I had a unique issue today that I had not seen before. A user had contacted our team stating they were logging in and being told they were…
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Removing Items from Add/Remove Programs, But they still Show in the list! – Windows XP
Have you removed or uninstalled a program and still have it show up in Add/Remove Programs? Let’s get those out of there. Click on Start, then click on Run…
How to re-enable laptop disabled MIC Windows 8.1
I had reason to disable the built-in MIC on my Windows 8.1 Dell Latitude E5550 laptop. I did the usual thing and went to the control panel and selected…
Enable hidden Administrator account in Windows 7
Microsoft disabled the Administrator account in Windows 7 by default for security reasons. It is nice to have this enabled as a backup if your main user profile becomes…
Disable UAC (User Access Controls) in Windows Vista
Those annoying “are you sure you want to do this?” popup windows on Windows Vista can be disabled. However, not as easily as other version of Windows. Here…
Toshiba Laptop with Windows 8.1 loses keyboard and mouse – FIX
This weekend I worked on a Toshiba laptop with Windows 8.1 that had received some updates then rebooted. The keyboard and mouse both failed to work after the reboot….