Recent Posts By Aseem
Should You Defrag an SSD?
May 6th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Featured Posts
With a lot of more modern computers using SSD’s (Solid State Hard Drives), one question I often get asked is if you need to defragment a SSD. That’s a good question because up until now, pretty much everyone has defragged their computer at least once. So why do we defragment a hard drive in the [...]
Remove Lock Icon on Folder in Windows 7
April 23rd, 2012 by Aseem | File in: How-To
Windows XP had a few ways to share a folder and it was always a little confusing dealing with NTFS permissions and Share permissions. Now in Windows 7, it’s even more confusing! Yes, that’s because they now have Homegroups and you can share files with a homegroup, which is separate from sharing with the rest [...]
What is Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter?
April 21st, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Windows 7
So recently I was on a friend’s computer trying to troubleshoot some network issue and when I went to adjust the settings on one of the network adapters, I noticed something interesting I had not seen before: In addition to the normal WiFi network, there was also a Wireless Network Connection 2 and the adapter [...]
Fix Office 2010 “Cannot Verify License” Error Message
April 20th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Office Tips
I’ve been running Office 2010 in a virtual machine on my Mac for over a year, but suddenly the other day when I tried to open Word, I got the following error message: Cannot verify license for this product Hmmm, of course I have a license! The product key was valid and it had activated [...]
How to See/Find All Your Likes on Facebook
April 19th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: How-To
One of my friends was recently asking me how they could see everything they have ever liked on Facebook. I asked the obvious question, why, and got some convoluted answer about being a friend with someone who is no longer a friend, etc, etc. Anyway, if you want to see all your likes on Facebook, [...]
Fix Unidentified Network and No Network Access in Windows 7
April 13th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Windows 7
Recently, I was helping a client with Windows 7 who was unable to connect to his home wireless network one day even though it had been working fine for a few months. When he went to Network and Sharing Center, he had the following listed: Instead of his normal network connection, it said Unidentified Network [...]
How to Ungroup Windows 7 Taskbar Icons
April 12th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Windows 7
Here’s something that is really annoying in Windows 7: By default, the taskbar shows a few system icons and then groups all the rest of the tray/notification icons into one giant box. I have found this very annoying because I was always used to how in Windows XP, you could just click on the little [...]
Move a Window with the Keyboard in Windows 7
April 7th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Windows 7
So for those of you who do not like to use a mouse, it would be pretty cool if you could move a window using just the keyboard in Windows 7 right? Well, there are a couple of ways to do this and even though you may not need to do it very often, it [...]
How to Block Windows Processes and Programs
April 5th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Tools Review
Looking for a Windows process blocker? Want to make sure your kids never run that silly game that they keep downloading over and over again? Or don’t want someone to be able to run a sensitive application installed on your PC? One way to fix these problems is to simply block the process. Well, you’ve [...]
Troubleshoot Windows 7 Random Freezes
April 4th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Featured Posts, Windows 7
I’ve worked with a lot of clients and one issue I’ve seen crop up since Windows 7 was first released is random freezing. It doesn’t seem to matter which program you are running, how long Windows has been running or anything else, Windows will just randomly freeze and you have to either kill the computer [...]
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