Category: Windows

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Is Microsoft Becoming a Less Relevant Brand?

Published on: July 11, 2011 and has 16 Comments

In the late 90s the biggest talk in the world of technology was always about Microsoft, and the products that they were releasing. Windows was the dominate force in operating systems, and Microsoft Office had a stranglehold on the office suite of products. Internet Explorer began challenging, and eventually surpassing, Netscape’s offering in the Web browser arena.

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Windows Installer Fix: Error 1718. File was rejected by digital signature policy

Published on: June 29, 2011 and has 1 Comment

While installing a Windows Installer patch, I received the following error: Error 1718. File was rejected by digital signature policy. I manage to find a solution to the error and install the patch using this procedure.

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How to Delete Locked Files in Microsoft Windows

Published on: May 6, 2011 and has 14 Comments

Finding a way to delete locked files on my Microsoft Windows system has always been a pain. I usually have many programs running on my computer at any given time. At some point I may need to delete a file that is in use by one of the programs, and Windows doesn’t easily provide a method to delete locked files.<

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Solution: Can’t Open Reports in a Microsoft Access Database

Published on: April 22, 2011 and has 2 Comments

I recently ran into a problem where I couldn’t open reports in a Microsoft Access database file. I have worked with Access databases for many years, but have never seen this issue before. There are times where I use more than one computer at a time. To do this I simply use the remote desktop [...]

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Tips to Tweaking Your Version of Windows 7

Published on: March 24, 2011 and has No Comments

Windows 7 was a very well received Windows upgrade, but with any piece of computer software, there are things that can be changed around and tweaked to each individual user’s likes. That’s where Windows 7 tweaks come in. These are great and generally free ways to make your version the way that you want it.

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How to Find Autorun Programs in Windows

Published on: December 17, 2010 and has 5 Comments

For a vast majority of us that use Windows on a regular basis, we have come across performance and stability issues from time to time, so it is important to find autorun programs in Windows. On a freshly formatted PC, everything seems to run pretty quick and the system doesn’t crash as often. After a [...]

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How to Recover Deleted Files With Restoration

Published on: October 20, 2010 and has 14 Comments

It is possible to recover deleted files if you haven’t saved much to the same drive that contains the deleted files. When you delete a file in Windows, it isn’t actually deleted – the data is still stored on the hard drive. Since the information stored in the files hasn’t been removed from the hard [...]

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How to Fix “Keyset does not exist” for Scheduled Tasks in Windows

Published on: October 8, 2010 and has 12 Comments

I recently received an error message stating that the “Keyset does not exist” for all scheduled tasks on a Windows 2003 server. This error caused the scheduled tasks from not running, and caused some problems with a few applications. This is the first time I had seen the error, and so I wasn’t sure what the problem was.

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