All posts tagged Windows XP

How to I find the MAC address of my Windows device?

Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:18pm by Sean Brown No Comment

To find out the MAC (Media Access Control) Adapter Address for your Ethernet or wireless network card, follow the Windows-based instructions below. Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP Click on the Start Button (Start Orb) Type cmd and press Enter At the command prompt, type: getmac /v and press Enter The MAC address…

Remote computer requires Network Level Authentication, which your computer does not support

Posted on January 20, 2012 at 12:51pm by Sean Brown No Comment

There are still a lot of Windows XP machines floating around the business world; With Windows 7 fixing the entire Vista mess, adoption rates for Windows 7 are much better. There are plenty of die-hard users who love their Windows XP machines and won’t give it up for the world but need to connect remotely…

All Users Desktop Location

Posted on January 13, 2012 at 6:27pm by Sean Brown No Comment

If you’re an admin and looking to deploy icons on a local machine that will appear no matter what user is logged on, follow these simple steps. This article is designed for local deployment, not network-wide deployment. Windows XP C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\ Windows Vista/Windows 7 C:\users\Public\Public Desktop\

Slow browsing of AS/400 file shares with Windows 7

Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:00am by Sean Brown No Comment

Microsoft and IBM – two powerhouse companies with very loyal followers have taken two distinctly different paths; IBM keeping very slow and steady, Microsoft continually evolving, upgrading and making things “people proof”.  While both paths have their advantages and disadvantages IT department are continually having to find workarounds to make things play nice with each…

Group Policy Deployment Trobleshooting

Posted on September 28, 2011 at 8:00am by Sean Brown No Comment

Ahh Windows Server – Linux admins hate it, Windows admins hate it….  I understand command-line based administration is much easier for doing simple tasks, but Microsoft has emerged as the leader in centralized management and ease of deploying/fixing/breaking things (on a large scale).  A lot of the hatred of Windows comes from people not fully…