When using the Adobe Acrobat PDF printer you may receive an error of Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: xshow To fix that problem go into Control Panel, Devices and Printers Right click the Adobe PDF printer and choose Printer properties Advanced tab, click Printing Defaults Uncheck the Rely on system fonts only; do not use document fonts […]

If you are getting This device is already enrolled 8018000A error when trying to join a Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer to Azure AD or Microsoft Entra ID. Open Regedit and look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Enrollments – below this key you will find other subkeys with xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx where each x is a hexadecimal number check each […]

Microsoft released KB5034441 (Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2) or KB5034440 (Windows 11 21H2) to fix a BitLocker access issue found in Windows Recovery Environment.  This update fails on many computers and it is due to the partition on the drive that holds the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) software.  If there is not enough room (250MB […]

Items to check for 0x80072EFD error in either Windows 10 or Windows 11 Make sure you are able to access the Internet from your browser, if not check if your Internet service is down. Open Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections tab. LAN settings button, make sure Automatically detect settings is checked. If this is checked […]

If you do not have the widget button displaying in the lower left corner of your screen here are some steps to fix it. Check in Settings, Personalization, Taskbar make sure Widgets is On. If Widgets is on and you either have a box with blue outlines around it or just a sun and clouds […]

For a list of what each Windows Server Functional Level provides or changes see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/active-directory-functional-levels As your bring a new Windows Server into your domain and when you make it a Domain Controller Role handler you may need to raise your Domain or Forest Functional Level. First you should review the effects of raising the […]

If you have an application that is tied to the Print Screen key on your keyboard and it no longer works, but instead opens Snipping Tool follow these steps to fix that problem. Open Settings app Choose Accessibility menu on the left Scroll down to Keyboard below the Interaction heading Use the Print screen key […]

Microsoft SMTP Server on Windows Server 2022 When going into Internet Information Services (IIS ) 6.0 Manager and right clicking on SMTP Virtual Server #1 and choosing Properties it will display Snapin Error – MMC has detected an error in a snap-in dialog. To get around this problem and to be able to setup SMTP […]

If you have issues with incorrect font display in FileMaker Pro or other applications where the text is all in symbols rather than what you would normally see this is likely a Windows Font Cache issue.  FileMaker Pro and Adobe Acrobat can have this issue and cause the text in FileMaker Pro to be unreadable.  […]

Windows Server can be configured as a Authoritative NTP server, follow the steps below to complete the setup and get that running on your Windows Server.  This service is used by Windows Servers and Clients in the domain as a authoritative time server and will get time information from that server.  Other devices that use […]