I felt like such a noob when I realised what this was I thought I’d publicly shame myself so it doesn’t happen again. For a few weeks I’d been getting pop-ups on my computer warning about low memory and impending data loss! Internet Explorer or Chrome were usually the programs it reported needed to be closed
Category: Windows 7
Activate Remote Desktop Remotely–Revisited
I wrote about how to achieve this way back in 2007! It’s one of the more popular things I’ve written about and I still refer back to it pretty often. The steps were for Windows XP and mostly worked for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. That said there are more options available now
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Network Scanners and Windows 7 Shares
I was visiting a clients remote office earlier this week doing some PC replacements. They have a multi-function printer that has “scan to folder” functionality and it previously worked quite happily on the Windows XP machines they were replacing. The end user presses a button and the scanned document ends up in a folder on
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The Case Of The Missing Windows 7 Boot Logo
Had a bit of weird problem this week I wanted to write down somewhere in case it happens again! A call came in from a client to say the laptop wouldn’t boot. On starting the laptop the usual Windows 7 boot animation was missing. The screen was black apart from a series of coloured lines
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Windows 7 Remote Desktop and Multiple Monitors
It’s safe to say I’m a multiple monitor fan. It’s a setup I’ve been using for a long time and I really notice the difference when I have to use a single screen. (I use three in the office and two at home) Working remotely though can have an impact on this. Up until the
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Internet Explorer Freezes When Printing
Came across a bit of a weird issue today I thought was worth repeating here. I took a support call where the end user could print documents in Word, Excel, Outlook without issue but as soon as she tried to print something via Internet Explorer no document appeared and Internet Explorer was non-responsive. What struck
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Disappearing Desktop Shortcuts on Windows 7
Had a bit of weird support query I wanted to blog about in case I need it again, it helps anyway else or for further comment! Client called as she’d setup some shortcuts on her desktop to some files she uses on a regular basis and they had disappeared. I wasn’t sure where they’d gone,
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ZTE MF627 and Window7
Further to my last post on this I’ve had still had mixed results getting my Three modem to connect to my Windows 7 systems. Now that Windows 7 is on general release I had a quick look on the Three support website and find a support article specific to my problem A quick firmware upgrade
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ZTE MF627 and Windows 7
Just a quick one! I recently acquired a 3 Mobile broadband dongle The specific model of the dongle is ZTE MF627 When i ran the installer program on my laptop (which is running Windows 7 Professional) everything seemed to install ok but it refused to pick up the modem I tried it on my netbook
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Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
In case you have been living under a rock Windows 7 RTM was made available to Technet and MSDN subscribers yesterday I grabbed my ISO’s this morning and was thinking about how best to approach the upgrade on my netbook. I then remembered that when Vista was first released there was a tool for letting
