Desktop Icons loading very slow

04 May 2012 02:55 AM Release Windows Vista/Windows 7 Problem After booting in to windows the all desktop icons appears only after 4-5 minutes. Solution Possible causes 1. More Startup programs. 2. Any startup antivirus scan. 3. User profile corruption 4. ShellIconCache file may be corrupted In this case shellIconCache file got corrupted. Its a hidden file located at windows directory which contains a copy of the all default desktop icons. To resolve this issue, recreate the ShellIconCache file by deleting it. Open the folder options by typing the control folders on RUN prompt. Select View and select Show hidden files and folders and click OK. Locate the patch %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Iconcache.db. Delete the file Iconcache.db. Restart the computer.

Printing is very slow in network printer

04 May 2012 02:49 AM Release: Windows 7 Problem: Printing is very slow in network printer Solution: This issue can be resolved performing the following steps in the Printer connected System A. Clear Printer Spooler Files and Enable the Spooler Service 1. Click Start, type "Services.msc" in the Start Search box and press Enter. 2. Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list. 3. Click Stop and click OK. 4. Click Start, type "%WINDIR%\system32\spool\printers" in the Start Search box and press Enter, delete all files in this folder. 5. Click Start, type "Services.msc in the Start Search box and press Enter. 6. Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list. 7. Click on Start. In the Startup Type list, make sure that "Automatic" is selected and click OK. B. Disable TCP Chimney Offload, RSS, Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level 1. Open command prompt as administrator 2. Type below commands netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled netsh int tcp set global RSS=disabled netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled C. Check any Antivirus is installed. Uninstall AV temporarily and confirm the difference in delay D. Clear all temporary files E. Restart PC

Windows 7 machines keep getting locked out of domain

16 Nov 2009 09:52 AM Hello: I desperately need to solve this grave problem. My Windows 7 workstations get locked out of the domain when a user locks a machine. Embarrassingly enough, this is happening to Admin accounts. Initial logon from a powered-off state in the AM works fine. But the minute we lock a machine here in the IT department, or logon to another Windows XP workstation, the account (that is concurrently logged onto his Windows 7 PC) gets locked out. The domain controllers' Security event viewer log is generating 675 and 680 errors. I have the users' accounts, that are logging into Windows 7 boxes first thing in the AM, being audited. Thank you, any help is appreciated.

16 Nov 2009 07:55 PM What server are you using? 200/2003/2008? Either way, on your workstation, try this the next time it happens: 1) remove passwords by clicking on Start > Run > type "rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr" and then delete the Domain-related passwords 2) remove passwords in Internet Explorer > Tools > Internet Options > Content > Personal Information > Auto Complete > Clear Passwords 3) Delete cookies in Internet Explorer > Tools = Internet Options > General 4) Disconnect (note the path before disconnecting) all networks drives, reboot, then map them again More often than not it is an explicit drive mapping.

19 Jan 2010 10:26 AM I had this problem when i put my own personal Windows 7 laptop on the network at work. I found that my problem was cause by Win7 trying to manage all the connections itself with what it "thought" was the password for everything. And it ended up locking me out every 5-10mins. To remove this feature try the following... 1. Control Panel -> HomeGroup 2. Change Advanced Sharing Settings... 3. Under "HomeGroup Connections" make sure "Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers" is selected. 4. Save changes After i did that i stopped getting locked out. Hopefully it works for you too!

05 Feb 2010 10:58 AM Hi Surf 40 here; I started this string. Just in case anyone's still listening, this is resolved. Here's what was happening: blame in on the Sophos AV client, functioning in a domain environment. Basically, I built a user's new laptop's AV client to authenticate to the Sophos Console server with my credentials. Every time he logged back in, it authenticated with my name & password, which de-authenticated me off the network, irrespective of the machine I was on. I know this is an incomplete answer, but I just thought I'd provide some feedback. Thanks to those who piped in with their expertise, I appreciate it. After posting this, I gave up on this forum because nobody seemed to respond to any postings.

Windows 7 & Windows XP Dual boot

Hello Guys, I had windows xp installed in my C drive, and i installed Win 7 in my D drive, after the installation of Win7 i cant find the OS choice even when i click F8 while boot. Looks like there is no boot.ini after XP but tried google a lot dint find answer or couldnt understand what to do.

Have you guys undergonne this situation. Please help!

You could choose to use EasyBCD or VistaBootPRO to fix the problem.

Editing Tabbed Browsing Settings via the Registry

16 Apr 2010 05:41 AM Does anyone know the registry location for changing tabbed browser settings? Below is where the setting is located in IE8... Tools > Internet Options > (under the Tabs section) Settings > Open links from other programs in: > A new window Thanks for reading. Darren

22 Apr 2010 04:28 AM If anyones curious here is the location in the registry. (Thanks for reading) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing Value Name = ShortcutBehavior Value Data = 0 = A new window 1 = A new tab in the current window 2 = The current tab / window