Category Archives: Technical

Thanks to this page, it appears that the problem that Adobe Flash Player was showing "Unable to Authenticate Installer" error message during installation in the IE (Internet Explorer) was due to date/time settings, which was messed up on mine.

Case: Windows Server 2008, set up as Domain Controller. Active Directory Users added to Remote Desktop Users Group. Still, Error message says: "To log on to this remote computer, you must be granted the Allow log on through Terminal Services … Continue reading →

Solution: Enable and then disable Printer Sharing. Simply right click printer (any printer), select Sharing, Apply, unselect Sharing, Apply, OK. (This needs to be done by Admin priviledge) There could be a genuine solution but this is the quickest I … Continue reading →

"You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting" Thanks to Technomatics, one of the anonymous wrote a simple solution: In System32 of Windows folder, rename the files: wgatray and wgalogon to wgatrayold and wgalogonold This sure saves time calling in … Continue reading →

Thanks to Win2008Workstation, this is finally resolved. Something to do with AVG installer checking windows registry for "server" or just regular "WinNT". And the easy fix is edit AVG installer so it is tricked. "Resolution: 1) We must get to … Continue reading →

Don't allow user to change password. While it is easily done via lusrmgr.msc in advanced versions of Vista, Vista Home edition has a different approach, thanks to Windows Vista Forums. cmd console must be started under administrator, not just any … Continue reading →

It appears that placing ferrite beads on or around speaker wires will solve the problem. I have yet to try this.

Next time if I am to do offsite support for any computer systems and there are datas to be backed up, be sure to double check those datas on-site.

If tough to apply lubricant, just dip it into olive oil. Wipe the surface dry after.

Amazingly, I couldn't format a Mac HDD from windows due to this GPT protective format. Here's the help from Paul Gu to fix the problem: In Windows XP Professional, if you cannot access or modify GPT disk, you can convert … Continue reading →