Windows Media Player just doesn’t have the chops for this task. You’re going to have to install a better video player. Don’t worry, it’s free! Install VLC Media Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html Open VLC Load the video file by clicking on the Media drop down, the Open File Click the Tools drop down, then Preferences Click ‘Video’ [...]

When trying to play a Blu-ray in Cyberlink PowerDVD and you get the following error: Warning Cannot initialize secure display session – (Error Code = 0122) You may try the following resolution to solve the problem. Incompatible graphics driver. Please make sure your graphics drivr meets the minimum requirement criteria. (More information can be found [...]

First, you have to download and install Windows Media Encoder. Then go into your Windows Firewall and check the box next to Media Encoder to allow people to connect to your computer as a media server. Broadcasting Video using Windows Media Encoder Open Windows Media Encoder on your PC: Click Start / All Programs / [...]

I had a Windows XP computer with an HP 1020 printer that would suddenly not print. The Printers and Faxes window was empty. If you go into the Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services and right-click Print Spooler, you’ll see the option to start is available, because the service is stopped. When I started [...]

When installing some software, I got the error: This installation is forbidden by system policy. Contact your system administrator. Make sure that windows installer service is running. Also, there are local security policy settings and registry keys that can prevent you from running MSI files. This was not problem here. All I had to do [...]

My original solution was to extend the amount of time between ‘Restart Later’ nags. Of course now only the Administrator can use ‘Restart Later’. The solution now is two-fold. I’m setting the updates to download and install automatically in the middle of the night. If the user shuts off the computer at the end of [...]

I made an ISO of my Windows 98 Boot CD. I needed it yesterday, and I couldn’t find it online anywhere. Download the Windows 98 Boot CD! Note: This will not install Windows 98, only boot to a DOS prompt. Update: This NOT the installation CD! This download will not allow you to install Windows [...]

Here is the deal. On Windows Server 2003 there is no file permission for click and drag, or move folder. You can deny the delete ability on a folder, but when your users are accidentally clicking and dragging folders to move them, what’s actually happening is that the server copies the folder first, then deletes [...]

The problem: NT AUTHORITY will shutdown your computer in one minute, because services.exe has crashed. You can halt the shutdown, if you are an administrator, by clicking Start/Run, and typing ‘shutdown -a’, but the computer is basically hosed at this point and won’t let you do anything anyway. If you check the event viewer, you’ll [...]