List folder contents – XP vs. Vista
Yesterday, a client called me complaining that, after installing Vista SP2, she couldn’t access a folder on a file share. She could access that same folder fr...
Tag: Vista
Troubleshooting Wifi logon
I’ve been working with client to try to identify why we sometime log onto the UVM wifi network successfully before workstation logon, but frequently thi...
Wednesday – April 29
Some Microsoft updates released yesterday, including Office 2007 SP2. TSGateway server Web and Terminal services didn’t restart gracefully. Investigating, I f...
Friday – April 17
Last night, I stumbled across this video: Office Casual: How to work with the ribbon The Inside Office Online blog post for the video includes links to th...
Pandora Windows Gadget
If you enjoy Pandora’s online music service, and you’re using Vista or Windows 7, you might enjoy the Pandora Gadget. I find it convenient because I don’t...
Elevated ShellRunAs
Back in the day, I was a good Windows admin and did my administration using the Windows Server admin tools from my workstation, logged in with a non-admin user,...
Recalcitrant Vista SP1 install
I have spent a number of hours troubleshooting the installation of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on a particular Dell Optiplex 755, but I finally succeeded. Symp...
Troubleshooting Windows Activation
Troubleshooting Vista volume activation via KMS
Disabling IPv6 in Vista
As part of troubleshooting the Cisco VPN with my Vista system, I’ve been asked to “turn off” IPv6, just in case. I decided to take the compreh...
Reset Offline Files cache
For my reference, mostly… In Windows XP: In Explore’s Tools → Folder Options → Offline Files, then press CTRL+SHIFT and click the “Delete ...