Symptoms
When trying to install a shared network printer in Windows Vista, you get an error which states:
Windows cannot connect to the printer.
The specified print monitor is unknown.
The Cause
This is a bug in Vista. If you disable the UAC, Vista is seemingly unable to add a network printer.
The Fix
To fix this, you’ll need to install a … Read more »
Problem
Vista Crashes (Blue Screens) with an error message mentioning yk60x86.sys.
Solution
We’ve got a bunch of Sony Vaio VGN-SZ5MN laptops at work and a lot of them are blue screening (BSOD) as soon as you plug in the Ethernet cable. If that’s not enough of a clue (hehe), the problem is the Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller driver. … Read more »
Problem: After installing Hardware drivers from Windows Update I found my W3V would not boot up from a hibernated state. The progress bar appears to finish, but windows never loads the GUI.
Solution: Turns out, the LAN drivers Windows Update installs mess with the power management features on the W3V, preventing it from successfully booting from … Read more »
Problem: After installing Hardware drivers from Windows Update I found my W3V would not boot up from a hibernated state. The progress bar appears to finish, but windows never loads the GUI.
Solution: Turns out, the LAN drivers Windows Update installs mess with the power management features on the W3V, preventing it from successfully booting from … Read more »
The Creative’s Nomad Jukebox Zen NX and Xtra supposedly only support 98SE/ME/2000/XP, but it’s still possible to transfer files to your Nomad with Windows 98 First Edition.
Phil is an IT Professional working in Cambridge, England. He generally blogs about Storage and Virtualisation and IT strategy.
