Windows Server VPN

Client that upgraded to Windows 10 and now can’t connect to VPN. They would get the following error:

Error – Can’t connect to VPN (VPN Connection does not work in Windows 10) The remote connection was denied because the user name and password combination you provided is not recognized, or the selected authentication protocol is […]

Cannot find script file C:\WINDOWS\run.vbs at Logon

Found this on the web here

Client had spyware/virus infection. After cleaning the PC (Windows 10) the error occurred. Here is the solution

 

Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Double-click Userinit value and change the value data from:

wscript C:\WINDOWS\run.vbs,

to the following: [Caution: Take special care when entering. You need […]

Add F8 Safe Mode Option To Windows 10

One of the things that Microsoft did with Windows 10 (and Windows 8) was remove the option to switch to Safe Mode or Repair by pressing the F8 Key on boot. Why they did this was to improve boot time. I think it was a wrong move. Just to save a few seconds […]

Export From MS Exchange to PST

Working with an Exchange 2010 Server and you want to export mailboxes to PST files. First you have to make sure you are running MS Exchange 2010 with SP1 or greater. Once SP1 or greater is installed then you need to give the administrator (or whoever will be logged in and running the […]

Changed Phones Can’t Connect To Exchange

I recently changed my phone that I connect to my work MS Exchange 2010 Server. When I tried to setup the email account it configured fine but said it could not connect to server when I tried seeing my emails. Turns out there is a limit of 10 devices that can connect to […]

Changing From Ahci To IDE Mode

Article that describes changing from AHCI Mode to IDE or the other way around. Here is the AHCI to IDE change.

Change to IDE mode from AHCI or RAID mode: Warning: Spoiler! (Click to hide)

Exit all Windows-based programs. Press [Win] + R or take the RUN option from the start menu. Now type regedit […]