Printing problem in RDP
Nov
02
Slow Remote Desktop Performance in Windows 7 or Vista
Symptom: When connecting to a server running Terminal Services using the Remote Desktop client in Windows 7 or Vista, the connection is slow and lags despite a fast network connection. Problem: This is usually, but not always, caused by the way TCP “Auto-tuning” is handled in Windows 7/Vista. Solution: As stated above there are several …
Aug
23
Outlook Error: “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer”
Symptom: When a user clicks a hyperlink to any internet content from within Outlook, they receive the following message: “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.” Problem: The registry entries responsible for handling hyperlinks are either missing or corrupted. This can be caused by several things. Recently it seems that most …
May
14
Internet Explorer Displays Blank Page Instead of Windows Update
Symptom: Internet Explorer displays a blank page or blank screen instead of the requested .aspx or javascript site. Windows Update or other script-enabled websites will not display regardless of Internet Explorer 8 or 9, or any security settings. Problem: Missing/faulty .dll registration of one or both of the following files: jscript.dll, msxml3.dll Solution: Re-register the …
Mar
13
Group Policy Not Applied To Remote VPN Users
Problem: Users logging on to an Active Directory domain across a relatively slow VPN link will unreliably apply group policies. This article deals with user policies specifically, not computer policies. Solution: Although the ultimate solution to this problem would be to cure the root cause of the group policies not being applied, my reason for …
Aug
09
How To: Time Sync Across Windows Network
**Note from the Author: Although this may be helpful for older OS versions, the process below is no longer the correct method. There are many reasons that a network administrator may want to synchronize the clocks on all Windows computers across the Active Directory domain. The following steps will demonstrate how to easily accomplish that …
Apr
12
Adding Sites to Internet Security Zones Using Group Policy
Sometimes it is useful to leverage the power of Group Policy in Active Directory to add sites to certain security zones in Internet Explorer. This can save the network admin the trouble of managing the security zone lists for each computer (or user) separately. In the following example, each user on the network needs to …
Jan
20
Cannot Format Drive As exFAT
Symptom: When trying to format a newer, high capacity external hard drive or flash drive, the only option given is to format as exFAT. When an attempt is made to format the volume as exFAT, the following message is returned: “Windows was unable to complete the format.” Problem: Microsoft’s new filesystem, exFAT (a.k.a. FAT64), is …
Jan
14
Mounting An ISO Image in Windows Server 2008
…still can’t be done. MagicISO seems to work pretty well though. As much as I hate installing stuff like that on a server, there seems to be no way around it without actually burning the image to media. It is completely unacceptable that Microsoft continues to leave this feature out of it’s operating systems. Mac …
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