When trying to logon to the domain from a client PC, I recently got the following error message in Windows: Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect. What was […]
Help Desk Geek – Page 150 – Help Desk Tips for IT Pros
I recently ran across a client that was not able to print properly from Internet Explorer 7 or 8 on a Windows 7 machine. When trying to print from IE, […]
Windows 7/8/10 File Search Indexing Options
by File in: Windows 7
The built-in search feature in Windows 7/8/10 is significantly better than the horrible search options in Windows Vista and XP. Instead of installing a third-party program to search for files […]
How to Check if Windows 7 is Genuine?
by File in: Windows 7
So you have a computer with Windows 7 installed, but you’re not sure if you are running a genuine version of the OS? You may have this issue if you […]
Fix “Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD…analog copy protection” in Windows
by File in: Windows 7
If you have a Windows 7 computer and you try to play a DVD, you might get the following error message: Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because it […]
Fix wmpnetwk.exe High CPU Usage in Windows
by File in: How-To
If you’re running Windows and have an Xbox, you might have considered using Windows Media Player to stream your pictures, videos, and music to your TV. It’s a pretty sweet […]
Did you know that a lot of files in Windows are not owned by you, even if you are the Administrator? They are instead owned by an entity called the […]
Fix “Windows is unable to install to the selected location” in Windows 7 or Vista
by File in: Windows 7
So while playing around with Windows 7 and installing it on various computers, I ran across an interesting error message that you might also see: Windows is unable to install […]
Windows 7 Will Not Sleep or Not Sleeping
by File in: Windows 7
So playing around with Windows 7 has been fun, but there are a few quirks. For example, on one of my laptops, Windows 7 does not go to Sleep mode. […]
If you’ve recently upgraded to Windows 7 or did a clean install of Windows 7, the first thing you’ll want to do is run Windows Update to download the latest […]