Archive for category Vista
Solved: Netflix won’t stay Full Screen – Exits Full Screen mode unexpectedly
I’ve only noticed this problem with a Windows Vista machine, but from researching the issue I understand it can happen on several OS depending on what is running in the background that is stealing focus from the Application you’re currently working with. One guy had a problem of losing focus completely, that is, he could [...]
could not be reactivated in namespace “//./root/CIMV2″ because of error 0×80041003
In the Application Log File I can see a WMI error code 10. Event filter with query “SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA “Win32_Processor” AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99″ could not be reactivated in namespace “//./root/CIMV2″ because of error 0×80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected. Update: [...]
Vista computer shows Button Manager ? ??? ??? ?????. Green Tree icon on boot
A program keeps trying to start when i boot one of my Vista 64 machines. It is called “Button Manager” and it has an icon of a little green tree on a white background. The dialog box has a series of question marks, as if even the button manager doesn’t know what it is trying [...]
Error 1713 Microsoft Winter Fun Pack 2004 for Windows XP cannot install one of its required products. Contact your technical support group.
If you have Windows Vista 64 bit and you install the MS Winter Fun Pack 2004 to get the visualizations for Windows Media Player, then you will notice that they are not compatible with WMP like it claims. You will start getting a Windows XP PowerToys error screen when your system starts up and it [...]
Vista RDP disconnect issues – disconnects from internet
Objective: Connect via RDP from a Toshiba Satellite L550 with Vista Ultimate SP2 and RDP 6.0 to a newer Shuttle XPC with Windows XP SP3 and RDP 6.0 Issue: RDP connects, but immediately or shortly thereafter hangs and disconnects. Internet connection is also affected, dropping down to “limited” with no access. Background: Brand new laptop. [...]
HP My Display Portrait Displays License Status: “Bad License File”
System: HP m8010y with Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit Display: HP w2207 (Supports Pivot) Sometime after installing all available updates a couple months ago, I started getting a funny silver and green dialog box on startup. It is called License Status, and the box itself indicates that there has been a Version Changed and that you [...]
Wireless connection drops unexpectedly
Compaq(HP) C714nr Vista SP1 (now 2) Broadcom Wireless b/g Working on a friend’s laptop for a day now and she’s been having two weird issues. 1. The computer blue-screens (i haven’t seen it yet, but she says it happens) 2. The wireless connection drops. Sometimes it reconnects, sometimes it’s just plain gone for good. [...]
The COM+ Event System could not marshal the subscriber for subscription {GUID}
Follow this link for more info: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726305(WS.10).aspx Anytime I have an error in the logs that refers to COM I will open up the DCOM configuration window and see if it will sort itself out by recording missing entries in the registry. To get to the configuration window, open a command prompt and type: “dcomcnfg” [...]
TCP/IP has chosen to restrict the scale factor due to a network condition
Event ID: 4228 TCP/IP has chosen to restrict the scale factor due to a network condition. This could be related to a problem in a network device and will cause degraded throughput. This error isn’t a dealbreaker but it is something to be concerned about. The TCP Window Scale is an option that is set [...]
Compatible Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Device cannot be found…
TPM error – A compatible Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Device cannot be found on this computer. TBS could not be started. Interesting warning right? The short answer is that you either have a TPM that is older (not Version 1.2 or greater), or your TPM is not enabled in the BIOS or has some [...]