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“Someone has changed my Windows 10 Lockscreen …”

Posted onDecember 29, 2020December 21, 2020

and I can’t change it back. Lockscreens are located in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData directory. You’ll need to Take Ownership of that directory in order to delete Read More …

CategoriesHow To, Windows 10

WFH Challenge – “I’m not able to tether my iPhone to my Windows laptop”

Posted onDecember 23, 2020December 23, 2020

Well you’ll be needing the Apple Mobile Device Ethernet Driver First check to see if you have the device drivers already, by browsing to: C:\Program Read More …

CategoriesiPhone, Windows 10

ipconfig /flushdns now requires elevation?

Posted onOctober 29, 2020October 20, 2020

Customers had started to report that ipconfig /flushdns now requires Local Administrator rights. C:\>ipconfig /flushdns The requested operation requires elevation. Not all customers are seeing Read More …

CategoriesHow To, Networking, PowerShell, Windows 10

Quick Assist!

Posted onSeptember 1, 2020October 5, 2020

The best free Windows Remote Assistance tool you’re (probably) never heard off. Debuting in Windows 10 v1607 (August 2016), it’s not well known. I tripped Read More …

CategoriesWindows 10

“Access database in an inconsistent state”

Posted onAugust 24, 2020

The customer reported this issue after they upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 10. A couple of things led to this error. They were hosting Read More …

CategoriesMicrosoft Office, Windows 10TagsAccess, windows 10

Time Travel Debugging in Windows 10

Posted onJuly 18, 2020July 14, 2020

7 years ago I wrote about Microsoft’s useful Time Travel Debugging (TTD) tool. A customer had an issue running it recently, as TTDInject.exe was being Read More …

CategoriesWindows, Windows 10

Working from home challenges–Remote Desktop Gateway Server does not work

Posted onJune 10, 2020

The customer reported this issue from their Windows 10 v1909 laptop, connecting to a outsider vendors (OV) Windows 2016 RD Web Access box. Before we Read More …

CategoriesWindows 10TagsRemote Desktop

Booting a UEFI enabled laptop

Posted onApril 21, 2020October 5, 2020

and it didn’t work with the NTFS formatted USB stick. Which is the clue to the issue there. Trying to install Windows 10 from a Read More …

CategoriesHow To, Windows 10

Working from home challenges–Adding a printer

Posted onApril 16, 2020May 6, 2020

So we’re using Windows 10.  And we’ve previously implemented Applocker, which prevents security threats such as Ransomware. Today’s challenge though?  Adding a local Canon Inkjet Read More …

CategoriesPrinting, Windows 10, Working From HomeTagsAppLocker, WFH

Adobe PDF printer hangs on Windows 10

Posted onSeptember 13, 2019October 17, 2020

with Adobe version 9.5 –> 11. The fix is to grant all “Users”, “Full Control” to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat PDFMaker Registry Key (on a 64-bit system, Read More …

CategoriesHow To, Windows 10

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