Fixes an issue in which an attached eSATA drive is treated as a fixed data drive for BitLocker Drive Encryption service. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Summary. This step-by-step article describes how to force Windows to use a standard VGA mode driver that is included with Windows. This procedure is useful in the following scenario. If you install Windows on a computer that is using an unsupported video adapter, Windows Setup installs a standard VGA mode driver.

Problem description. Assume that you want to prevent users from connecting to a USB storage device that is connected to a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows 2000. This article discusses two methods that you can use to do this.

To run the Bootrec.exe tool, first start the Windows RE: Put the Windows Vista or Windows 7 media in the DVD drive, and then start the computer. Press a key when you are prompted. Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard, or an input method, and then click Next. Click Repair your computer. Select the operating system that you want to ...

This update includes a fix for an incorrect device driver (“Microsoft – WPD – 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - 5.2.5326.4762”) that was released by a third-party on March 8, 2017 that affected a small group of users with USB connected phones or other media devices that rely on Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).

Symptoms. Consider the following scenario: You install the Remote Desktop Session Host role service on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2. You enable and then apply the Configure keep-alive connection interval Group Policy setting in the following path in a Group Policy Object (GPO):

Double-tap or double-click the drive that Windows is installed on (typically, the C: drive). Double-tap or double-click the Windows.old folder. Double-tap or double-click the Users folder. Double-tap or double-click your user name. Open the folders that contain the files you want to retrieve. Copy and paste the files that you want from each ...

Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 2020. We recommend you move to a Windows 11 PC to continue to receive security updates from Microsoft. Learn more. The System Recovery Options menu contains several tools, such as Startup Repair, that can help you recover Windows from a serious error.

Resolving stop (blue screen) errors in Windows 7. Windows 7. Stop errors (also sometimes called blue screen or black screen errors) can occur if a serious problem causes Windows 7 to shut down or restart unexpectedly. These errors can be caused by both hardware and software issues, and it can be difficult to troubleshoot the problem.

Symptoms. Run-time error '-2147217900 (80040e14)': [Microsoft] [ODBC SQL Server Driver] [SQL Server]The query uses non-ANSI outer join operators ("*=" or "=*"). To run this query without modification, please set the compatibility level for current database to 80 or lower, using stored procedure sp_dbcmptlevel.