Windows 7 – Using the Windows Mobile Emulator
KB ID 0000241 Problem I first saw the Windows Mobile Emulator after Exchange 2003 service pack 2 came out, and we had a deluge of jobs to install “Push Email” to Windows Mobile Devices. I even used it on the Exchange 2007 course, this was when Microsoft changed the name of the service to “ActiveSync” to confuse the hell out of everyone with a mobile device, who used ActiveSync to sync the device with Windows. A...
Windows 7 – VNC Wont Work
KB ID 0000243 Problem You have VNC and have suddenly realised that its stopped working for your Windows 7 clients. It’s been a while since I’ve used VNC, but I had a client call this morning to ask what he should use. As he is one of the good guys I fired up the test bench and did some testing. Solution Use Tight VNC, at time of writing version 2.0 Beta 3 works on, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server Windows...
Windows 7 – How Do I Delete Old Networks?
KB ID 0000244 Problem If you move around a lot from client site to client site, your Windows 7 network list can get huge. Solution 1. Right click the network link on your taskbar. 2. Select “Open Network and Sharing Center”. 3. Left click your current connection. Click for larger image 4. At the bottom of the screen select “Merge or Delete network Locations”. 5. Select the unwanted ones > Delete > Close....
Windows ‘ Error while installing WebDAV IIS Version 7.0 is required’
KB ID 0000293 Problem I had this error in Windows Server 2008 R2, though you will see the same on Windows 7, you may assume you are running IIS 7, but you are actually running IIS 7.5. Error: IIS Version 7.0 is required to use this product Thankfully you don’t have to download another version of WebDAV you just need to enable it. Solution You need to enable WebDAV, it’s now a “feature”. Windows 7 Enable WebDAV...
Watermark: Windows 7 Evaluation copy. Build 7601- How to Remove
KB ID 0000318 Problem A while ago I wrote an article on how to remove the 7600 watermark. Then I noticed this bad boy had appeared, the culprit for my watermarks reappearance is the Windows 7 SP1 (beta) that I’m running. (Update 11/01/10 – this also occurs with SP1 Release Candidate) Unlike previously, a simple “Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF” command DOES NOT WORK. Note: I am running a fully licensed and...
Windows – Search the Internet from the Start Menu
KB ID 0000394 Problem I think this is a feature that should be enabled by default, perhaps it will be in Windows 8. Essentially just a quick policy change and you can perform an internet search with your default browser and search provider, straight from Windows Search/Run box. Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA
Windows 7 – Cannot Install Service Pack 1Windows Server 2008 R2 – Cannot Install Service Pack 1
KB ID 0000408 Problem It’s the same service pack for both products (in case you were wondering about the title). Service Pack 1 has been out for a just over a week now, so we have had enough time to see any glitches and problems. Solution Errors: If your update fails with error 8007f0f4 or FFFFFFFF this has been attributed to malware click here. If your update fails with error 0x800f0a12 Press Start > Run > cmd {enter}...
Hide/Remove Users from the Windows Welcome/Logon Screen
KB ID 0000541 Problem This was asked on EE the other day, and I’ve been asked it before, so I put it on my list of “Articles to write up”. Windows by default will display all “Enabled” accounts on the welcome screen. In most cases that’s fine, but the poster had installed SQL and all the service accounts were listed. Solution Option 1 Updated 09/08/12 Site visitor (Fehlmann Paolo ) Emailed in to...
Windows – Enable Two RDP Sessions
KB ID 0000554 Problem If you have Windows (Professional, Enterprise or ultimate) you can already connect to it remotely using RDP. Unlike Windows Server 2008/2003/2000 which can have two concurrent RDP connections for remote administration, Windows client operating systems can only have one. If someone is logged into the machine and you connect in, it simply kicks them out to the login page. This was never a problem for me until I...
Windows – Remove Saved / Cached Network Passwords
KB ID 0000556 Problem Windows 7 / 2008 R2 like previous versions of Windows, caches your user names and passwords entered for network shares, drives etc. That’s fine until there’s an incorrect password or username in the cache, and you want to remove it. With Windows XP you could do this by running “control userpasswords2” and deleting the offending entry. With Windows 7 we have Credential Manager to do this...