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Mar 21, 2013
Microsoft Office Communicator Alerts and Windows 7
Every single user that we have moved to Widows 7 has had one complaint. Communicator alerts are not being seen. Most do not have audio and unless you are constantly paying attention, it just does not grab you attention like it did in Vista or XP.”The answer is display settings in Windows 7″If you zoom your display settings (Control Panel – All Control Panel Items – Display) to... read more
Jan 14, 2013
Follow these steps to fix a corrupt Windows 7 profile.1.Restart PC and Login as a Local Admin or another Domain User.2. Rename: c:users%username%3. Export (just as a backup in case you need it) and then delete registry key:“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionProfileList”(Look through each Profile key under this reg key and view the “ProfileImagePath” to find which key is related to...
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Windows 7 starting with a temporary profile
Dec 24, 2012
After 2012 launch splash, Windows 8 faces enterprise skepticism
Among the raft of recent and upcoming Microsoft upgrades, Windows 8 towers in importance but its chances for success remain cloudy among enterprise customers.While Windows 8 is getting automatically pushed onto new PCs and tablets to consumers, its acceptance in the enterprise is expected to be a tougher sell. Most enterprises have either recently upgraded from XP to Windows 7 or are in the process of... read more
Nov 20, 2012
Windows 7 Customizing and Copying Default user profile with Windows Enabler
In past Operating Systems, such as Windows XP, if you wanted to customize the default user profile’s settings, customizations, wallpaper, screen saver, etc that new users would have applied upon first logging into a machine, you’d simply:[Log in as a local administrator] > Go into User Profiles > [select your customized user profile with the settings you want to be default] >... read more
Oct 20, 2012
Force software to always run as admin without exposing admin password
I have some software that only functions right if the person has administrative permissions on the machine. I don’t want to give my users the admin passwords so they can do a Run As for obvious reasons. Is there a way to force a program to run as administrator without exposing the admin password?The answer is yes and can be achieved using a simple command and then creating... read more
