NovaPDF 7.1 Server Print Driver causes Windows 7 machines to crash or hang
Background
- Windows Active Directory Domain with Server 2003R2 and 2008R2 domain controllers
- Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro workstations
Issue
Some Windows 7 workstations are very unstable. Various applications frequently hangs. Often is not possible to kill not responding process in a task manager. Trying to reboot, machines hang while logging off, leaving user with the only option to power off.
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) seems to be worst affected, but it could be because it is was the most used software in the office.
Windows XP machines were not affected.
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How Long Since Last Windows Reboot
Windows XP
Open Command Prompt and run:
systeminfo
This will return quite a bit of information. Scroll up and find line: System Up Time
Alternately you can run
systeminfo | find "System Up Time"
This will only return the system up time.
Windows 7 in VmWare ESXi 4.0 hangs on boot
If you still use VMware ESXi 4.0 you may find that Windows 7 often hangs on boot displaying "Starting Windows" logo. This seems to be caused by Windows 7 startup animation.
To fix this start Windows 7 in safe mode, open elevated command prompt and run:
bcdedit /set bootux disabled
This will disable boot animation and allow Windows 7 to boot in ESXi 4.0 (it may still take quite long time to boot). You may see something like this while Windows is booting:
Remember that Windows 7 support in VMware ESXi 4.0 was only experimental so you can't really blame VMware if it's not working perfectly. Best solution would be to upgrade to the latest ESXi version.
Google Earth Panoramio Pictures Very Slow to Load
Problem:
Panoramio pictures in Google Earth take very long time to open or don't open at all.
During this time Google Earth application is not responsive.
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