This was the mission at work, and the hardest part is that I don’t know PowerShell, but I had two things going for me. 1, Windows 7 keeps the lock screen image in C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds (C:\Windows\sysnative\oobe\info\backgrounds for x32). As long as it’s called “backgroundDefault.jpg” and is 256kb or smaller, Win7 is happy. 2, The policy for… Read More »
This has happened to me several times and had me scratching my head until I found out that it’s a common issue and is due to a bug in the Windows Update processing (checking for new updates) stage. This is the resolution. You need these three updates downloaded – I tend to save them with… Read More »
I had a network printer to replace with a new model of a different brand. This should be easy with just downloading the driver, add it and done. Not so much. I get this dreaded error! The “easy” fix has been to delete the printer and then re-create it with the new driver. I’m not… Read More »