Windows 7

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You already have another console session in progress ?

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged RDP Windows 7 on February 24, 2020 by HAL

Given the “imminent” demise of Windows 7 – this was an interesting one which may well be Windows 7 specific. A client had been accessing a desktop PC via RDP  across a VPN when they reported a error. The dialogue read “Your  computer could not connect to another console session because you already have a […]

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Lazarus (the HP touchsmart TX2) returns

This entry was posted in Gadgets Hardware Tips and tagged Flashing indicators HP TX2 Touchsmart Windows 7 on October 26, 2012 by HAL

In a strange twist – I lifted the HP Touchsmart Tx2 tablet to see if I could arrange a repair to the motherboard to banish the flashing indicators issue mentioned here. In that article you can see that the issues that the unit has experienced and the fixes have been unusual to say the least. […]

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Error message of the Week (think we need a bigger disk)

This entry was posted in Comment Must Have and tagged Windows 7 Winzip on September 28, 2012 by HAL

While extracting a vmware machine image downloaded from the web – I was greeted by an error  message that would be pretty impressive if true. The error during unzipping – “There is not enough space on the local disk . You need an additional 734 PB  to copy these files.” Okay 734 Petabytes ? Thats 751616 […]

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Plex for your media collection

This entry was posted in Review Software and tagged Media Center Media Player PLEX Windows 7 on July 25, 2012 by HAL

Due to hardware failure I had planned to rebuild my media centre PC which is a Dell Studio Hybrid. This very small form factor PC has been the mainstay of my entertainment setup and I would recommend it if space and something easy on the eye are required. While discussing media servers with a client […]

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Time out for dos printing

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged autodisconnect DOS printing Net Use Windows 7 on February 9, 2012 by HAL

Following up on a recent issue with DOS print capture under windows 7 – a user reported that printing to a captured printer appeared to have stopped. On closer investigation it was noted that a net use command issued in a dos session showed drive mappings and  printer mapping for LPT2 as Unavailable. This issue […]

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Exchange 2007 management tools and Windows 7

This entry was posted in Comment Software and tagged Exchange 2007 Windows 7 on November 2, 2011 by HAL

You wouldn’t think that Microsoft could make like that awkward for their own tools. So you’d think that putting the management tools for Exchange 2007 Sp2  onto a Windows 7 32 bit machine would be easy or at least not a crazy setup ? Wrong. Microsoft manage to say that its possible and not possible […]

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Windows 7 32 bit unable to install any updates ? Including SP1 ?

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Windows 7 on October 7, 2011 by HAL

Working on a machine whose purpose is to backup virtual machines hosted in VMware – I noticed that the automated windows updates were failing. On checking I found that rather than using a Windows 7 Sp1 disk – a Windows 7 unpatched disk had been used. Thinking that perhaps a windows 7 SP 1 install […]

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Windows 7 and a shared printer on SBS 2003

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged LPT Print redirection Shared Printing Windows 7 Windows 7 Shared Printers on June 8, 2011 by HAL

A client has a Canon Pixma printer attached via USB to an SBS 2003 server. Works fine for all the users bar one – the user who just got a new Windows 7 professional machine. On investigation I considered that the issue might be the driver that the server attempts to send to the machine […]

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