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at the PC's command line too. The command format below assumes powershell remoting. Check the WMI repository. 1. Go to C:\Windows\system32\wbem 2. winmgmt /verifyrepository If errors are found, try to repair the repository. 1. winmgmt /salvagerepository...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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If a colleague's PC crashes, Windows will restart into start-up recovery. The problem here is that start-up recovery often makes an even bigger mess of the computer by removing it from AD. These commands disable Windows start-up recovery. Use at your...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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confirmation window. Use this at your own risk as it is disabling a security feature. REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\AttachmentExecute\{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} /v AcroPDF.PDF.1 /t REG_DWORD /d 00000000 /f
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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I found this awesome Windows powershell script that allows you to install fonts via the command line. This is very convenient for mass deployment. $ssfFonts = 0x14 $fontSourceFolder = "\\PATH\TO\FONTS" $Shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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PROBLEM The Dell Latitude E7270 & E7250 laptops my company uses have various wifi-related issues under 32-bit Windows 7. They won't connect to certain wifi hotspots (especially iPhone personal hotspot), auto switching sometimes won't work, etc. I've...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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I hate it when a user's PC shuts down ungracefully, and they choose startup recovery at the next boot. The process (albeit "recommended") removes the PC from the AD domain...uggg... Therefore, I disable the startup recovery prompt altogether. Run this...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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I spent some time researching top-rated, but free antivirus security software for both Mac and Windows. There are far more free antivirus software solutions out there than listed here--I focused solely on those receiving positive reviews from...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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that much to write home about anyways. Maybe someday these global brands will learn how to be truly global. A Note About Windows and OS Language Traditionally Microsoft Windows is not as language-neural an OS as MacOS is; however, it seems Microsoft is...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Mac and some of the ways I've addressed them. The mouse doesn't feel right. This one's hard to explain in words, but most Windows users will know what I'm talking about when they experience Apple's idea of mouse pointer acceleration. The mouse pointer...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Here's how to customize the start location of Windows Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130510/EN-US/ For example, I edited the properties of the shortcut with this target: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, /select, s:\data This starts Windows...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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How to Look at Internet Pornhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10142-how-to-look-at-internet-porn
porn. Get a Mac--Better Yet Use Linux Without fail every single porn-trashed computer brought to me has been running Windows. Virus and spyware authors target Windows because of its widespread networked use in the corporate world. They want to infect...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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was the first step. * Grant the INTERACTIVE user full access to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Illustrator. * Make sure any pending Windows updates are installed. * Make sure that anti-virus software (e.g. McAfee) is on the latest version. * Login with an...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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a challenge in Japan--especially if you are used to living with reliable Western-style central heating systems. Single-pane windows and lack of insulation leave you frozen in your sleep if you don’t do something about your dire, potentially...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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I had an end user that wanted to install their home printer drivers on their office laptop. I took remote control of their PC, but to my chagrin the user lacked admin rights to install the printer. Here's how to launch the add printer wizard using your...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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my place during the scorching Japan summer months. Despite my fine-meshed screens and personal policy of only opening the windows when absolutely necessary, they still get in. Dammit. Given how aggressively I'm targeted, my American blood must be the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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that most computing in Japanese have encountered at some point. Here are some simple fixes that I use with Microsoft Windows and Outlook. These instructions are written with Windows 7 / Outlook 2010 in mind. SOLUTION 1 - Mojibake in Received Email Try...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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1. Open registry editor (regedt32) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server. Registry editor can also connect to remote computers. 2. Double-click fDenyTSConnections. 3. Change the value of this setting to 0...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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I first tried my Mac for this, but couldn't get it working. I gave up and succeeded with my Windows 10 PC. I'm not saying that Windows is better--just that this is life in IT. Give up and try another PC, OS, browser, cable, reboot, day. Tomorrow my Mac...
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- Author: Japanatron
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- The Kodi plugin known as "Navi-X" is incredibly awesome. I started off with a bare-metal Kodi distro, but later gave the Windows 8 platform a try. Here's why: - I wanted to check out the Netflix app. As Netflix relies on Microsoft Silverlight (and its...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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was actually McAfee Virusscan. Luckily, I found this entry in the on-access scan log: Not scanned (scan timed out) C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpchl118.cab none (Virus) SOLUTION Adding this CAB file to McAfee's scanning exceptions list...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT