Microsoft has announced that it wants people who use assistive technologies to be able to upgrade to use the new accessibility features in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update. In the Anniversary Update, the Narrator screen reader is improved and new applications like the Edge browser, Cortana, and Mail offer improved accessibility features. Windows users who use assistive technologies (like the narrator, […]
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How to use Group Policy to change the Default Lock Screen image in Windows
You may have thought that this image was customized by the users in the control panel already however this would only configure the image of the lock screen after the user had logged on to the computer. Meaning you were always presented with the Seattle Space Needle cartoon image every time you logged off or […]
Run Task Manager as Administrator
Method 1: Hit Windows+R to bring up the Run box. Type the following in the box and click ‘Ok’. runas /user:Admin taskmgr ‘Admin’ is the name of the user with administrative privileges. It might be Admin, Administrator, or any other name. You will need to know the name of the user that has admin rights […]
POST troubleshooting steps
The Power On Self Test (POST) is a set of procedures that a computer runs through each time it is turned on. It ensures that all of the system’s hardware is working properly before trying to load the operating system. If the computer does not pass POST, it will not boot. See our POST definition for […]
Computer POST and beep codes
The computer POST (power-on self-test) checks a computer’s internal hardware for compatibility and connection before starting the remainder of the boot process. If the computer passes the POST, the computer may give a single beep (some computers may beep twice) as it starts and continue to boot. However, if the computer fails the POST, the […]
How to Customize the Lock Screen on Windows 8 or 10
Windows 8 or 10’s lock screen is very at home on a tablet, but it can also be used on laptops and desktops. The lock screen is not just a background image – it contains widgets that display quick notifications. These widgets, known as lock screen apps, allow you to view information – such as […]
“You cannot log on because the logon method you are using is not allowed on this computer. Please see you network administrator for more details.”
Symptom: When trying to logon a computer using non administrator ID, you may receive this message: “You cannot log on because the logon method you are using is not allowed on this computer. Please see you network administrator for more details.” Case 1: Group Policy’ “Allow log on locally” was not setup to allow users […]
How To See Who Logged Into a Computer and When
Have you ever wanted to monitor who’s logging into your computer and when? On Professional editions of Windows, you can enable logon auditing to have Windows track which user accounts log in and when. The Audit logon events setting tracks both local logins and network logins. Each logon event specifies the user account that logged […]
How can I delete the local user profile on a Windows 7 machine that is connected to a Windows Server
ou can do it with the User Profiles dialog in System Properties: Log in as different user (with admin privileges) than you want to delete Open Properties for Computer Advanced system settings (on the left side) Settings for User Profiles (in the middle) Select the profile you want to delete and click the delete button
How to remove a SQL Instance
Today a colleague and me bumped into an issue where we had to remove a SQL Server instance from a SQL Server which ran multiple SQL Server instances. Of course, there are TechNet/MSDN articles about just that but still we were cautious since while following the instructions, we soon bumped into this screen: So we […]