Paychex Preview Upgrade to Mapped Drive
This was actually too simple, but unless you speak with support, how is one to know?
I was recently tasked with upgrading a server installation of Paychex Preview software, which according to documentation cannot be done on the host server, it has to be upgraded from one of the workstations via mapped drive. It seemed simple enough, [...]
HP tc4400 and Windows 7 Boot Failure
I’ve been using an HP tc4400 Tablet PC with Windows Vista for quite some time now and thought it was about time I started using Windows 7 for work and not just home.
Don’t get me wrong, I do like Vista (I think I may be only one of eight people), but as an IT professional [...]
Vista – Configuring Updates Step 3 of 3 — 0% Complete
Last Friday I came upon a frustrating problem with a Windows Vista system that had applied updates during shutdown, but could not finish the process. This resulted in many reboots and an unusable computer; too bad it held the company’s only copy of QuickBooks.
Typically the simplest fix is to boot from the Vista install media and [...]
Network Printer Offline
Yesterday I was at a client site where everyone prints directly to the printers, rather than sharing via a print server. One of the PCs kept showing a printer as offline, even though everyone else was printing to it. From the PC you could ping the printer and even browse to the builtin web server [...]
God Mode in Windows Vista or 7
Following Paul Thurrott’s blog such as I do, today’s post listed a way to see a hidden GUI. There is quite a list, some of which are not normally exposed but via the Registry.
This is really a pretty simple hack:
Create a New Folder, rename it GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
You can actually name it whatever you want before the [...]
Deploying Your Own Root CA via Group Policy
Although it took some searching, this nugget was quite simple.
One of my clients has a Linux Certificate Authority and none of the Windows systems would give an invalid or unknown certificate authority error when visiting a company website that used a cert created by the CA.
Get your root certificate ready, then fire up the Group Policy [...]
Free Windows Server 2008 R2 eBook
Well if this isn’t the week for free books… Now there is a free eBook download from Microsoft: Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2.
The “Introducing” series of MS Press books are hardly a technical treatise on whatever subject they happen to cover, but in my opinion, free information regarding their latest products is always a good thing.
And thanks [...]
It’s Windows 7! The savior of the computing world!!!
Okay not really, but everyone else is making claims and spreading exaggerated news. Why not a catchy headline for me too?
Windows 7 has been unleashed upon the world today; enjoy!
PS. For those of us who have TechNet or MSDN, we’ve had the official release version for many weeks. Next time be one of the first with [...]
Service ‘MSExchangeTransport’ failed
A few months ago I had an Exchange Server 2007 install stop cold, caughing up this error:
Error:
Service ‘MSExchangeTransport’ failed to reach status ‘Running’ on this server.
Apparently if you disable IPv6 on a Windows Server 2008 the error will occur. Not to be picky, but how many networks are actually using IPv6 and why is it installed by [...]
Control Panel Applets from Command Line
One of my customers doesn’t allow user accounts to be in the local Administrators group, something I wish more companies would do. In fact over 90% of infections could be stopped by not logging in as an administrator; but I’ll save that “soapbox” topic for another post.
Many times I need to change settings or install/remove [...]