To enable TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, assuming all of the latest updates for your system are already installed. Open Notepad Copy the following into Notepad Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\WinHttp] “DefaultSecureProtocols”=dword:00000a00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\WinHttp] “DefaultSecureProtocols”=dword:00000a00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.1\Client] “DisabledByDefault”=dword:00000000 “Enabled”=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.2\Client] “DisabledByDefault”=dword:00000000 “Enabled”=dword:00000001 Save the file as […]

If your screen should go blank in Windows the display driver may have crashed. To restart the display driver in Windows press Windows + Ctrl + Shift + B and Windows will attempt to restart the display driver and that may bring back your display again.  If this does not help, then you would need […]

Note if you are admin of the remote system you do not need /U and /P.  If you need to assign a user to run this task other than the local user, use /RU <username> /RP <password> to store that login information with the task. To create a task on a remote computer using a […]

If you are trying to add a printer to a computer where the user is not an Administrator of the computer you can open Command Prompt as a Administrator, provide a Administrator login credentials and then at the prompt type in rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /il This will start the Add Printer wizard in Windows so you […]

There are a variety of commands in PowerShell that you can use to make changes for individuals and for your entire organization Below are the commands to issue in PowerShell to connect to your account, the user that signs in should be a Administrator for your Office 365 organization.  This will focus on Exchange features […]

Most web browsers have the ability to view PDF files, but you may want to use Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat to work with your PDF files.  Here is how to see what application is handling your PDF files in Windows. Adobe Acrobat icon, this shows that Windows will open PDF files that are […]

Windows 11 How To Create A Local Account If you have a Windows 11 Home or Pro system you are setting up and you do not want to sign in with a Microsoft account, it should work to use the in the Sign in field and anything you want for the password then just […]

Microsoft on September 16, 2021 announced that Microsoft Office 2021 LTSC and Microsoft Office 2021 for Mac LTSC had been released to open licensing as a finished product.  The official sale date for consumers to purchase Microsoft Office 2021 and Microsoft Office 2021 for Mac is on October 5, 2021. This is considered to be […]

Microsoft announced Windows 11 on June 24, 2021, it will not be out till the end of 2021. To keep aware of what options and what computers can upgrade to Windows 11 will be found here.   Upgrades to Windows 11 will not be out till the very end of 2021 or early 2022.  Please […]

If you have seen the Finish Setting Up Windows 10 prompt below and choose Remind me in 3 days. You will then be prompted with Get even more out of Windows Which will offer prompts about Remind me in 3 days or Skip for now but it will return again and again at the most […]