Quick answer: In Windows 7/8/10, we use a third-party Credential Provider, and it was blocking LOCAL (ie. not Domain) accounts from logging on. Removing the third-party CP resolved the issue. …
With Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft introduced customisable user account pictures. This then led to some issues. "Windows XP is racist. It put a picture of a kung fu fighter next…
Welcome, strangers, to the showI'm the one who should be lying lowSaw the knives out, turned my backHeard the train coming, stayed out on the trackIn the middle, in the…
In the Citrix Optimization Guide: User Logon, there are two lines which seem a bit cryptic: With Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory, enable interim roaming profile writes. Alternatively, use…
At the end of “Our roaming profiles aren’t being saved …”, I wrote that For Windows Vista and later, the log information is stored in the Event Log. Under Applications…
I've written a bit about SAMBA before, and I hope this will be the last time I do. A customer was complaining recently that the file copy performance from their…
We’re in the process of developing a new Windows 8.1 SOE for a customer. One of the things I looked at was Internet Explorer HTTPS transmission security. Out of that,…
The customer reported a problem with our Windows 7 desktop. Unable to delete the top level folder with Windows 7, but it works with Windows XP. It must be something…
We have normal logon accounts, and then we have “Admin_” accounts for doing things, such as user account password changes & Group Policy management. It is, to say the least,…
A customer reported that while they were using their computer, their user account was trying to logon to another system (CRAGGYISLAND) and they wanted to know why. In technical speak,…
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