Roaming Profiles and OneDrive for Business
DaleThe customer reported that their roaming profile wasn't saving to the network. So I had a look. The customer had sync'd 2GB of data using OneDrive and was storing it…
IE8 on Windows XP does not support SNI
, or "you desktop IT people have broken something". Just before Windows XP gets to take a well earned retirement on "the farm", it popped it's ugly head up this…
Enable TLS 1.2 on Windows 7 & 8.
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 Microsoft DLL Help Database – retired
back in February 2010. Used to use the DLL Help Database quite a bit back in the heady of Windows 9x and NT4 SOE Development/Support. I was reminded of it…
KB2918614 – Not only does it break MSI Repair .
“What the security bulletin doesn't say is that the change in Windows Installer repair operations means that application repair attempts will be met with a User Account Control credential window…
“The server application, source file, or item can’t be found,
or returned an unknown error. You may need to reinstall the server application.” We had two cases of this error occur within a short time frame. “When I paste from…
Samba again – Samba causing account lockouts with Windows 7 …
Users were reporting that their Windows domain accounts were being locked out. After much investigation, the following was discovered. When you map a drive with Windows 7, it will try…
Old versions of Samba, and Windows Vista / 7 / 8
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…
Configuring DNS Suffix Search List via Group Policy
It seemed like a good idea at the time, configure the DNS Suffix Search List centrally so everyone gets the same thing. The wheels fell off when I went to…
USB power issues with Citrix Receiver
So we deployed the latest Citrix Receiver (4.0 at the time). Then the issues rolled in. “USB Hub Power Exceeded” was one of them. The typical customer complaining was a…