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Windows 8 Review So Far

Well I have installed Windows 8 Release Preview and have lately installed the full Windows 8 (Tech Net). And the following I have found:

Windows 8 looks like 2 in 1. It has the original Desktop without the Start menu (Download Classic Shell to get it back). and the new (METRO) […]

Windows Update Fails Missing BITS Service

Client had a bunch of virus’s and spyware I had to remove from bench. When plugged back into PC the Windows Updates and MSE Updates would not work. Tried MS Fixit for updates and still did not work. Found out the BITS service was missing. Found the following to get the BITS to […]

Fix Windows 7 With SFC From Windows 7 DVD

Windows 7 does not come with a repair option like Windows XP has when booting from the OS disk. The one option you can do is run the SFC command. Normally you would run this withing the OS but if you can’t boot into Windows 7 then follow the instructions I found online […]

Missing CD or DVD in Windows 7

Had a client that did not show the DVD in their Windows 7. The BIOS saw it OK.

MS has a fix for this under KB982116. Either run their FIXIT or do the manual registry.

 

Security Warning in IE8 when accessing secure websites

Lately I have been getting clients with the following error message when they try and connect to a https site. MS wisdom to security load Internet Explorer. This is one of the major issues I don’t use IE. Any how if you are getting the following message the option to eliminate the warning everytime is […]

Windows 2008R2 password policy is greyed out

I needed to reduce the complexity of the password policy for a Windows 2008r2. I found the option to be greyed out. This did it immediately.

Found this on the Internet. Thank you Strangenut. Here is the original blog.

The basis of the blog is the following:

Go to a command prompt Type ‘secedit /export […]

Can’t FTP on SBS 2011

I have a client that switched from SBS 2003 to SBS 2011. They have a Xerox copier that scans to network using FTP server. I installed FTP Role on the SBS 2011 Server. Went through the wizard in setting up permissions etc. Thought everything was going well except the scanner did not talk […]

IE8 does not show up after uninstalling IE9

Have a client that could not go back to IE8 in Windows 7 after installing IE9. What the client was doing was going into Control Panel and turning off Windows feature IE9 where he should have uninstalled IE 9 by using the following:

To remove IE9, don’t “turn Windows features on/off”, This is what you […]

Unhide Administrator Account on Windows 7

Found this on the Internet that will come in handy sometime.

Unhide Admin Account On Windows 7 with just Win 7 CD

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Connect Iphone To SBS 2003

I have a client that got an Iphone and I had the hardest time getting it to connect to the SBS 2003 Exchange. I found this article on line and it worked for me!

Exchange 2003 and Activesync Configuration and Troubleshooting

Thank you Alan!

Here is a local copy of the article.

The part that […]