If you have had a Windows HomeGroup for a few years, you likely have some old / dead / sold computers in your listing that you would like to clean out. While this is not hard to do, it is …
The question I was originally asked was, “How do I bring up the soft / on-screen keyboard when a Surface Book is locked, so that I can press CNTL ALT DEL?”. This took me some time to figure out… but …
UPDATE: November 25, 2016: While everything in this article is correct, there are some advancements you should be aware of and we have written an updated version of how to CHKDSK a Clustered Shared Volume HERE. If you are running …
You may find ANALYZE CLUSTER UPDATING READINESS (in CLUSTER AWARE UPDATING in your Windows Server Cluster) comes back with a warning: Rule ID: 10 Title: The machine proxy on each failover cluster node should be set to a local proxy server …
If you are trying to install SAN Headquarters on a Windows 10 PC you will likely find that it has not (as of yet) been updated to support the .NET 4.6 (note the “6”) or newer. This means that it …
Below are the commands used to find your IP Address on different operating systems: WINDOWS IP ADDRESS Start a CMD window and type ipconfig or ipconfig /all (not case sensitive) and press ENTER LINUX IP ADDRESS Start a TERMINAL session and …
Several things can cause a file or folder to be locked in such a state that even a local, domain or enterprise administrator cannot change. In the ADVANCED SECURITY SETTINGS, you may see: YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO VIEW …
If you have any management software on your Android device and try to remove it, you have likely found that both FORCE STOP and UNINSTALL are greyed out. The solution is to set that program to not be an “administrator”, then …
Having OneNote start up by default everytime you sign into Windows is obnoxious. If you want to get rid of the OneNote icon in system tray / notification area permanently: Launch OneNote Click FILE Click OPTIONS Click DISPLAY uncheck PLACE …
If you are installing (or configuring) software on your Window 7, 8 or 10 PC, you may see ERROR 2503 followed by ERROR 2502: Fortunately there is both a fix and workaround for this problem: HOW TO FIX ERROR 2503 …
If you are using a Microsoft RDP client to remote to other PC’s, you likely will not have a problem but if you are using third party tools, like Juniper’s RDP client you may error out with: The connection cannot proceed …
If you have built a corporate image and found that you need to make a change to settings in the registry you can edit the registry off line. In my case I use WSUS to deploy images so I had to find …
Lithium Ion battery’s have long had problems with explosions due to over-charging or physical defect. I have seen many LION batteries swell and get very hot but until today, I have never seen one explode. This is a video of …
This Asus X series laptops are very interesting because they use new Intel Pentium Bay Trail N2830 N2930 and N3530 CPU’s that use about 4 watts of power. This means: they do not need active cooling (i.e. no CPU fan) …
This page details the keys needed to boot a PC into various modes (like the BIOS and PXE Network) from various manufacturers. If you are stuck and you can try the common keystrokes during a POST and before the Operating System loads: …
If you forget your password on a Windows 10 PC and you cannot reset it using Microsoft’s typical processes, you can use this moderately straightforward routine. The idea is to replace the EASE OF ACCESS program (designed to help handicapped …