This was an issue where a client travelled to a remote site linked to headquarters via site to site vpn. When they initially connected to a remote desktop via RDP – they were connected as normal and saw their desktop as expected. What was not expected was that within 30 seconds the remote desktop session […]
While preparing an new client laptop I came across the situation where exporting the favourites from Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 failed. Given I’d done this many times – the surprise was when “Some settings were not exported successfully” was displayed. In addition the file that I had specified wasn’t empty as I might […]
The first thing that strikes me about the new release is the additional of a tool that helps figure out why a windows 10 update fails. Having spent too much time working out the vagaries of why a particular model of PC or even a particular PC fails to update when other “identical” models don’t […]
If you were affected recently by the failure of the search in Windows 10 – where you were presented by an empty black box as shown – you may be asking yourself what on earth is going on The fact that your search – primarily for local apps on your machine could be hijacked and […]
This problem arose when a client was set up to access a soon to be upgraded Windows 7 PC from Windows 10. They had been familiar with setting up RDP connections previously between windows 7 and 8 machines. When the error “Your Credentials did not work” appeared after the first successful connection they made to […]
Ever had the situation where an application starts up off screen or partially off screen in Microsoft Windows? Many times and with many different apps this thorny problem comes up. Multiple displays and screen management software multiply your chances of seeing this. Two options probably cover most of the cases – 1) the app is […]
Last week I had the less than endearing experience of a scheduled reboot of my main workstation to install some apps when I came across the issue of the desktop that would not allow apps to start. I suspected a Windows 10 update from the start but what to do with a machine that appears […]
As applications have evolved and more service oriented applications are in use the frequency of conflicts between applications trying to use TCPIP ports increases. There are many well known ports such as 25 for mail and 80 for web but in theory any app can use a port if its not in use by another. […]
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