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Can’t Access Network Share – Jan 2019 – Windows 7 / Server 2008R2 / SBS2011

Posted on January 10, 2019 by timdotexe

On PC hosting the shares:

Elevated Command Prompt:
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Caused by windows updates KB4480970 and KB4480960

Source: Computer World

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Posted in SBS2011, Windows 7

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC update fails – a newer version is already installed

Posted on November 27, 2018 by timdotexe

C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\{***}\

Run AcroRead

Once installed check for updates from within Adobe Reader again.

Source: Adobe Forums

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Posted in Adobe, Tech Guide, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8

Delete protected partitions using diskpart

Posted on December 10, 2017 by timdotexe

CMD Prompt
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override

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Posted in Windows 10, Windows 7

Autorun not working

Posted on November 7, 2017 by timdotexe

Regedit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun set to 145 in decimal

Reboot

Source: Microsoft

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Posted in Windows 7

Internet explorer won’t save passwords after domain migration

Posted on October 25, 2017 by timdotexe

Regedit:

Delete key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\Storage2
or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\

Reboot

Source: Conetrix

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Posted in Internet Explorer, Windows 7

Patches

Posted on May 15, 2017 by timdotexe

Windows 7

Server 2008R2 / SBS2011

Server 2008 / SBS2008

XP SP2
XP SP3

Windows 8 32Bit
Windows 8 64Bit

Server 2003 32Bit
Server 2003 64Bit

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Posted in SBS2008, SBS2011, Windows 7

Remove hiberfil.sys on unbootable PC via cmd prompt using recovery media

Posted on March 24, 2017 by timdotexe

Boot PC using recovery cd.
Shift + F10 to open cmd prompt.
Navigate to boot drive.
icacls hiberfil.sys /grant everyone:f
attrib -h -s hiberfil.sys
del hiberfil.sys

Source: Superuser

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Posted in Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows XP

Huge amount of Windows\Temp CAB files

Posted on January 31, 2017 by timdotexe

C:\Windows\Logs\CBS
Delete all .log files

C:\Windows\Temp
Delete all cab_ files

Reboot PC.

Source: Microsoft Community

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Posted in Windows 7 | Tagged -

Internet Explorer There is a problem with this website’s security certificate Continue option missing

Posted on August 4, 2016 by timdotexe

RSA length less that 1024 bits is blocked for security reasons.

Admin Command Prompt:
certutil -setreg chain\minRSAPubKeyBitLength 512

Change back after:
certutil -delreg chain\MinRsaPubKeyBitLength

Source: Oracle48

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Posted in Internet Explorer, Windows 7

Forcefully clear print queue

Posted on March 14, 2016 by timdotexe

Stop Print Spooler service.

Delete contents of:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\PRINTERS

Start Print Spooler service.

Source: Online Tech Tips

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Posted in Printers, Tech Guide, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows XP

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