Dell RAID Storport Driver version is out of date 5.2.3790.4173

On a Dell server running Microsoft Windows Server  2003 and Dell RAID with the latest Dell updates you may see a warning about: “Driver version is out of date.” – Firmware Version 5B2D Driver Version 6.46.2.32 Storport Driver Version 5.2.3790.4021 Minimum Required Storport Driver Version 5.2.3790.4173 – This warning is dues to the Microsoft StorPort … Read more

Windows XP End of Life (EOL) Retirement Dates

Microsoft Windows XP End of Life and Retirement Dates.     Products Released General Availability Date Mainstream Support Retired Extended Support Retired Service Pack Retired Notes Windows XP Home Edition 31/12/2001 14/04/2009 8/4/2014 30/08/2005   Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 28/10/2002 14/04/2009 8/4/2014 30/08/2005   Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 27/10/2003 14/04/2009 8/4/2014 … Read more

Skype on Windows Mobile HTC cannot hear others

Using Skype, if you can make calls and others can hear you but you cannot hear them, check if your phone is on silent of vibrate.   Skype seems to use the same volume as playing MP3 or the ringing.   Turning up the volume fixed it for me after driving me crazy for almost … Read more

Cannot start Hyper-V virtual machines on Windows Server 2008 R2 after Reboot

We have found a really annoying and recurring problem on some of our Windows 2008 R2 servers.     The Hyper-V virtual machines will not start after a reboot. You cannot create or mount virtual drives in Disk Management.     The problem seems to randomly appear after a reboot. The problem also appears to be … Read more

How to get 7-Zip to save its File Associations in Windows 7 and Server 2008

How to get the file associations to work with 7-zip in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.       I have been asked a lot of questions about how to get the file associations to work with 7-zip in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.   The problem is you can go into the … Read more

How to get Windows to save password for Outlook Anywhere

NTLM authentication     If your account is configured to use NTLM authentication and you are still prompted for your user name and password when you are logged on as the Windows account that has access to your Exchange mailbox, you must set the LmCompatibilityLevel on your client to a value of 2 or 3. … Read more