Tag Archives: Microsoft
XP Mode “Virtual Windows XP could not be restored”
I recently ran into a weird problem with my Windows XP mode program in Windows 7. While trying to turn on the virtual machine, I kept getting a pop up with the following error: “windows xp mode could not be restored because of either host processor type mismatch” Regardless of what I tried to do, I…
Q&A Monday: Increase Simultaneous Downloads
Question: Because of my job I spent a lot of time downloading files from the internet, my productivity is killed by the simultaneous download limit in Windows. Is there anyway to work around this limit or a nifty program that will let me easily download more? Joseph James Dallas, TX Answer: Now I have tried…
Enable RDP via Registry
There may be times where a server is in a co-location and you forget to turn on Remote desktop on, there is a way to get RDP on a server just by making a change to the registry. Either remotely connect to the server’s registry or make a batch script then will run when the…
Microsoft Security Updates: June 8th 2010
Security Updates Update: MS10-032/KB979559 Type: Important Affected Systems: 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 2008, 2008 R2 What it does: A trio of bugs in the Windows kernel can allow the use of malformed fonts to allow escalation of privileges attacks. It would be a bit hard to sneak a font onto the system without some…
Q&A Monday: Disable Taskbar Preview
Question: Hi Jim, I am a big fan of you blog, and found your site a while back while looking for blue screen problems I was having on my XP machine. I just bought another computer with Windows 7 on it, and I hate the task bar preview, is there a way to get rid…
Q&A Monday: Upgrade vs Fresh Install
Question: Hi Jim, I am a new System Administrator, and the first thing that is assigned to me was to plan our upgrading our operating systems to Windows 7. Our environment is a mix of Windows Vista and Windows XP, and I’m not sure if we should just use the upgrade option or complete…
Microsoft Security Updates: May 25th 2010
On Tuesday May 25th Microsoft released a round of minor updates for the Windows Operating System. Here’s what they are and what they do: SECURITY UPDATES: Update: KB982632-Windows 7/KB981793-XP Type: Recommended Affected Systems: 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 7, NT What it does: Install this update to resolve issues caused by revised daylight saving time and…
Support For Windows XP SP2 and 2000 will end soon!
If you haven’t updated to Windows XP Service Pack 3, you should really look into that prior to July 13th 2010, if you ever want help from Microsoft. After July 13th 2010, Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP Sp2 as well as Windows 2000 Operating Systems. Though Microsoft hasn’t given any indication of…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: May 11th 2010
On Tuesday May 11th Microsoft released another round of updates for the Windows Operating System. Here’s what they are and what they do: SECURITY UPDATES: Update: MS10-030/KB978542 Type: Critical Affected Systems: XP, 7, 2003, 3008, 2008 R2, Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 for 2000 What it does: Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail…
Q&A Monday: Reinstalling Wan MiniPort
Question: My WAN miniport has gone missing. I accidentally deleted it durring some computer troubleshooting. Do you know how to get it back short of a complete Windows re-install? Thanks, Howard S. Jordan Montgomery, AL Answer: It’s been a while since I’ve been in this situation, but this should work: Download devcon.exe from some Microsoft site. Open netrasa.inf…