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Fixing Network Issue On Windows 7

Client that had a network icon on bottom right with an red x on it and it would say not connected to network even though the PC is on the Domain and can access network shares and the Internet. After searching online I found a Windows repair tool from the following website:

http://www.tweaking.com/

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Change Network Location

Sometimes you select the wrong network location on a Windows PC (Public,Private,Domain). Sometimes it switches by itself. Every version of Windows (XP,7,8,10, Server 2008R2,2012, etc) have different locations or ways of switching the network location. Usually for me I have a PC or Server that is sharing a folder or something. If it […]

Internet Explorer Won’t Open

Have 3 clients that have similar issues just recently. Not sure if its related to latest Windows updates. 3 computers where Internet Explorer would not open. Firefox or Chrome worked fine. All 3 computers are Windows 7 64-Bit running IE 11 with free AVG installed. The issue is related to AVG. Uninstalled AVG […]

Bulk Remove Extension

Have a client that had a fake Ransomware on their PC. Luckily it as a fake one that did not actually encrypt his files it just added extension .crypted on the end of all .doc,.xls,.pdf etc. Looking for a utility that would strip the .crypted extension and came across this website.

April 1st, 2016 | Category: Fix Problems | Comments are closed

Brother Scanning Issue

Here is a solution to a frustrating problem. Can print to Brother MFC printer but can’t scan. Found a solution might fix issue:

After trying the solutions given here and at other sites I came to this solution that worked fine for me:

clearing in c:\users\”your own name”\appdata\local\temp the following files:

 

twain.log, twain001.mtx, twunk001.mtx […]

Windows Updates Cause BusinessVision Issues

A few MS updates have cause BusinessVision to have issues.

The first issue is you can’t export to PDF. The cause of of this is Microsoft Update KB3102429. You have to uninstall it.

Steps to Uninstall Microsoft KB3102429

Go to the Windows Control Panel. Select Programs and Features. On the left, […]

Deep Freeze Loops When Startup During Updates

Have a few clients that run Deep Freeze. Issue is sometimes the PC will loop reboot during a windows update if the PC is in frozen state. Found this article that basically helped me rather than a new image.

Basically you need to boot from a media (CD etc) not the Windows drive. I used […]

Brother Control Center Won’t Start

Client with Brother printer that uses the Control Center 3 CC3 to scan to PC. Just recently would not start. Would give white screen. Turns out that the latest Flash update causes the problem. To fix this you just need to edit the registry so it uses the classic style and not the modern style […]

After Upgrade Windows 10 Using TEMP Profile

Client came in that had just upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. After the upgrade it logged in but with a temporary profile. Checked the Users folder I saw TEMP as the current profile. The main users profile is User.

Looking online I saw someone had similar issue and he […]

Latest Windows Updates Causes Outlook to Crash

I had this today. I deactivated my Dymo add-in and it seem to work.

Here is an article that suggests uninstalling KB3097877 till MS fixes it.

UPDATE:

MS has re-updated KB3097877. See this article