Symptoms Can’t open PDF files Adobe Reader says Access denied. Error opening PDF document Solution Open Adobe Reader Go to Edit -> Preferences On the left-hand side, choose Security (Enhanced) On the right at the top, uncheck the box that says “Enable Protected Mode at startup” That’s it. You should now be able to open […]
Windows 10 Go to the Start Menu and type in updates Choose Check for updates from the search list Click “Check for updates” Once updates are found, click the “View optional updates” option Wait for updates to finish and restart if prompted You may need to run updates again if there were a lot of updates to […]
Go to Start menu button and right click on it. This will open the contextual menu, after which you need to select Command Prompt (Admin). Once Command Prompt is open, go ahead with the following steps. Type and enter: Powershell Type the following: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Having issues with your computer going to sleep when you don’t want it to? Maybe you have already adjusted a few power settings and it still happens. Well (so far) there’s a fix for it. Recently, we have discovered a “hidden” power setting that puts the computer into sleep mode after a couple of minutes […]
Introduction Do you have a user who recently got married, or have you ever fat fingered a user’s name but didn’t notice until the user tried to login with their actual name? Well these are steps for you: Steps: Active Directory Open Active Directory Users and Computers Navigate to the Employees Organizational Unit (OU) Right-click […]
Symptoms Prints multiple copies Won’t stop printing Solutions Disable bi-directional support for printer port Disable “Mopier Mode” for printer Re-install print driver
To increase your storage space for file syncing, start by opening sync center and clicking on “Manage Offline Files” Next, click on the “Disk Usage” tab, then click “Change Limits” Use the slider to adjust your storage to the desired capacity. If options are grayed out: The increase must be made within the […]
Symptoms Network drive shows red x’s Files on desktop, documents, downloads grayed out N drive disconnects Windows explorer shows CSC-Cache as network drive filesystem Solution #1: Clear Cache Add a registry entry Open regedit Traverse to the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Csc\Parameters If Parameters key does not exist under CSC you can create a new node with that […]
Symptoms Cannot login Get “User Profile service failed the logon” message Get “Could not load profile” message Solution #1 Navigate to C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft Search for files with extension “.sqm” Delete all search results Try logging in again Solution #2 Navigate to C:\Users Right-click the Default folder and go to Properties Switch to the Security tab and […]
Symptoms Document camera software (Arcsoft) doesn’t show picture. Shows black screen Document camera image shows up on projector just fine Solution Enable Windows 7 Aero themes by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting a transparent theme (like the standard Windows 7 theme) If that doesn’t fix the issue, Click on Start menu. Type the following […]