I had a problem with a computer where after cleaning off a virus there was no internet access, and no network connectivity at all. When I tried to ping localhost, it said: Unable to contact IP driver, error code 2. When I tried to do ipconfig, I got: An internal error occurred: The request is [...]
I had a problem today when I was trying to schedule a Windows Backup on Windows XP. The user had no password, so when I entered the credentials to run the scheduled task under, I got a 0×8007005 Access Is Denied error. After some searching I found the solution at forums.support.roxio.com/topic/18334-windowxp-scheduled-task-problems. Open regedit (click start, run, type [...]
I was getting Event ID 27 on a server. The error read: Time Provider NtpClient: The response received from domain controller <host dns name> is missing the signature. The response may have been tampered with and will be ignored. This sounds likes a scary message, with warnings that the response has been tampered with, but [...]
Over the past year I’ve been uninstalling AVG and replacing it with Microsoft Security Essentials. Free antivirus is always a shifting topic; it seems like they all stop the same viruses, and they all let the same ones get through (hello, FakeAntivirus scam program, is there anyone who can stop you from installing)? But I’ve [...]
This week Windows 7 Service Park 1 started being pushed out on Automatic Updates. On one hand, I think this is a good thing, because it forces people to update who otherwise never might. On the other hand, I’ve been getting a lot of call from folks this week who are inconvenienced by the update, [...]