252 posts tagged with "Windows"

As most MMORG out these days; Wildstar allows addons.

1. The first and easiest way is to use the Curse Gaming Client to install addons.
2. The second is to download the addons and extract the ZIP file to: %appdata%/NCSOFT/Wildstar/Addons

Note: If the Addons folder does not exist – you will need to create it.

Having multiple mailboxes and calendars can be hard to manage – especially when meeting requests don’t automatically accept themselves.

Using a quick powershell cmdlet from the Exchange Management Shell you can quickly set a calender to AutoAccept meeting requests

Set-MailboxCalendarSettings "mailbox name" -AutomateProcessing AutoAccept

Note: Remember to run the Management Shell as Administrator.

Without any bootable media – such as the Windows 8 CD. You have to reset the Surface RT at the operating system level.

1. Attach your keyboard cover
2. Power on your Surface
3. Press and hold the Left Shift key at the logon screen
4. Press the Power icon
5. Press Restart
6. Your surface should boot to a light blue screen with some options on it.
7. Click on Troubleshoot
8. Click on Reset your PC
9. Follow the prompts.

Unfortunately ASUS hasn’t released driver updates for the Rampage 3 Black edition for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 and although the on-board Realtek chipset drivers are available through Windows Update – one of the selling points of this motherboard combo was the Thunderboard audio interface!

Note: Tested in Windows 8.1 64 bit.

1. First you need to download the Windows 7 thunderbolt drivers – “here“
2. Download and extract the drivers to a folder
3. Press the Windows Key + Pause/Break at the same time to open up your computers System properties
4. Click Device Manager on the left hand menu (you need full Administrator rights)
5. Navigate down to the Thunderbolt device – it should have an exclamation on it to indicate driver problems – Right click and select Update Driver Software
6. Select Browse my computer for driver software
7. Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer and click Next
8. Navigate down to Sound Devices and click next
9. Click Have Disk and navigate to the extracted driver path and select “USBUAA.inf” and click Next
10. Select USB device in the Model window and select Next to force Windows 8 to install the Windows 7 Thunderbolt audio driver
11. Once installed – restart your computer and you should now have Thunderbolt audio.

Windows 8 (and Windows 8.1) – allows for RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) just like the previous versions of Windows for remote management of Server 2012 – however you need to reveal or show it.

By default however – this is hidden from the Metro Title menu and you have to enable it – follow the quick guide below to show the Administrative Tools in Windows 8.

1. Open the Start screen.
2. Hit Windows Key + C to bring up the charms bar.
3. Click Settings on the right charms bar.
4. Click Tiles.
5. Click the Show Administrative Tools