Friday, June 29, 2012

Issues with Spell check not working in all Office Applications


Run regedit and locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0
If you see an entry for Overridedelete it under the 1.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0\Override

How to remove stored passwords for users that are being locked out of their domain accounts, due to stored incorrect passwords. Manage User Credentials (Windows 7)


1. Open User Accounts by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking User
Accounts and Family Safety (or clicking User Accounts, if you are connected to a network
domain), and then clicking User Accounts.
2. In the left pane, click Manage your credentials.
3. Click the vault that contains the credential that you want to manage. Click the items that have
your domain name or workgroup name in the accounts and select “Remove from vault”
4. Select the credential you want to manage.
5. Click Edit, make the change you want, and then click Save.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Network adapters not getting DHCP address on either wired or wireless "Limited Connectivity"


TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2/SP3.
Go to Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:
In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands:
Note: Type only the text in bold for the following commands. 

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, type: netsh int ip reset reset.log
Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults, type: netsh winsock reset catalog
Reboot the machine.
Next, boot in Safe Mode with Networking and connect with a wired connection to your router. Please use a cable and port that have worked for another machine.

How To Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD


To reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you need to enter terminal and create a new admin account:
1. Reboot
2. Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
3. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):
o mount -uw /
o rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
o shutdown -h now
4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!