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Every once in a while, a laptop experiences problems where Bitlocker keeps prompting for Recovery key every time the laptop is rebooted. Obviously, this should not happen and can be extremely annoying. Not sure...
My old but trusty PC keeps rebooting after Windows 10 updates were applied recently. In my particular case the computer is a Dell Inspiron 530 desktop. Yes, I know it is a pretty old...
Here we go again. Why is a computer geek posting blog articles about problems about a Samsung LCD TV? Because I figured if I’m experiencing this issue, then someone else, somewhere in the world is probably...
Windows Server Manager has come a long way since the Windows Server 2003 days. Personally, I use it all the time to manage hundreds of servers. But what if you changed computers and want...
Ever need a quick and easy way to test SMTP relay from a Windows server? Does this feel familiar? You come into work and before you can grab your much needed cup of caffeine, you...
One of the things system administrators do quite often is create, tweak and troubleshoot active directory group policies. As you know, some of these group policies can become quite large and can contain hundreds...
If you want to back up computers for FREE in ONE STEP, then please read on. Backing up your computer is one of those things that we all know we should do on a regular...
The other day, my daughter called me from her college dorm. All of a sudden, her roommate couldn’t connect her USB flash drive to her HP laptop. The error message she was receiving was...
SVCHost.exe on your Windows computer is taking up too much CPU or memory. But what is it and how can you quickly find out? In this post, “SVCHOST.EXE – Using Resource Manager to troubleshoot performance...
Ever need to force the display Windows Terminal Server grace period balloon to find out how many days left you have of the 120 day grace period when first setting up an RDS or...
Here is a quick little tip that really came in handy for me while on a trip overseas. Texting from your computer. Your first initial thought might be, why would I EVER want to...
Ran into a weird issue where visual effects changes were not saving in Windows 7 after a reboot. Apparently, if you use the following steps to make changes to the Visual Effects tab in...
