Windows 10 has already had one big “upgrade” released, version 1511 in November 2015. Another one is coming soon in Summer 2016. After you run these updates to Windows 10, you can no longer use the Sysprep tool because it considers these to be full OS upgrades. The error you get is “Sysprep was not […]
I had an interesting and obscure problem today with a solution that was buried deep in the registry. Which is what this blog is all about! IE8 on Windows XP would go to www.google.com, but it would not go to google.com. I just got a message instead. Microsoft Internet Explorer Cannot find ‘google.com’. Make sure […]
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 0x8007005 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 […]
After removing a virus from a Windows XP computer, I got this message when I tried to turn on Automatic Updates: “Security Center could not change your Automatic Updates settings.” Viruses usually leave their little hooks behind after you uninstall them, disabling the tools that you need to fight them. So thanks to this page […]
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, […]