Anthony Curreri: IT Solutions

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’ on the [...]

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 from Cyberlink FAQ [...]

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 / Media [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

I made an ISO of my Windows 98 Boot CD. I needed it yesterday, and I couldn’t find it online anywhere. Get Windows 98 Boot CD Here!.
I used Alex Feinman’s ISO Recorder to create the image. You could probably use any tool to burn it, but Alex’s is pretty awesome. It [...]

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, [...]

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 see events [...]