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  • Issue User double clicks on a network drive (mapped drive) and instead of Windows Explorer with drive content, Open With dialog is displayed. If you click Browse and navigate to C:\Windows\explorer.exe network drive opens normally, but next time the same…

  • Issue Photos saved in Microsoft SkyDrive never loads. Thumbnails folder view looks like this: Trying to open individual pictures also doesn’t work. SkyDrive displays “Still retrieving high-quality photo. We’ll show it as soon as it arrives.” But photo is never loaded.

  • Enable logging By default domain controllers only log successful login attempts, therefore you should first off all start logging failed login attempts. This is done via Group Policy: Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local…

  • There are two versions of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 – good old desktop version and new immersive Metro / Modern UI version.     If you want to re-create tile to a desktop version of IE, and Start Screen search doesn’t find it,…

  • Following rule will replace old-directory with new-directory in your website’s URL. Add this to .htaccess file. Options +FollowSymLinksRewriteEngine OnRewriteRule ^old-directory(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/new-directory$1 [l,r=301,nc] Syntax: rewriterule – defines rewrite rule^ – start matching(.*) – match and remember everything$ – end matching$1 –…

  • iPhone stuck in an infinite reboot cycle: starts, gets to the screen with Apple logo and spinning circle, then after a few minutes reboots again. Phone was fixed by putting it into a recovery mode and doing a restore via…

  • Issue ntbackup scheduled backup job begins and immediately fails. Backup logs created in C:\Documents and Settings\<ntbackup-account>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data don’t list any errors. Backup .log files are created but they are blank 1kb files. Application logs record following warning when backup…

  • Google Chrome by default uses normal website favicon when you add it to bookmarks. If website doesn’t have favicon a default blank page icon will be displayed. This is also the case if you add a custom script as a…

  • Following rewrite rule will add www to all URL’s on your website in case a visitor didn’t type www or followed a link without www. Add this to your .htaccess file: Options +FollowSymLinksRewriteEngine Onrewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com$ [nc]rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [l,r=301,nc]

  • Here are a few ways how to find who is using a particular email address in your organization. Microsoft Outlook Open MS Outlook > Create a new message, start typing email address and press CTRL + KEmail should resolve to…

  • Issue JavaScript doesn’t work on Internet Explorer 9. Could have been a coincidence, but issue occurred after installing Sophos endpoint protection (antivirus) on the machine. Troubleshooting Making sure Active Scripting is Enabled in Browser settings Starting IE in safe mode…

  • If you having issues with Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 and simply resetting browser settings doesn’t fix the problem, it’s worth trying to re-install IE. Uninstall IE 9 Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features > View installed…