Tag: Microsoft
Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files
For the sake of data redundancy, I have copied this from Microsoft Support and claim no credit for any of this excellent documentation. If some Windows functions aren’t working or Windows crashes, use the System File Checker to scan Windows and restore your files. Though the steps below might look complicated at first glance, just follow…
Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10
If you would like to use and or restore Windows Photo Viewer as your default photo viewer in Windows 10, this write-up is for you. askvg.com
Move Primary Domain Controller to New Server
Copied from Ali’s Blog (link removed because blog is now dead) for my own convenience and for the sake of knowledge redundancy. Here is a High Level process of migrating from a server 2003 PDC to 2008R2 PDC (Or to any new windows server): 1. Configure a new server 2008 R2 2. Join to the domain 3. Run…
Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.
This morning I encountered this error when I tried to open Outlook. “Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.” Turns out, all you need to do is go to run and type or paste “outlook.exe /resetnavpane”. In XP “run” is located at Start > Run… In Vista and Windows 7 it is combined…
How to delete or force delete print jobs
Written by Ellie under Geek Girl We have all sent print jobs to the printer to only realize – “I shouldn’t have sent that!” But when you right-click on the job and press delete, the job says “Deleting” but never goes away! The only way I knew of to fix this was to restart my…
Remote Business Contact Manager Database
A handy tool to ease the setup of a BCM Database: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=658 This tool allows administrators to host Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 database on a computer on which Microsoft Office 2010 and Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 are not installed. Once installed on a server, this tool will allow user to: Create…