There are number of reason you get printer error when trying to print something. This could be document, photo, types of format that’s not supported or drivers not able to read the printer format. The error 0x8007007e is for Printconfig.dll not found in printer driver folder, you can search for it and copy and paste to one of the location to fix the issue. Here is how to do this
The error message looks like this:
Using your Windows Key+R and type in spool, then hit Enter
Then on the search box type “printconfig”
You should get search result like this:
Copy the PrintConfig.dll and paste into c:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3 or c:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\W32X86\3
That should fix your issue
You may also need to restart print spooler, which you can do via PowerShell command: Restart-Service Spooler you do have to run PowerShell as admin
or you can simply restart the computer to flush out anything stuck on print Job, in case issue is due to software bug
Chromebook is very popular and easy to use, most of the services we use today are cloud-based, so no need to install any software on your local computer. Your data sync up with Google drive account, in case some reason your Chromebook does not work and reset does not work, here is how you can recover it by using Chromebook recovery utility.
What you will need:
USB stick 4GB+ Chromebook Recovery Utility Working computer, so you can create recovery Image
When you open the Chromebook Recovery Utility, you will get see something like this: click Get started
Select the Model of your Chromebook or next option by model selection
Or by Selecting Model from list, then click Continue
If you have not put in your USB or SD card put and click Continue
Make sure you have selected correct media, it will wipe out any data on it. If you are sure, click Create now
Once you click Create now, it will start downloading, then it will install on your external media, you should see Success and done option if everything goes well.
Enter into recovery mode
Now that you have the image, You can plugin USB or SD card to your Chromebook then Press and hold Esc + Refresh then press Power. Let go of Power, when a message shows on the screen, let go of the other keys. Once done you should see fresh installed Chromebook welcome screen
These days most of us using virtual storage drives for a server, most of the time these virtual storage disks are configured dynamically, so it grows as we use it, but does not shrink when you delete data unless you do compact. If you are using Hyper-V servers, it’s very easy to do, other hypervisors also offer similar compacting, you may just have to look around.
Here is screenshot of before compacting drive:
To compact in Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor:
Open the Hyper-V Manager Select the VM Right-click on VM, click Settings Select the Hard Drive that you want to compact, then click Edit It will give you the location of the Disk and warning, please make sure you have a good backup, just in case something goes wrong Click Next
If you only see Expand option, that means your VM is running, you can’t Compact Click Next
Summary of Disk, click Finish and it will start compacting, time it takes to compact are depends on speed of drive and how much data you have deleted.
This is what it looks like after compacting, the size will vary depends on how much of your data being deleted.
After Compacting:
That’s it, if you don’t get the drive space back, make sure to do the Drive Optimization first then re-do the compacting
To drive Optimize:
Login into server and right click on the drive select Properties
Click on Tools tab Click on Optimize
Then select the drive if you have more then one and click on Optimize
There may be a number of reasons you can’t delete some users from Active Directory, one of them could be domain admin or enterprise admin privileges. Another could be some objects are still in use or not sync up with an exchange, they both have some many references, so can’t delete active directory user with exchange ActiveSync
I had come across one after migration to Office 365, some user account that may have old Exchange attributes that cannot be deleted and you will have to manually give your self full access. here is how to delete those account that has privilege issues.
First you need to change the view to: use the “view -> users, Contacts, Groups, and Computers as containers”
Then go to the user you are having issue deleting, give you self full permission to object then you should be able to delete it
It’s very common these days people are working from home and doing multiple tasks so they use the second monitor. The second monitor could be attaching directly to a laptop, desktop, tablet, or wirelessly. Some devices have built-in options some you have to use an adaptor, converter, or external docking station. Here are some options and settings to help you extend your screen to the second monitor.
Types of connections:
VGA, HDMI, DVI, min HDMI, micro HDMI, Type-C you can do a search on the specific type to get a picture if you don’t know what these are. There are so many others but these are common.
On Windows 10 computer:
Once you have your second screen connected or ready to connect if using wirelessly.
Click Notification icon near the bottom clock Then click on Project Click on Extend (if using a wireless click on Connect to a wireless display) you should see now both screen
on Windows 10 Connecting to Wireless display
Click Notification icon near the bottom clock Then click on Project Click on Connect to a wireless display It will give you options to choose your wireless display, some have code you need to enter some devices just connects. then you should see both screens
Some settings you should know:
Display resolution, higher the resolution clear the image, but texts and windows will get smaller. You can also use Scale (zoom) some apps may not display correctly. Every display has it’s own settings you can change that works for you, just look around for options.
If you need to change the way the arrow mouses from one screen to another, you can just rearrange the displays and so your mouse pointer moves the monitor way you have physically. If you don’t know you can click on Identify it will display 1 and 2.
If you need to make the second monitor as primary, so any application you open will open by default on the second monitor.
Select second monitor then under Multiple displays, check the box Make this my main display
That’s it, there are so many other settings you can look around to find what works for you, also based on the selection and type of device you will see more options.
