Continue reading »]]> 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 locate the sub tree as follows.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

Add a new REG_DWORD key with the name of "Smb2" (without quotation mark)

Value name: Smb2
Value type: REG_DWORD
0 = disabled
1 = enabled

Set the value to 0 to disable SMB 2.0, or set it to 1 to re-enable SMB 2.0.

Reboot the server.

Continue reading »]]> I came across this issue today and found this solution. 

Got this error when logging into a machine that I hadn’t touched in months:

"the security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship"

Not exactly sure why, but changing from a FQDN to a short name resolved the issue.

1. Login on to your computer with an account that has Administrator privileges.
2. Change domain from FQDN (in my case Redmond.corp.microsoft.com) to the short name (in my case Redmond)
3. Logout and log back in as the domain user.

Link to original post.

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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 it works fine from the website from then on.

Continue reading »]]> 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.   I had another look at it today and a little Google later I found this link.

Here’s what I got from it.  Browse to the C:\Windows\syswow64 folder and run odbcad32.exe, you should now be able to configure the path to your sage data ase before.  This basically fixed the issue, seems to me that Microsoft have some more work do to.

I belive that this is only an issue with Windows 7 64 bit.  I have installed Windows 7 (64 bit) clean and then installed Sage on top of the clean Windows 7, then Excel 2010 (it was Excel 2007 when I first had the issue) and it worked frist time so if you having issues, a bit drastic but maybe a format reinstall will work.  If you go down the reinstall route ensure that you have a fully tested backup.

UPDATE (16/07/2010):

Put the insturctions for the fix on this post, to save a click.

Would you like a video demo?  If so then please leave a comment telling me so, if I receive enough then I, i’ll do it.

Continue reading »]]> 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 the TV into under scan which resolved this issue. 

Problem fixed, I searched for this and didn’t come across that much that helped….. so I hope this does.

Wikipedia article for further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underscan

Continue reading »]]> 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 can do this and give it a way for free, why can’t Microsoft enable Windows Virtual PC to have 64bit support?

Update: Download link http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Continue reading »]]> 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 a limited period, this should be on sale full stop.

Windows Team Blog

Update:  PC Pro have pricing.