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…
Tag: Microsoft Windows
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…
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows 98
Fresh load of Windows 98? Internet Explorer 5.0 installed by default? Want the last version of IE but there is no longer a Microsoft Windows Update site for Windows…
!!Help!! My internet is broken!
It happens. You have installed something either on purpose or unknowingly or you have malware infections and proceed to clean it up. Once done you cannot access the internet,…
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…
Installing a Dell Powervault LTO6 Tape Drive – Server 2008
I needed to configure a Dell Powervault LTO6 Tape Drive (model CSEH 001) on a server running Windows 2008 R2 x64. This seems like it should be straight forward…
Backpack External CDROM Drivers for Windows 95 and NT
I recently posted a link to download the Backpack External CD-ROM drivers for DOS and Win3.x. These may work with 98 and ME as well. Here are the same…