Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Sharing Printer between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows
Ran into this the other day when trying to share an old printer connected to a 32-bit version of Windows Vista to a 64-bit version of Windows 7 where there were it wouldn’t connect. Found this little trick and worked easily enough. Share the printer on the computer it is attached to as normal. On […]
Tab key changing window focus
This is one of those issues that if it had not happened to me and someone called to tell me they were having this problem, I’d probably think they were nuts! I use the tab key all the time to move between fields, so when it started switching the window focus, I started checking my […]
Recover Offline Files and Folders for Vista / Win 7
After moving over several systems from an old SBS2003 domain to a new SBS2011 Essentials server, one user noticed that there were several files missing from their documents. To be more accurate, the files were there but they were very old versions of the file, not the current one they had been working on. After […]
Set default printer with batch file script
For some reason QuickBooks seems to like changing the default printer on some workstations. Haven’t found the cause yet but decided to put in this work-around to make everyone happy. Added this to a login batch file that runs on the system to reset the default printer for each local computer: Note that the PrintUIEntry […]
Running app from Mapped Drive – Avoiding UAC Prompts
While reinstalling a Windows Vista system the other day I ran into a problem with the UAC security prompt. The primary applicaiton that is run on this computer is not installed locally but run directly from a mapped drive. Normally the user just clicks on the shortcut and the app launches but after a clean […]
Exchange 440 Login Timeout
Had an issue with an old Exchange 2003 server the other day….in the middle of the day users were disconnected in Outlook (using RPC over HTTPS) and when trying to log into the Exchange web page to view mail, users received the error “440 Login Timeout”. Did the generic solve-all of rebooting the server but […]
Copy file and append date and time
Recently set this up for someone and then had someone else looking to do the same thing about a week later. Figured it would be good to post it here for future reference. The first example adds just the date: The second example adds both the date and timestamp: Some reference: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/for.mspx?mfr=true http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
Thin client Setup notes HP t5740e
While setting up a new HP t5740e thin client for testing, I needed to install Adobe Reader. The problem was I kept getting the error that there was not enough room on the drive. There was still over 3GB remaining but the Temp drive (in My Computer > Advanced > Environment Variables) was setup to […]
Map Printer and Set to Default in Batch File
While setting up a new thin client system (HP t5740e) to test with I wanted to make things as easy on myself as possible when it came to the printers. I know we go through printers and have to change them out as they die…I didn’t want to have to log in to each system […]
Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report
Cool little utility built into Windows 7 to survey your computers energy efficiency. Run a command prompt as Administrator and run the following: powercfg –energy This will run for a minute and then create a report for your system. The filename and path will be shown when it finishes running. Note that you may need […]