Category Archives: PC

Windows : How To clear Offline Files server list

Posted by kgagnon@itechlounge.net on January 30, 2012 None comments

You may get into trouble if you didn’t remove folder synchronization on network server before deleting a user account or unlink a computer from domain… File synchronization still effective even if the user is no longer on the computer or Active Directory.

The only way to get rid of old entries, is to do it manually through the registry.

First, open up the registry editor (Start > Run) :

regedit

Go to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache\

Then, add a DWORD key named :

FormatDatabase

Reboot the computer and your done.

Windows : Setting LAN Authentication Level on 7 Home Premium

Posted by kgagnon@itechlounge.net on January 19, 2012 None comments

Windows 7 Home Premium doesn’t have the “Local Security Policy” console (aka : secpol.mmc). In order to access SMB share running the old protocol version, you need to enable the Authentication LAN Manager directly inside the registry.

Open the registry editor (Start > Run) :

regedit

Browse to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

Create a new DWORD value  with the following properties :

LmCompatibilityLevel = 1

VMware Workstation : VMware Tools installation cannot be started manually while the easy install is in progress

Posted by kgagnon@itechlounge.net on November 16, 2011 None comments

This error occur when the virtual floppy auto install did not unmounted properly.

Simply do the following :

1. Shutdown the virtual machine
2. Disconnect the virtual floppy drive or set the drive to use the system floppy instead of image
3. Then, boot you’re guest and try again to install VMware Tools

If theses steps doesn’t work, you may need to delete and add again the virtual floppy device. Of course, you may delete forever the device if you don’t need it!

Office : Application crash randomly

Posted by kgagnon@itechlounge.net on June 3, 2011 None comments

With Word or Excel 2010, you may experience a crash at the application launch, or new document opening. If you have a look at Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc), you can see this error under Application :

Faulting application name: WINWORD.EXE, version: 14.0.5123.5000, time stamp: 0x4c646b40
Faulting module name: btmoffice.dll, version: 1.0.0.45, time stamp: 0x4d0155a1
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000065ff
Faulting process id: 0x1c50
Faulting application start time: 0x01cbfdbf179331e2
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Bluetooth\btmoffice.dll
Report Id: 58bc6062-69b2-11e0-818b-e02a82f4190e

 

This is caused by the bluetooth plugin/add-on component for file transfer. You must disable it in order to get it working. Simply do :

- File ;
- Options ;
- Add-Ins ;
- Click on ‘Sent to Bluetooth’ and disable it.

If it still doesn’t work, you may need to delete the plugin. You need to be an administrator and have the User Account Control (UAC) disabled to do this.