Windows7 tips and tricks

-
Found this site on technet for Windows 7
follow the link
Windows 7 tips
Thanks  to the folks that publish these tips at Technet
Remember to have  a great day

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Microsoft list of dates for end of support

-
Client operating systems Latest update or service pack End of mainstream support End of extended support Windows XP Service Pack 3 April 14, 2009 April 8, 2014 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 April 10, 2012 April 11, 2017 Windows 7 * Service Pack 1 January 13, 2015 January 14, 2020 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 January 9, 2018 January 10, 2023 　 　 Desktop operating systems Date of availability Support retired Windows XP SP1 August 30, 2002 October 10, 2006 Windows XP SP2 September 17, 2004 July 13, 2010 Windows XP SP3 April 21, 2008 April 8, 2014 Windows Vista SP1 February 4, 2008 July 12, 2011 Windows Vista SP2 May 26, 2009 Available now Windows 7 SP1 February 22, 2011 Available now
Read more

Lync Online contacts are lost or missing, or the contact list isn't updated

-
Scenario 3: Lync Online contacts are lost or missing, or the contact list isn't updated In rare cases, the contact list may be corrupted because of an invalid character in an "out of office" message or because a lingering deprovisioned contact exists. To resolve this problem, force a contact list update to make sure that your information is synchronized. To this, follow these steps: Locate one of the following folders, depending on your operating system: For Lync 2013: Windows 7 and Windows 8: %localappdata%\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync\sip_ For Lync 2010: Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista: %localappdata%\Microsoft\Communicator\sip_ Windows XP: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data \Microsoft\Communicator\sip_ Delete the following files: Galcontacts.db galcontacts.db.idx CoreContact.cache ABS_ .cache Mfugroup.cache PersonalLISDB.cache PresencePhoto.cache Restart Lync, and then wait for 30 minutes for resynchronization to finish.
Read more

start/ stop print spooler group policy

-
, suppose you're creating a group policy to give all users domain-wide ability to start/stop the Print Spooler service. 1) From Group Policy Management Console, create a new group policy object. 2) Edit the GP object in the Group Policy Management Editor (right-click the object from GPMC, choose Edit). 3) Open Computer Configuration / Software Settings / Security Settings / System Services. You'll see a list of system services 4) Find "Print Spooler." 5) Right-click it, choose Properties. 6) Check the box "Define this policy setting" 7) Click the button "Edit security." 8) A security dialog box appears. Now just add a permission (click "Add...") Fill in "Domain Users," click OK With "Domain Users" highlighted in the "Security for Print Spooler" dialog, ensure that the box next to "Start, stop and pause" is checked. Click OK twice to clear the dialog boxes. Now link the...
Read more