For Windows 7 Open an Windows Command Prompt and enter the following to disable: – sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/nsi sc config mrxsmb20 start= disabled To enabled, enter the following: – sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/mrxsmb20/nsi sc config mrxsmb20 start= auto For Windows Server 2008 Run "regedit" on Windows Server 2008 based computer. Expand and …
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Feb 25 2011
The remote computer disconnected the session because of an error in the licensing protocol.
Kept receiving this error trying to connect to Windows Server 2008 R2 – Remote Desktop Server. After using RD Web Access page. The solution was to right click on the RDP client and run as Admin which ensures that it can update the registry, you only have to do this once and then from there …
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May 11 2010
Sage Line 50 and Windows 7 64bit
Ran into an issue with 64 bit windows and Sage Line 50. We use excel to suck data from sage for our stock, accounts, etc… All of the spreadsheets that we have rely on the ODBC connector but it wouldn’t work, even when we tried to configure it via the 32 ODBC control panel applet. …
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Sep 07 2009
HDMI Screen Resolution
I plugged my Laptop into my TV (42” Sharp 1080i) and I received this: – As you can see the taskbar and the left edge aren’t visible, after playing around with screen resolution and not getting anywhere I decided to take a look at my remote. I found an option which allowed me to put …
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Sep 02 2009
Virtual Box
So I came across Sun’s Virtual Box software some time ago and tried booting a 64bit OS on it which at the time seemed a little buggy. I decided that I would give it another go and it seems to just work….. and running on Windows 7 as well. See for yourself….. So if Sun …
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Aug 24 2009
Windows 7 Family Pack
Just reading on the Windows Team Blog, that we are indeed going to be able to purchase the Windows 7 Family Pack here in the UK. This will allow 3 PC’s to be upgraded in the home. This is good news, however the bad news, is that’s it’s only going to be on sale for …
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Aug 26 2008
Virtual PC x64 Support
I’ve e-mail and spoken with every Microsoft employee that I’ve come across and there not talking about Virtual PC x64 Support. I’ve been told to wait for PDC. So my best guess is the Virtual/Hyper-V is going to be a built in option to Windows 7. We’ll have to wait and see thou….
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