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There are times when you need to edit HKEY_CURRENT_USER for another user without logging on as that user. Knowing how to do this can be very handy when troubleshooting group policy issues that affect user...
I ran into a weird issue the other day. My daughter left for college and for the first time in 18 years, we weren’t able to see her in over a week. So I...
Editing a video can be a daunting task especially if you are unfamiliar with the various editing software out there on the market. There are many times when you may have the perfect video...
There are many video editing and audio editing tools out there. There are several free tools with Windows Movie Maker probably being one of the most popular ones. My daughters and I have used...
There have been many great inventions since the Internet became commonplace in the 90’s but in my opinion one of the best for my money has to be Google’s Chromecast. I just assume in...
Easy Print is a new feature of a Windows 2008 Server R2 Terminal Server. You’ll see the term “terminal server” and “remote desktop services” referenced throughout this post. These are synonymous. Microsoft changed the...
There are two kinds of people in this world. There’s the person who leases a car and turns it in every 2 –3 years for the next big thing and then there’s the person...
You may find yourself in a tight spot where you need to create a Windows 7 user profile, for one reason or another, on a computer with limited network connectivity. A Windows 7 profile...
Ran into a weird issue the other day when migrating some users’ home folders from one Windows server to another. After moving the data, some users complained of their their home folder not mapping. ...
Lately, there’s been a bit of a buzz surrounding Google’s Chrome browser and it’s browser add-ons also referred to as plugins or extensions. Recently several articles have surfaced with talk of how Chrome extensions...
A really cool but seldom talked about feature in Windows 7 is the Problem Step Recorder. The way the tool works is it records your desktop session during the recording period which you start...
Part IV – Cost benefit analysis, should you deploy Windows 8.1? Well, we’re here. It’s time to test and pilot a few devices. So far we’ve demo’d a few devices; a Dell Venue 11,...
