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Category: Windows

  • Record video from computer screen

    Recently had to record a short video directly from a computer screen. After trying few shareware and free utilities decided to stick with a commercial Bandicam. Full version costs $39 per computer. Simply select screen area you want to capture, optionally adjust audio and video settings and start recording.

  • Open Exchange database .edb file

    Recently had to open Microsoft Exchange 2010 mail database .edb file recovered from a recent backup. I didn’t actually need to recover any emails or mailboxes, simply view what emails were present in one particular folder at the time of backup.

  • Can’t connect to a remote Exchange server via EMC

    Issue Cannot connect to a remote Microsoft Exchange 2010 Server server using Windows 7 Pro computer with Exchange Management Tools installed. Following message is displayed in Exchange Management Console window: Initialization failed.The World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) isn’t running on any Exchange servers in the site. If you want to connect to Remote PowerShell, this service…

  • Foxit Reader causes Internet Explorer crash: format error: not a PDF or corrupted

    Issue Opening PDF files within Internet Explore 9 on some websites causes IE to crash. Following errors are displayed: Internet Explorer has stopped workingA problem caused the program to stop working correctly.Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. Foxit Readerformat error: not a PDF or corrupted.

  • Error 0x80070005 trying to push files via Group Policy

    Issue Trying to copy a file from a network share to client machines using Group Policy (Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Files) Operation fails with error 0x80070005 Access is denied.

  • Java stopped working after update in IE 8 on Windows XP

    After updating Java to v7 Update 21, Java applets stopped working in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP machines. Windows 7 machines with IE9 were not affected. Other browsers running on Windows XP were also not affected. Java plugin was enabled in IE and security settings were set correctly to allow Java in the browser.…

  • Java 7 Update 21 does not work on Windows 8

    Java 7 Update 21 refuses to work on Windows 8. Tested using Internet Explorer 10, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer and Firefox display following error instead of Java applet: Error. Click for details ClassNotFoundException testjava2_1.testVMApplet.class

  • Disable EU browser choice ballot using registry or group policy

    To settle EU antitrust case Microsoft was forced to display a browser choice ballot screen to all EU based users.This is normally displayed only once, but you can prevent this completely via a simple registry update.  

  • Logitech Harmony software error – InvocationTargetException

    Logitech Harmony Remote Software 7 installed on Windows 8 Pro PC. Following error is displayed when trying to launch the application: com.logitech.harmony.starter.Launcher – Remote Control Software ErrorThe Remote Control Software cannot start. Reinstall the software or contact customer service.InvocationTargetExceptionnull

  • Can’t re-install Google Hangout Voice and Video Plugin

    Google+ Hangouts stopped working. Google+ Hangout page says that Google Voice and Video Plugin is installed, but cannot be launched. Then suggests to uninstall and re-install it, however, plugin is nowhere to be found in Windows Uninstall and Change program list.After this, Google+ Hangouts page simply shows something like “Sorry, we couldn’t resolve your issue“……

  • Windows 7 slow boot with Sophos installed

    Issue Windows Small Business Server 2008 domain Some Windows 7 computers take over 10 minutes to boot During delay Windows displays “Please Wait…” message (above)  If “Verbose vs normal status messages” Group Policy is enabled, Windows displays “Applying Software Installation Policy…“  

  • Installing unsigned drivers on Windows 8

    Windows 8 by default does not allow installing digitally unsigned drivers. I some instances Windows 8 gives a warning about installing digitally unsigned driver, but lets to continue installation and does not make it clear that driver was not actually installed. In the above image you can see a Windows 8 warning shown while trying…