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 to install an unsigned printer driver. If you select option "Install this driver software anyway", Add Printer Driver wizard will successfully finish, but actual driver will not be installed!
Find what's preventing computer from sleeping
Some applications can prevent computer from sleeping even when you are not actively using the computer. To find out what applications are keeping computer from entering sleep or other low power mode perform following:
Can't install Internet Explorer 9 (Error Code 3715)
Windows Update fails to install Internet Explorer 9 with error:
Code 3715 Windows Update encouraged an unknown error.
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- Outlook 2010 takes long time to delete Gmail messages
- Windows cannot find 'javaw'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
- How to identify unknown devices in Windows Device Manager
- Windows Vista install stuck on completing installation
- Fix missing or incorrect shortcut icons
- Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. Invalid XML, the view cannot be loaded
- Can't login to Windows 8 with Remote Desktop saved credentials
- Error "This product key didn't work. Please check it and try again"
- Find which registry entry group policy changes
- Preventing computer from going into sleep mode