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Category: Windows

  • Run multiple Skype accounts at the same time

    Normally Skype for Windows allows only one instance. If you have Skype opened and double click on the Skype shortcut it will simply open the same, old instance. It’s pretty easy to run two or more Skype accounts simultaneously on the same computer. To start a new Skype instance you simply have to run Skype…

  • Cannot change user’s primary group – button “Set Primary Group” greyed out

    All new domain users are automatically added to the “Domain Users” group. This group is also set as the primary group. If for any reason you need to remove an account from “Domain Users”, you must first assign another primary group. Active directory simply won’t allow you to remove user from its primary group:

  • Enable LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) on Windows Sever 2003 Domain Controller

    By default LDAP communications are insecure (unencrypted). To enable secure LDAP connections you simply need to install a properly formatted server authentication certificate on the LDAP server. This can be a trusted third party certificate or an internal Active Direcotry certificate issues by your own Certificate Authority (CA). There is no additional configuration required. As…

  • Microsoft Word 2010 prints wrong pages or doesn’t print at all

    I’ve heard this complaint many times – “I am trying to print a page or page range from a word documents and it is printing completely different pages or doesn’t print anything at all.” This problem is almost always caused by a multi-section document with different page numbering in at least one of the sections.

  • Insert Blank Page in PDF File with Nitro PDF

    Don’t try to find a button or an option in to insert a blank page into existing PDF file in Nitro PDF v6. This functionality is not implemented. Nitro PDF guys say that there is not enough people requesting this. They may implement it in future releases, but for the time being the workaround is:

  • Automate telnet commands using VB Script

    You can’t use standard .bat scripts to automate telnet commands. This can be done via a simple VB Script.To create a VBScript, simply create a plain text (.txt) file and change extension to .vbs Following example will connect to a Draytek Vigor router and issue WOL command  to wake up a remote computer. ‘ Open…

  • “Faulting application explorer.exe” – TeamViewer v5 crashes explorer.exe process on Windows XP machines

    I was running TeamViewer v5 on about 100 Windows XP machines for quite a while and never had any problems.  One day some users started reporting pretty serious issue: immediately after users logs on, explorer.exe would crash leaving user with completely blank screen. Re-starting explorer.exe in task manager usually fixed the problem. Obviously not all…

  • Calendar sharing is not available with the following entries because of permission settings on your network

    It is very easy and intuitive for users to share their calendars in Exchange 2007 / Outlook 2010 environment.All they need to do is open a Calendar, click Share Calendar and send invitation to required users.

  • Excel 2010 does not re-calculate formulas automatically

    Normally Excel will automatically recalculate formula when data in cells it is referring to changes . Users expect this behaviour and get confused if this doesn’t happen. On some complex spreadsheets automatic recalculation may be disabled to improve performance. When automatic recalculation is disabled, formulas will not be recalculated if data in referenced cells changes.

  • Error after deleting user profile manually on Windows 7 – “The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded”

    If you wanted to delete a roaming user profile from a local computer on Windows XP machine you could simply open Documents and Settings and delete profile folder manually. User would get a new profile from a server next time he logs on. If you try this approach on Windows 7 or Windows Vista machine,…

  • Re-initialize offline files cache in Windows XP and Windows 7

    Offline cache files are located in a hidden %SystemRoot%\CSC folder. You should not touch these files manually though.

  • Start Outlook 2010 in Safe Mode

    If you can’t start Outlook 2010 or it keeps crashing, you could try is starting it in safe mode. This disables extensions, reading pane and toolbar customizations. If this fixes the problem you can re-enable these elements one by one.To start Outlook in Safe Mode:Start > Run > Outlook /safe > OK