I had a user who set their background in Windows but lost the file. They asked if I could recover it. After doing some research I discovered the location of their wallpaper. c:\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Windows Photo Viewer Wallpaper.jpg If you are trying to locate the default Windows wallpapers they are located at c:\%USERNAME%\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
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My review of Windows Phone 7 and the Sprint Arrive
I picked up the Sprint Arrive a few days ago. I’ve had the itch to try out Windows Phone 7 so when they announced a device for Sprint with a physical keyboard I was pretty much sold. Most reviews I’ve read are positive and Nebraska Furniture Mart had a special for $79.99 so I jumped…
How to identify your SQL Server version and edition
To find out your version of SQL download/install/open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express then click New Query Paste the below code in the query pane on the right SELECT @@VERSION SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(‘productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘edition’) and click Execute In the results window it will display the version, Service Pack, and edition. For older versions…
Outlook 2010: “0x8004010F: Outlook data file cannot be accessed”
A client of mine was having the error 0x8004010F in Outlook 2010. I repaired the PST and it fixed 30 or so errors but I was still having the issue. I ended up creating a new Outlook profile using the following link… http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2289904 After creating the new profile I could not open or export the…
Outlook 2010 prompting for UAC everytime it’s opened
If Outlook 2010 is prompting for UAC everytime you open it check to make sure you don’t have Run this program in compatibility mode for: or Run this program as an administrator checked.
Speed up Outlook 2007
If Outlook 2007 has been running slower then usual you can try disabling Add-ins that are not being used. To do this Open up the Trust Center by navigating to Tools –> Trust Center on the menu. On the left-hand pane, choose Add-ins, and then near the bottom of the window you’ll see a button…
Printer goes offline after successful print job
If your printer in Windows Server keeps going offline even if its status says ‘Ready‘ and you know its online try disabling SNMP on the Server. Right click the printer and choose Properties. Under the Ports tab click Configure Port… and uncheck SNMP Status Enabled.
Printers and Faxes freezing in Server 2003 SBS
I couldn’t print to a network printer shared through Server 2003 SBS. I tried restarting the Print Spooler on the Server but that ended up freezing the Printers and Faxes window. I tried clearing out the print queue by emptying the following folder: %SystemRoot%\System32\Spool\Printers You will have to stop the Print Spooler to delete…
Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 BSOD on Resume
I have Windows 7 x64 and a 1.5TB hard drive. Whenever my PC was resuming from standby I would get a BSOD. I initially thought it was a driver issue but I came across this KB article. “You receive various Stop error messages in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you try…