The normal.dot file is actually the default Office Word template file. Since Windows Vista and ultimately Windows 7, the location changed. This is actually the same location whatever Microsoft Office version you are using. %:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates *Please note that the file is now named “Normal.dotm“
Since there is no longer any shortcut to start Internet Explorer 9 without addons, in safe mode on Windows 7, here is how to achieve that : The first, and quick method would be to simply type the following command into the search bar located at the bottom of the start menu : iexplore -extoff… Read More »
Basically, we’ll use the “netsh.exe” builtin utility here to achieve theses tasks. Show TCP/IP settings : netsh interface ip show config Set the interface as DHCP : netsh interface ip set address “Local Area Connection” dhcp Set interface DNS server address : netsh interface ip set dns “Local Area Connection” static 0.0.0.0 Export the current… Read More »
You may noticed a foot note near the clock that display something like this : Test Mode Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Build 7601 There is a workround to get rid of this message (UAC must be disabled to run this command) : bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF After rebooting your machine, Windows won’t boot and… Read More »
Mostly used by broadcasting companies, “CBSI, Wicks Broadcast Software”, now known as Marketron Radio traffic and billing system. You may encounter the following error launching the software on a new network installed workstation : System date and time changed. Access denied! Two possibilities may cause this problem : 1. Wrong timezone or too much offset… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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:… Read More »