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Can Only Go To Some Websites. Could Be MTU Needs Changing

Client that just bought a new Windows 7 PC having issues getting POP3 email and going to certain websites. They are using a really old PC as their router. I had to lower their MTU value on the PC in order to get everything working.

Normally you don’t have to change the MTU but dealing […]

Bring Back F8 Boot Menu For Safe Mode In Windows 8

Found this on the Internet from Lifehacker

 

Windows 8 has a new bootloader designed for UEFI devices, and with it, they’ve removed the F8 shortcut for quickly booting into safe mode. Here’s a quick way to bring it back.

The new tiled bootloader is pretty, but it has its annoyances. For […]

Lost Hyperlink In Outlook

If you have uninstalled Chrome and then lost hyperlink in MS Outlook ( a common thing ) or some other reason you lost the ability to click on links in Outlook then the easiest way is to fix this is to use a MS Fix IT. Click this link and then select the […]

Windows XP Connect To Windows 7 Share Looses Connection

Have a Windows XP PRO PC connecting to a Windows 7 PRO that has a shared folder. After a day or so the connection to the share stops and can’t access the Windows 7 PRO. Other Windows 7 PC’s are not affected. I found this on the Internet:

Locate the first key:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache

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Internet Problem. Gateway is 0.0.0.0

New client had an issue of getting on Internet. Running Windows 7 64-Bit and has Adobe CS3. Adobe is the cause. It installs Apple Bonjour and the Bonjour conflicts with the Gateway. The best way to verify this is your problem is open a Command Prompt and type ipconfig If you see your default Gateway […]

Microsoft Windows 8. I feel going ahead and going back!

I have been a long Windows fan. I started from Windows 3.0 and up. When they went to Windows NT kernel I believe this is the start of a real OS they produced. Before this I thought Amiga and OS2 really was a real OS. Everyone I know will say OH I hate Windows because […]

Shutdown Metro-Style Apps In Windows 8

Great article from Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite on How to Shutdown Metro-Style Apps in Windows 8

Impliment AHCI after Install of Windows 7 in IDE mode

Found this on the Internet.

A little guide:

I am receiving a lot of emails from users who bought a SSD drive, installed Windows 7 in IDE mode and then realize they need AHCI mode for faster SSD performance. Once you enable that in the BIOS during Windows 7 boot up, the OS will crash.

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Kill Windows NT Service That Hangs On Starting Or Stopping

Had to use this a few times. Comes in handy. I got this from Kuhnline.com Thanks!

 

Go to the command-prompt and query the service (e.g. the SMTP service) by using sc:

sc queryex SMTPSvc This will give you the following information:

SERVICE_NAME: SMTPSvc TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS STATE : 4 RUNNING (STOPPABLE, PAUSABLE, […]

SBS 2003 Internet Wizard fails On Firewall

I have a client thats running SBS 2003 and someone changed some settings on the companyweb. When I tried and run the Internet Wizard to create a new SSL Certificate it failed on the Firewall. I found this article that helped me fix it rather than try a reinstall of IIS etc (which […]