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TEMP Profiles vs Username.domain Profiles
There is often confusion between the two. But knowing what each profile type means is an important step in understanding what is going wrong with the profile. TEMP profiles These are often created whe… more →
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TEMP Profiles vs Username.domain Profiles
wrote 3 months ago: There is often confusion between the two. But knowing what each profile type means is an important s … more →
Instal Ubuntu 12 inside Windows dengan Wubi
wrote 6 months ago: Bagi pengguna ubuntu sebelum keluar ubuntu 12.04 sepertinya tidak ada masalah ketika ingin menggunak … more →
Installing Active Directory and All Those Other Little Tabs in Windows 7 (you know, the ones you used to have in Windows XP)
wrote 6 months ago: One of the articles I put together for our KB. Thought I would share since there seems to be … more →
No, Its Not Malware
wrote 10 months ago: I was recently asked by a tech to look at someone’s system because they were concerned it may have m … more →
When You Can No Longer Paste From or To that Remote Desktop
wrote 1 year ago: Most of the day I am connected to a lab or another workstation through Remote Desktop. Often times I … more →
Resolving Missing or Stubborn System Tray Icons
wrote 1 year ago: A co-worker asked me a question recently after a user he was talking with put him on the spot by men … more →
SSDs, Windows 7 & Lackluster Boot Performance
wrote 1 year ago: I came across a Technet blog recently that described an issue where boot performance on newly imaged … more →
A Quick Glance At The UserAssist Key in Windows
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wrote 1 year ago: I recently found myself needing to examine a workstation in an attempt to determine what had taken p … more →
When A GUI Goes Missing (and Worse, It Has No Presence in the Taskbar)
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wrote 1 year ago: …you might find yourself scratching your head as to why some application seems to not be responding. … more →
Explaining Regsvr32 (Best Efforts)
wrote 1 year ago: After a recent upgrade to a non-Windows component, we started a seeing a few complaints of Windows S … more →
JScript is not Java (But Kinda Like JavaScript [LiveScript])
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wrote 1 year ago: Recently, we began seeing a several complaints about missing menus, missing form fields, and search … more →
Exploring Video-Graphics Performance - Event IDs 500 and 501
wrote 1 year ago: If you had a chance to review the Diagnostics-Performance logs, you may have encountered warning eve … more →
When A Process Does Not Exit Normally
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wrote 1 year ago: i.e., it crashes. When processes exit, they should exit with a status code that indicates whether or … more →
Knowing Your File and Folder Naming Limitations
wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes, the obvious is over looked because error messages often do not allude to the actual probl … more →
Isolating Disk Activity To A Process
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wrote 1 year ago: The other night I noticed the hard drive light on my laptop was solid for several minutes, indicatin … more →
Examining Windows 7 Boot Performance
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wrote 1 year ago: Boot performance in Windows Vista and 7 has become such a focus that a whole area of the Event Viewe … more →
Attach A Task To A Windows Event
wrote 1 year ago: I often find myself needing to track events on various user workstations when some operation takes p … more →
Making Sense of Memory Metrics in the Windows 7 Task Manager
wrote 1 year ago: In an earlier blog, I covered memory metrics in the Windows XP Performance tab. Here, I’ll be coveri … more →
Running the System File Checker From A Network Share
wrote 1 year ago: I recently found myself needing to run the Microsoft Windows System File Checker on a workstation. I … more →
