This has been covered many times on various pages but not complete, below i have documented the steps to perform a complete PC backup to a network drive using the built in windows command line backup tool. The problem with the windows version of this tool is it will not allow a full backup to … Continue reading How to: Schedule a Complete PC Backup to a Network Drive
Windows Vista
Fix: This Page Has an Unspecified Potential Security Risk
Another little annoyance i have with Vista, each time i right click on a zipped archive via windows explorer on a network shared drive i get a message informing me 'This Page Has an Unspecified Potential Security Risk' You put up with the warning for a while but it soon gets tedious, much like the Vista UAC … Continue reading Fix: This Page Has an Unspecified Potential Security Risk
Fix: An error is preventing the slide show from playing
If you use the Vista slide show screensaver and get the following error: An error is preventing the slide show from playingIt may be the database file is corrupt, in which case navigate to: C:Users<Your Username>AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindows Photo GalleryPictures.pd4and delete 'Pictures.pd4'. It may also help to remove any video files from the target directory, although the … Continue reading Fix: An error is preventing the slide show from playing
How to: Remove shortcut arrow from icons
I find the Microsoft Vista shortcut arrows quite annoying, in my opinion they make your desktop look untidy. The following steps allow you to remove the shortcut arrow for good. 1. Launch Regedit: Start>Type 'Regedit' and press enter. 2. Navigate to: HKEY_Local_Machine\SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionexplorer 3. Create a new key and call it 'Shell Icons' 4. Within 'Shell … Continue reading How to: Remove shortcut arrow from icons
How to: Schedule a program to run on system start-up with admin privileges
The below steps enable administrators to allow applications to run on system startup with admin privileges and bypass the 'Windows has blocked some startup programs' message. Please note this does not work for standard accounts. 1. Click 'Start' 2. Type 'taskschd.msc' in the search box and press enter 3. Click 'Action' and 'Create Task' 4. Name the task … Continue reading How to: Schedule a program to run on system start-up with admin privileges
How to: Enable classic logon prompt on Windows Vista
The Vista default logon prompt is nice, but if you have more than a couple of accounts it may be beneficial to change the default logon prompt so that it asks the user to input a username as well as a password. To do this follow these steps. Logon with Admin priviledges. On the start … Continue reading How to: Enable classic logon prompt on Windows Vista
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