Posts Tagged ‘windows’
Windows Directory Tree Never Finishes Loading?
I am running Windows 7 64-bit and since yesterday whenever I open “My Computer”/”Windows Explorer” (-Windows+E) the initial “showing drives” screen is frozen, so I have to use the address bar to navigate to the path I need to go. As you can see in the picture to the left even after you have gotten to and are viewing the folder you want, the directory tree in the sidebar continues…
USB Device Not Recognized! in Windows
Believe it or not, this one is super easy to fix! It’s actually a temporary problem with your motherboard, all you need to do is: turn off your computer if it’s a desktop then unplug it from the wall/powersupply if it’s a laptop then remove the battery let it sit for a minute plug it all in again reboot VOILA! No need to uninstall/reinstall drivers or anything!
How To Modify Hosts File On Windows
The hosts file is located at the following address: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ or %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\ But you will need to open Notepad with “Run as Administrator” first and then open it through there otherwise it will give a permissions problem
Outlook Tasks
I use Outlook for email and because of that I ended up using the Tasks feature which turns out to be pretty damn useful. It is called the To-Do Bar and if you don’t immediately see it you can open it by clicking on View->To-Do Bar. Select “Normal” and make sure the “Task List” is checked in that list. When a work email comes in that needs attending to, I…
To Install IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista – script
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ASP;IIS-CGI;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-ManagementService;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-LegacySnapIn;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI
