Windows Vista
Save login credentials for mapped drives/RPC Outlook
Apr 20th
This article will help you with saving passwords in Windows in order to eliminate being prompted over and over for your login information when attempting to access mapped drives, file shares, or your Hosted Exchange account. *Note that NTLM Auth is required for the RPC connection. Also, this WILL NOT WORK in Windows Home Editions.
->Using the Run command, type in “control keymgr.dll” without the quotes.
In this area you are able to add/save usernames and passwords for any domain/workgroup including using the mail server for your Hosted Exchange account.
Example when adding a credential:
-server.domain.local or server or hostname.domain.com (If all else fails, use *.domain.com or *.domain.local then login, click Save Password one more time and it will work!)
-domain\username or email address
-password
Hope this helps.
Quickbooks crashes upon opening
Feb 8th
Of course it does. Check Google, support forums, Intuit KB, no mention. I would answer a few forum threads if it wasn’t so difficult to do on the Intuit site. I found this issue at a client in Quickbooks Enterprise 9 and 10. Awesome.
Faulting application: qbwin32.exe
Faulting module ntdll.dll
Anyway, just delete the 1KB (possibly hidden) “Company Name.ND” file located alongside the .QBW company file you use. Quickbooks opens just fine again.
I made the mistake of uninstalling Quickbooks, removing .NET and reinstalling the whole deal. Don’t bother.
Note to Intuit: Don’t let your crappy program crash so often. An error stating “the .ND file is corrupt or unreadable. Please remove it and try opening Quickbooks again.” would be nice.
You can also try running the “reboot.bat” file located in the Quickbooks program directory. It re-registers several DLLs among other things.
Unidentified Network & Local Access Only in Windows Vista & 7
Dec 11th
I have seen this several times in Vista, even in Windows 7. You try to connect to the LAN or Wifi and you are never prompted to choose a network location (Home, Work or Public). When this happens The Network and Sharing Center will X out the Internet icon and show Local Access Only. The problem is, there is no way to choose which location you want! Lame.
So, do this…
- In the Network & Sharing Center, click the “Change adapter settings” link at the left.
- Open the properties of the adapter in you are trying to use.
- Un-check the Link-Layer Topology Discovery items. There are two, Mapper and Responder.
- Click OK
From here, you should be connected automatically if not prompted for the Network Location. If no such luck, then you can also try disabling IPv6. I usually do anyway, so I don’t know for sure if it is necessary.
Another solution I have found that may work is to run the following from a command prompt: route delete 0.0.0.0. This seemed to work for me once, but it had no effect the last time I tried. The reason it may work is that Windows creates a primary default gateway of 0.0.0.0 to block internet access until you choose the Network Location. By removing that route and restoring the correct gateway, it may just get you surfing again.
Essential Windows Utils
Nov 5th
I will start with the best one…I finally found a window resizing utility that matches the awesomeness of KDE and Gnome. Be sure to read the notes on how the author uses the program then get it here
Next up is a great addition that allows you to mouse-wheel without clicking on an active window – link
And a tasbkar button tabulator – link
(These all work in 64-bit Windows, too)