Tag: Windows 7

  • Capture Single Monitor Screenshot on Dual Monitors

    When you hit PrintScreen key,  windows will take screenshot on the monitor and copy it to clipboard. But if you have dual monitors setup, you will find screenshot of both monitors are captured. You might wonder how to just capture the single screenshot on the monitor you are working on. The answer is ALT +…

  • Syspreped Windows 7 fail with “Windows could not finish configuring the system”

    After you have installed a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, install and configure windows features, install your own app, and then run sysprep command to create an image that is ready to be deployed. When you boot windows for the first time,  it might comes up with following message at the windows setup…

  • Install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 7 SP1

    Remote Server Administrator Tools (RSAT) is not compatible with Windows 7 SP1. If you install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 7 SP1 slipstreamed media, you will get following error. The update is not applicable to your computer That’s because current RSAT version only supports Windows 7 RTM. To workaround this issue, you can Install…

  • Remove Earlier Version of Windows boot option

    After I upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, I see two options at boot up, one is to logon to Earlier Version of Windows, the other is Windows 7. The default option is boot into Windows 7. There is a workaround to remove the Earlier Version of Windows option from the boot up screen…

  • Manage Hyper-V remotely from windows 7

    Once Hyper-V role is enabled on windows server 2008/R2, Hyper-V manager will be installed automatically. However, you don’t need to log on to Hyper-V host server to use Hyper-V manager. Instead, you can manage Hyper-V machines remotely from you Win7 desktop. To manage Hyper-V machines remotely from Win 7, following these steps: Install Remote Server…

  • File is Missing or Invalid Error Message

    I frequently hit this on my Win7/Vista machines when I run executables that were built from VB6, the following error message appears: Component ‘filename’ or one o its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid. The problem is caused by a component or a dependency file used in this executable is not…

  • Install Local WordPress Environment on Windows

    WordPress is one of most popular blog applications. This application is very easy to use however setup a local environment for theme or plugin development on windows system is not that easy for bloggers. In this post, I will walk thru you how to setup local WordPress environment using Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 with…

  • Register comdlg32.ocx on x64 Win7

    Today while using an old tool on my x64 Windows 7, I encountered the following error message: Here is how to resolve comdlg32.ocx missing error.

  • Snipping Tool in Vista/Win7

    Now windows have snipping tool in Vista and Win7. You can use Snipping Tool (normally you can find it at %SystemRoot%system32SnippingTool.exe) to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen and then annotate, save, or share the image. Simply use a mouse or tablet pen to capture any of the following…

  • Nice Win7 shortcut key combinations

    A list of shortcuts specific to Windows 7 Windows shortcuts WinKey + Up arrow Maximize window WinKey + Down arrow Restore/Minimize window WinKey + Left arrow Snap window to left WinKey + Right arrow Snap window to right WinKey + Shift + Left arrow Jump window to left monitor WinKey + Shift + Right arrow…