Category: Microsoft Windows 7
Anything related to Microsoft Windows 7, regardless of shape and size
Samsung rocks — Dell and HP have something to learn
Yesterday I downgraded a student’s laptop from Windows 8 to Windows 7. The student was assigned a legit MS DreamSpark product key in case you were wondering.
Read More → Samsung rocks — Dell and HP have something to learnRelocating the Client-side Caching database in Windows 7 and 8
Sometimes the default location of the Client-side Caching database is just plain unsuitable. Client-side Caching, or CSC, is used for storing offline files, local copies of files normally stored on Windows shares, stored on Windows servers. (The Norwegian term is «frakoblede filer».) The default location for the CSC database is C:\Windows\CSC. If you like to […]
Read More → Relocating the Client-side Caching database in Windows 7 and 8Persisting IPv6 DNS resolver addresses
Here’s a conundrum aimed at those dabbling in the internals of Microsoft Windows 7.
Read More → Persisting IPv6 DNS resolver addressesCD/DVD drives in Windows 7 and code 39 error
A collegue’s desktop computer has twice lost touch with its DVD drive. The drive is OK, it’s recognized by the BIOS, it even booted from a FreeBSD DVD when told to do so. Yet Windows 7 refused to display the drive. The Device Manager utility complained about a missing driver service and something about a […]
Read More → CD/DVD drives in Windows 7 and code 39 errorError message when attempting to run PTC’s Mathcad 14 on 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Have you just installed PTC’s Mathcad 14 on 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Professional only to receive the strange and not so informative error message “Unable to create 12.0 engine factory” when trying to run the software?
Read More → Error message when attempting to run PTC’s Mathcad 14 on 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Professional