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Troubleshooting slow logon issues on domain-joined workstation/server

Sometimes you may face an issue when logging on to the workstation/server which is joined to the domain, logon process at step “Applying user settings” takes a lot of time. The procedures defined below might help you to locate the cause of this problem. Enable USERENV logging By default logging of domain user actions (apply of group policies, profile loading etc.) are not being logged anywhere in retail builds of “Windows” operating system. Despite that, that log information is essential when troubleshooting slow logons problems, so you can enable the logging doing those steps: Open REGEDIT Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows . . . → Read More: Troubleshooting slow logon issues on domain-joined workstation/server

Solving "The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem" Windows Update error

Today at work I had to restore over 50 computers from disk image (made with Norton/Symantec Ghost). All computers but one restored successfully. One computer had a bit different hardware so we need to update drivers for it manually. First place I look for device drivers is Windows Updates therefore I’ve tried to run it (BTW, the computer I’m talking about was running Windows XP SP3). The problem was that when I had pressed either “Custom” or “Express”, Windows Update page showed me the following error with the error code 0xC80003FA: The website has encountered a problem and cannot . . . → Read More: Solving "The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem" Windows Update error

Windows centralized software store idea

Almost every mobile operating system has an application store: Nokia has Ovi Store, Apple - iTunes App Store, Android – Android Market and Microsoft has Windows Marketplace for Windows Phone. Some time ago I’ve got idea that it would be nice that Windows 8 (or whatever next version of Windows OS will be called) would have some sort of centralized applications store. And I see a lot of advantages of having this application store. Users can easily manage their software Of course it’s already easy enough for users to manage and remove their software by using “Programs and Features” . . . → Read More: Windows centralized software store idea