Windows – Print Spooler Keeps Stopping
KB ID 0000751 Problem This is quite a common problem, in MOST cases the problem is caused by a print driver that Windows does not like. But my printers are delivered via login script or group policy? If that is the case then you need to exempt both your user and the computer from this method of printer deployment while you are troubleshooting. Solution 1. As we cant be sure what printer/driver is causing the problem, we need to remove...
Windows Printer – Setting up an IP Network Printer
KB ID 0000624 Problem Originally I wrote this back for Windows 7, but I have now updated it for Windows 10. How to add an IP network printer. Setup a Windows Printer 1. If you don’t have a CD/DVD that came with the printer, then get onto the manufacturers website and download the correct drivers for your printer, you will need to know if you require 32 or 64 bit drivers. How to Tell if Windows is 32 or 64 bit 2. Start >...
SCCM OSD Capture a Windows 7 Reference Machine
KB ID 0000302 Problem You have a reference machine (physical or virtual), and you want to capture an image of that machine to your System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Infrastructure.So you can then deploy that image to multiple machines. Solution Prerequisites 1. SCCM needs to be installed and configured. 2. Download the Task and Registry File in Zip Format (Edit the .reg file with notepad to enter the correct administrator...
OneNote – Notebooks cannot sync – Error 0xE0000024
KB ID 0000650 Problem I use OneNote quite a lot, after a laptop rebuild, I installed the Live ID Sign in assistant (because it asked for it) and then my notebooks stopped syncing to SkyDrive. OneNote needs a password to sync some of your notebooks. A password is required to synchronize this notebook (Error code: 0xE0000024). Solution There’s plenty of posts and articles on this that say “just run this reg...
Deploying Office 2010 via Group Policy
KB ID 0000464 Problem What used to be the simplest task, has now been overly complicated (Thanks Microsoft!) Simply deploying from a single .msi file would have been far too easy! This procedure uses group policy to install Microsoft Office 2010 via group policy. It uses the Microsoft preferred method of employing startup scripts. Below I’ve also disabled UAC, I found it was stopping my automated install, (If I ran the script...