Windows troubleshooting
Katy's articles to help with troubleshooting problems in Windows.
For help with disk errors and disk editing tools, see the Filesystems blogs.
For help with Bluetooth applications, see the Bluetooth blogs.
Tutorial: How to make WSUS 3.0 Selfupdate work with Apache
Submitted by Katy on Sun, 05/10/2008 - 20:35The problem: You want to run Apache or another web server besides IIS on port 80 on a machine which is also running Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). When you disable IIS's Default Web Site running on port 80, WSUS stops working normally and the following error is reported in the Event Log:
Event ID: 13042 Type: Error Self-update is not working.
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Slow network file copying / moving / deleting in Windows Vista when playing audio (MMCSS)
Submitted by Katy on Mon, 24/09/2007 - 22:15File copying in Vista is, well, slow. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who has been sitting there wondering what exactly Vista is doing while it spends 5 minutes "calculating the time remaining" to copy half a dozen files.
Before you trash Vista
Install these updates:
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How to fix being unable to login to Windows XP after you image it to another drive
Submitted by Katy on Mon, 24/09/2007 - 21:44You just copied your Windows XP partition from one drive to another. When you reboot into the new partition, you reach the login screen, but when you try to login, it logs you straight out again with no error.
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Tutorial: How To Fix WMI Corruption
Submitted by Katy on Sat, 03/02/2007 - 12:23You might not know what WMI is, and you probably don't care. This article is for those of you who have applications that aren't working properly or programs or updates that won't install because of WMI problems.
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Solving MSI Errors: When Installers and Updates Go Wrong
Submitted by Katy on Fri, 02/02/2007 - 20:31This article is for anyone who has ever tried to install a program or critical update/hotfix on Windows and come up against an error which prevented the installation from completing successfully.
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