[Info] Rumors of Internet Explorer's demise have been greatly exaggerated!
quote:blogs.msdn.com Announcing Enterprise Site Discovery support on IE8, IE9, IE10 and new privacy enhancements Published Friday, March 20, 2015 2:00 PM Rumors of Internet Explorers demise have been...
View Article[WIN7] Stay away from update KB3033929
Released last Tuesday 3/10, many are experiencing endless reboot loops after this update. Was ok for me but I still uninstalled it. Best to do that or hide it for the time being. See:...
View ArticleWindows 10 to Reqiure UEFI, no longer an option like with windows 8
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-system-requirements,28798.html Great so my desktop running Windows 7 can't use it unless I buy new CPU, motherboard and ram. Thank you Microsoft and after...
View ArticleCloning
Recently I purchased a SSD drive and used Macrium Reflect to clone my HHD (Bootable with OS; Windows7) to the SDD. The process went well, connecting the SSD drive to the same MB port as the HDD had...
View ArticleWindows 10 and secure boot...
Windows 10 and secure boot... FYI :) [att=1] Windows 10 to make the Secure Boot alt-OS lock out a reality
View Article[WIN7] After the most recent windows update, InvProv error in event log.
A provider, InvProv, has been registered in the Windows Management Instrumentation namespace Root\cimv2 to use the LocalSystem account. This account is privileged and the provider may cause a security...
View ArticleControlling or Freezing a CMD window
I am using a Lantronix application to access a Septic Panel thru a UDS1100 (control and monitoring software on an internal lan). Besides the main application that works they have a three other side...
View Article[WIN7] Multiple Versions of DirectX Installed At The Same Time?
I have a piece of video software that needs DirectX 9 and I have DirectX 11 installed on my Win 7-64 machine. Can these two versions co-exist or do I need to use one or the other? TIA --
View Article[Info] Windows 10 vs. Apple Pay vs. Samsung Pay: Tap to Pay
siteshot://2296821 quote: Windows 10 will support NFC tech used by Visa, Mastercard and Amex ... ... Windows 10 will come equipped with a technology called Host Card Emulation (HCE) which allows the...
View Article[IE] Missing Favicons
I recently set up a new laptop and have a strange problem occurring with Internet Explorer. Some of my favorites are completely missing an icon (such as Google in the attached picture) and many of the...
View Article[Excel] Combining cells in Excel...
How do I get Excel to combine the two fields shown, so that, for example, "3:45:33 PM" appears? Nothing works. I have column D formatted for 'time', and it still comes out a mess of decimals..... You'd...
View ArticleServer 2003 to server 2012
I am currently replacing all of our servers, all Windows 2003 at the moment. I realize I have to hop onto Server 2008 and then skip over to 2012. But in this process will I be able to leave the 2003...
View Article[WIN8] Cloning a had drive
I just got a Lenovo Idea Pad 15... It came with a hard drive. So, before I even turned it on, I pulled a hard drive, and got me a SSD. Now, I need to make a image of that drive What's the easiest way...
View Article[WIN8] Prioritizing Network Drives
I have a problem on W8.1. I have a vhd on a network drive. The VHD has my Dropbox and Google Drive folders. When I reboot, I have to reconnect to the vhd manually. Most of the time, it refuses to...
View Article[WIN10] TP Build 10041 Available
New Build for those on Fast is now available via Windows Update -- - Bill
View Article[WIN10] Microsoft: The Journey To One Windows
quote:March 26, 2015 Microsoft presentation talks about The Journey To One Windows ... Microsoft has released a PowerPoint presentation that will help common users and developers understand how it is...
View ArticleTablets
So, i just picked up my first Windows tablet, switched from an android tablet. It is the Acer Aspire Switch 11. So far I am really liking it. This is closer to what I was wanting back on my first palm...
View Article2008 R2 DNS Conditional Forwarders
Hello, I'm looking to make a few select domain names forwarding to different DNS server for lookups. I have the forwarder set to google's 8.8.8.8 however a few domain names I would like to do a lookup...
View Articleregistry entry / policy to remove 8.1 action center icon
Hi, How do you remove the action center icon in 8.1? registry, gpo, log in script, whatever. This GP setting doesn't work User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\ Remove the...
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