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Did you know there is a hidden close button on windows? Double-click the top left corner to close one! This is left over from Windows 3.1 "Window decorations on Windows 3.1 had no close button, so they used to let you double-click the menu button to close a window. When Windows 95 came along, t...

Many times you try to stop a service and it remains in “stopping” state and you cannot do anything to make it stop. There is a way to kill a serive by running the following command. Taskkill /F /FI "SERVICES eq Service_name" In the Service_name you have to enter the name. To find the name ...

I had this issue with a Win 7 computer we were using to share external drives to back up some servers: The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the server reached the configured limit for nonpaged pool allocations. “Apparently you need to tell Windows that you want to ...

netstat -b -a lists the ports in use and gives you the executable that's using each one.

How to Cancel or Delete a Stuck Print Job in the Windows Print Queue If you tried to print, but the job just got stuck in the queue without being able to cancel it, you’re experiencing a stuck print job. There’s a simple way to clear out the print queue, but it’s not always the most obvious thing. H...

How to Cancel or Delete a Stuck Print Job in the Windows Print Queue If you tried to print, but the job just got stuck in the queue without being able to cancel it, you’re experiencing a stuck print job. There’s a simple way to clear out the print queue, but it’s not always the most obvious thing. H...

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) was recently released through Microsoft Update. On a default installation, Windows SBS 2011 Standard administrators should be able to see it in the SBS Console and would need to approve it for installation before it is offered for installatio...

Often seen and felt as a stupid problem in Windows (especially in Vista, as usual) is the habit of the strange entity called “system volume information” in C drive claiming a lot of disk space for apparently no practical purpose at all! You’d start off with a pretty neat 40 GB drive, and slowly over...

If you use an Exchange server or other on-site email hosting service, sometimes you may notice you are being blacklisted on one of the internet spam blacklists, namely spamrats.com. You will see the listing due to this message: "It failed on the following criteria: Does IP Address comply with r...

2008 32bit.zip 2008 64bit.zip Hello Greg, Please follow the steps given below. IF the client is not installed, then - 1. Install client WITHOUT OFA. That is, say NO to the OFA prompt during installation. 2. Copy the corresponding driver to “\program files\remote backup”, or application folder. 3. R...

To disable the File Access Manager service in Windows 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. 2. In Registry Editor, locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FAMv4 3. In the details pane, right-click Start, and then click Modify. ...

This blank catalog database is used to reset RBS clients. I created this post because I needed the file to reset AGM's 1GB catalog file.

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Personal computers are perhaps the most significant invention of the 20th century. Nearly every industry relies on them. Even trades such as construction and deep sea fishing utilize computers to improve efficiency. But personal computers can also be frustrating. If you use one long enough, you'll p...