Tag: Windows

I noticed that there were tons of events showing up in the Application logs for Event ID 1035.  What does this mean, after a little bit of research I found that the WMI filter string was triggering Windows Installer to self repair about every 5 minutes on some servers and on others it was once

Does your Microsoft Windows Wireless Display not connect to your favorite media display adapter?  It could be your firewall, if you are running a third party internet security/firewall application on your Microsoft Windows based computer.  But first make sure your wireless is enabled and then try it again! I found out the “hard” way that

There are times when in it’s a pain having to type a password in order to logon to your Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 machine.  AutoAdminLogon is idea for situations where you are operating in a secure environment, or where you are testing endless reboots and want auto login.  Although the technique is very different, the principle is

Have you been trying to apply group policies to only certain versions of windows without applying that policy to all of your computers/servers that don’t match what the policy is meant for? WMI Filtering your Group Policy is the answer for this.

Sometimes getting the serial number of your computer off of the case/chassis is not possible due to it being inside a cabinet with short cables, the sticker is missing or worn out or whatever else the situation is that prevents you from just looking at the sticker.  Well this quick guide will tell you how

Have you ever attempted to uninstall Symantec Anti Virus Corporate Edition only to find out that there is an uninstall password set and you’ve tried all of the passwords that you thought you set when deploying it?  Or did you take over a network from another network administrator only to find out that the uninstall

Windows Vista introduced a new group policy setting which controls whether or not software can simulate a Secure Attention Sequence (SAS). An example of such SAS is the CTRL-ALT-DEL combination. This policy needs to be enabled in order for remote control software like (VNC) to send CTRL-ALT-DEL to the remote machine running Windows Vista/Windows 7.

Lots of sites on the internet discuss how to enable remote desktop in Windows, but the majority of them require you to have physical access to the computer first. So how do you enable remote desktop when you do not have physical access to the computer? It is all to do with the registry!