The clicking sound that Windows plays when you click on a link in Internet Explorer or open a folder in Windows Explorer can drive you insane.“ Here’s how to kill that sound in Windows XP: Click Start > Control Panel… Read More »Clicking driving you crazy?
I was getting frustrated with my Windows 2008 terminal server, as I though it’s redirection of local printers was broken.“ I was getting ready to take an axe to it, when a little research revealed that it was doing what… Read More »Local printers not showing up in Terminal Services session
On occasion I run across a computer where Windows Update is stuck on “Checking for the latest updates for your computer…”.“ “ One of the following suggestions has always fixed the problem for me. 1) Clearing Temporary Internet files in Internet… Read More »Windows Update Stuck on “Checking for the latest updates for your computer…”
I had an application that runs on .Net (ACT! 2010) continually crashing.“ Tech support promised me that if I uninstalled .Net 2 and re-installed it, everything would be OK.“ The only problem was, when clicking on the “Remove” button, I… Read More »Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 cannot be uninstalled
Whenever I need to fill out a PDF or make minor edits to one, my tool of choice is PDF Escape, an online PDF editor that’s free. You can perform such edits pretty easily with PDF Escape, an online PDF… Read More »Edit PDFs online for free
I was testing a light-weight XFCE Linux desktop that could be used as a front end for users accessing our terminal servers.“ I wanted a way to test it off-site but didn’t want to go through the hassle of setting… Read More »Multiple Remote Desktop connections on Windows XP
Users were complaining about getting a Java update pop up window every time they logged into a terminal session.“ I had pushed out the appropriate registry settings via GP to prevent this on the desktops, but obviously something special needed… Read More »Disabling Java Automatic Updates on a Windows 2008 Terminal Server
This is one that stumped me for a couple of years when the schools I worked for switched from macs to Windows machines.“ I loved the ability to use Remote Desktop to control machines.“ The problem I frequently ran into… Read More »How to restart Windows from a Remote Desktop session
I was working on a machine at work today and after adding it to our domain and logging in for the firt time as myself, I kept getting errors where Office 2003 was asking for the location of a file… Read More »Office 2003 asking for location of SKUxxx.CAB
When looking for a guide on how to set up a signature in Microsoft Outlook, all of the guides I found were for Outlook 2007/2010 – so I thought I’d share my writeup for those other lost souls stuck on… Read More »How to set up a signature in Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email