Windows Gets a 0.0.0.0 Default Gateway
KB ID 0000332 Problem Seen on Windows 7 but can also occur on Vista, I had this problem a while ago and fixed it then it reoccurred this morning (after I’d spent a morning on a client site changing my IP address a few times. As soon at I got back to the office the machine picked up an IP address form DHCP with the correct default gateway, but sat above that was a default gateway of 0.0.0.0 I could not ping anything outside my...
Windows – Explorer Has Stopped Working – Crashes Windows
KB ID 0000388 Problem Spend any time working in windows and sooner or later something will upset Windows Explorer, and when it crashes it has a habit of taking something with it (usually your desktop experience – or something you’ve been working on and have not saved!). The underlying problem can be anything from some poorly coded software, a dodgy device driver, or a wayward Windows update. But you can offset the problem...
Migrating – Folders and Share Permissions
KB ID 0000427 Problem Usually If I’ve got a lot of user profiles and data to shift, I use the clients backup software, copying user and group permission’s is pretty easy, xcopy can do that quite happily. The problem is migrating the shares and share permissions, that’s got to be done manually, for a few folders that’s easy to do, but if they have a LOT of shared folders that can be a problem. So heres how to...
Windows Update Error 80072EFD
KB ID 0000440 Problem While attempting to run a Windows Update you see the following error. Code 80072EFD Windows Update encountered an unknown error. Get help with this error. Solution Note: There seems to be a few causes of this error, but in my case it was the proxy server. 1. Assuming you have a proxy set in your web browser settings (Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings > Set proxy settings accordingly). Note:...
WAIK (Windows 7) Installing the Supplement for Windows 7 SP1
KB ID 0000450 Problem I’ve been doing some prep work with WDS this week for a client, (I’ve covered Deploying Windows 7 with WDS before). So I went to check if there was a new WAIK as Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 have had a Service Pack 1 released since last time I deployed windows 7 in bulk. And sure enough, there is an update. (Though the update is for WindowsPE Not the SIM tools I would be using). The Windows®...
Windows – ‘Telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command
KB ID 0000455 Problem Telnet client from Windows, and have it as an “Optional Extra”. For most people that’s fine, but for anyone who programs network devices, or needs to test that ports are open, or test mail flow by telnet to port 25, that’s a pain. Solution Enabling Telnet – Windows 10 1. From PowerShell execute the following command; dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient Enabling...
Windows – “Windows Explorer Stops Working” When you open Control Panel
KB ID 0000457 Problem Seen today on four brand new Windows 7 machines. Whenever you attempt to open the control panel, you see the error message, “Windows Explorer has stopped working” And the event log yields no clues, it does log an Event ID 1000, but that does not seen to help much? Solution Essentially this error is caused by a .cpl file that Windows does not like, these are control panel applets (small programs), we...
Windows – Location Based Printing with con2prt
KB ID 0000510 Problem Yes these days we would prefer to use GPO or GPP to do this, but some printers simply refuse to be farmed out this way, and a lot of clients don’t want to install their network printers in that manner. Con2prt is a very old piece of software it’s part of the Windows NT4 ZAK (Yep it’s that old!). Its purpose in life is to connect clients to printers. So how can we do that based on location? We...
Windows – Force into Safe Mode or”Cannot Boot into Safe Mode”
KB ID 0000521 Problem With modern PC’s, the boot time is a LOT less than it used to be. There was a time when you would have a few seconds to press F8 when a Windows machine started and it would boot to “safe mode”. Now even with the reflexes of a fighter pilot, you are hard pushed to press the key before it says “Starting Windows”. Solution 1. Boot Windows normally, and in the search/run box type...
You have been logged on with a temporary profile”
KB ID 0000033 Problem After renaming (because you didn’t want to lose the profile) or deleting a user profile, from the “users” directory. You will see the following error when you attempt to log on as the deleted user; Error: You have been logged on with a temporary profile You cannot access your files and files created in this profile will be deleted when you log off. To fix this, log off and try logging on...