Tag: windows 7
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Defragsvc Slowing down Computer
I’ve been having troubles with defragsvc slowing down a copy of Windows 10 hosted on VMware Esxi. It was putting the hard disk at 100% usage which caused major lag for all the other computers trying to access the VM. I changed the settings so that the defrag only happens once a month but it…
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Fixed SNMP Security Flaw using a Print Server
I kept receiving a highly critical security message about SNMP on the security reports. Been seeing it for a long time but I couldn’t figure out how to solve it. It seems like Windows 7 would not print unless SMNP was enabled. No matter what setting I changed it wouldn’t print. I read about setting…
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Mapped Drives will not stay connected in Windows
I would think that the process of mapping drives would be a mature and simple process in Windows. Taking into account all the years that Windows from XP through Windows 8 there is no reason for these random hardships. The difficulties with mapped drives is so random that one can’t pinpoint the issues. For example,…
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A required CD/DVD device driver is missing, usb installation Windows 7
A required CD/DVD device driver is missing. This is an error message you do not want to see when doing a clean install. It’s even scarier when you are using a jump drive and not a dvd to do it. I had to make sure I added this one to my blog. Unfortunately, I left…
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How to Disable “opening these files might be harmful to your computer” Windows 8
This also applies to Windows 7. I found the answer to this question on a technet forum. Here is the deal: You go to copy or delete some files on a mapped network drive and you get this annoying warning as a popup that says “opening these files might be harmful to your computer.” I’m…
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How to install Windows without the original factory CD
How does a person install Windows on a computer if the customer lost the original CD? Another way to put it is you need to do a clean install of Windows and the client looses the original Windows restore disk. It happens all the time to me. You have a key but you don’t have…
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Create a Bootable USB Drive for Windows 7
These directions were posted by “Arnie” in the comments saction of www.withinwindows.com They work great! Especially since the Microsoft Tool was pulled and didn’t work for me anyways. An other way to create a bootable USB drive to install W7 from is: Format the drive from a Vista/W7 machine: CMD FORMAT F: /FS:NTFS (where F:…
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Windows 7 has a great sleep mode
Just a quick blurb to say that I have had my laptop in sleep mode for 8 days. Battery was STILL at 89% when I turned it on today. If this was Vista, it would have died in 2 days maximum. Hopefully Microsoft keeps up the good work.