Category: Microsoft Windows
Toshiba Satellite laptop, Windows 8, and Secure Boot – what a combination!
A student’s Toshiba Satellite laptop equipped with Windows 8 and Secure Boot refused to shut down by simply pressing the power button. The solution is to hold down the Fn button prior to holding down the power button. Keep both buttons depressed until you hear the laptop actually shutting down. Boy, do I love Secure […]
Read More → Toshiba Satellite laptop, Windows 8, and Secure Boot – what a combination!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 8Activating Microsoft Windows 8 Professional when installed from a volume license DVD
Ever tried activating Microsoft Windows 8 Professional using only GUI tools when installed from a volume license DVD? Right, you can’t, for three reasons:
Read More → Activating Microsoft Windows 8 Professional when installed from a volume license DVDPersisting 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 errorAbolish bad legacy systems
It’s amazing how easy it’s to lock oneself out from doing anything usable in Microsoft Windows. This particular operating system should be more careful of protecting its handling of executeable files.
Read More → Abolish bad legacy systemsError 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