Microsoft Windows Archives | ITFixed Computer Services https://www.itfixed.com/category/microsoft-windows/ Complete Home and Small Office IT Services Sun, 30 Aug 2020 23:50:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.itfixed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Microsoft Windows Archives | ITFixed Computer Services https://www.itfixed.com/category/microsoft-windows/ 32 32 137173680 How to Add “Recent Items” or “Recent Documents” back to Windows 10? https://www.itfixed.com/2020/08/add-recent-items-to-windows-10/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 23:50:19 +0000 https://www.itfixed.com/?p=2391 Windows 7 used to have a convenient start menu item that would list your most recent documents. Windows 10 does not have this enabled by default. Follow these steps to […]

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]]> 2391 Beware of this Tech Support Scam Malware https://www.itfixed.com/2020/06/beware-of-this-tech-support-scam-malware/ https://www.itfixed.com/2020/06/beware-of-this-tech-support-scam-malware/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:58:44 +0000 https://www.itfixed.com/?p=2369 I hope this post prevents one of my users or students avoid this tech support scam malware infection. This past week I had a client drop of a laptop with […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2020/06/beware-of-this-tech-support-scam-malware/feed/ 2 2369 How to work from home while quarantined. https://www.itfixed.com/2020/03/how-to-work-from-home-while-quarantined/ https://www.itfixed.com/2020/03/how-to-work-from-home-while-quarantined/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:41:23 +0000 https://www.itfixed.com/?p=2253 Connect to your PC from out of the office With all that is going on in the world today many users have requested to work from home during these hard […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2020/03/how-to-work-from-home-while-quarantined/feed/ 1 2253 How to move DHCP from one server to another. https://www.itfixed.com/2019/08/how-to-move-dhcp-from-one-server-to-another/ https://www.itfixed.com/2019/08/how-to-move-dhcp-from-one-server-to-another/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:30:56 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1685 I recently installed a new server in a clients office and upgraded it to a domain controller as part of decommissioning an older server. The old server was running the […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2019/08/how-to-move-dhcp-from-one-server-to-another/feed/ 7 1685 How to Migrate from FRS to DFSR SYSVOL using dfsrmig https://www.itfixed.com/2019/07/how-to-migrate-frs-to-dfsr-sysvol-using-dfsrmig/ https://www.itfixed.com/2019/07/how-to-migrate-frs-to-dfsr-sysvol-using-dfsrmig/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:48:49 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1672 Error while promoting new Windows Domain Controller While trying to add a new Windows 2019 server to a Microsoft Windows Domain and then dcpromo it to a domain controller I […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2019/07/how-to-migrate-frs-to-dfsr-sysvol-using-dfsrmig/feed/ 4 1672 “The handle is invalid” when accessing share over network. https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/the-handle-is-invalid/ https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/the-handle-is-invalid/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:49:44 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1109 "The handle is invalid" when accessing share over network. I have a client with a Windows 7 pc with a folder that is shared on their network (Workgroup).  Sometime last […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/the-handle-is-invalid/feed/ 1 1109 Keyboard appears to be typing backwards https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/keyboard-appears-to-be-typing-backwards/ https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/keyboard-appears-to-be-typing-backwards/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:56:06 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1096 I just had a client give me a call and state that their Windows 10 pc keyboard was typing backwards. At first I was not sure what this meant so […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/keyboard-appears-to-be-typing-backwards/feed/ 1 1096 How to retrieve a Windows 7 Product Key https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/how-to-retrieve-a-windows-7-product-key/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:00:36 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1092 I have not posted an "It Fixed it for me" article in a while. Here is one that may help someone else. Have you ever needed to reinstall your operating […]

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]]> 1092 Need Help With New Tech Gifts? https://www.itfixed.com/2019/01/new-tech-gifts/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 21:45:11 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1082 Need Help With New Tech Gifts? Get a new smart device, pc or laptop for Christmas and need help getting it set up.  Let our experts guide  you to ensure […]

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]]> 1082 The Best Free Software to Install on Your New Computer https://www.itfixed.com/2018/12/the-best-free-software-to-install-on-your-new-computer/ Wed, 26 Dec 2018 18:17:49 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/?p=1067 For the students in my “Intro to Personal Computers” class. Here is a good article (not created by me) that goes over some of the many software we talked about […]

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