Using Process Explorer to view process integrity levels
A friend asked me how to open a Control Panel applet As Administrator. In Windows Vista, when you see a little shield icon as part of a button or shortcut, that would indicate that you would get prompted by the User Account Control (UAC) facility to elevate the [...]
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Troubleshooting —
How to identify and resolve problems
Category Archives: Troubleshooting
Is that program running as administrator?
Tuesday – May 5
Spurred by some recent traffic on the Windows-HiEd list, I have looked into the Windows Update process on some of our Server 2008 Core systems. The thread was specifically with regard to KB article 953631, and that some folks have found that it installs repeatedly on Server Core instances and blocks other updates.
In examining the [...]
Recalcitrant Vista SP1 install
I have spent a number of hours troubleshooting the installation of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on a particular Dell Optiplex 755, but I finally succeeded.
Symptoms: The SP1 update was downloaded and queued for installation via the Automatic Updates engine. When initiated, the install would look like it had completed (going to 100% through [...]
TinyMCE fixed!
I finally got around to using a javascript debugger to find out why the visual editor refused to work for me. I got the following error when there was an attempt to call tinyMCEPreInit.Start():“Object doesn’t support this property or method”. I quick search led me to this forum thread, which references a PHP bug. I [...]
Troubleshooting Vista Activation
Troubleshooting Vista volume activation via KMS
Reset Offline Files cache
For my reference, mostly…
In Windows XP: In Explore’s Tools → Folder Options → Offline Files, then press CTRL+SHIFT and click the “Delete Files” button. How Macintosh is that? I’ve had to perform that maneuver a few times.
With Windows Vista, the reworked Offline Files facility has worked much better. Only once did I need to reset [...]
