How to fix “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed”, without rejoining the domain! I have tried the suggestions previously when I first heard about it and for the life of me it just wouldn’t work. I thought I was typing it wrong, until I found the problem I was having …
Now that spring has finally arrived, it’s a good reminder to think about spring cleaning. Not just the house, but about your computers. Whether it’s for business or just personal use, we use our computers for just about everything imaginable, and so they are huge targets for hackers to find lots of juicy information or …
People are buying into the idea that thinner and lighter is better. Sure light weight helps when you’re carrying around a notebook/laptop all day, however to make it lighter you are giving up a few features such as now having a smaller screen, smaller battery, no DVD drive, and a thin screen. So you’re probably …
According to Microsoft, Windows Live Essentials Mail program has discontinued support on January 10, 2017. If you have the program installed already, you can continue using it, however if you format your hard drive you will not be able to download it to reinstall. It has become a security threat now, the longer you keep …
I’ve noticed this after a few phone calls from clients where programs (Specifically anti-virus) just disappeared on it’s own. It seems this has been happening after major Windows updates are done in Windows 10. Windows 10 is different from all the previous versions of Windows as it has two ways of doing updates. Regular Windows updates …
This checklist we created and provide at TwinBytes to all our customers requesting a new computer. We update the list as things change over time. Use this as a guideline to help you make sure you don’t forget a certain feature you might need in your new computer and avoid costly surprises having to go through …
First off, if you don’t know what it means, SSD stands for Solid State Drive. The biggest bottleneck in any computer these days is your hard drive. We have fast CPU’s, lots of RAM, and the other technical terms you might not understand are all increased. But hard drives still spin at a maximum 7,200 RPM …
NOTE: This is an old set of instruction from AVG. Now Avast bought out AVG so please see here for new instructions This article was written specifically for our clients that use AVG CloudCare managed virus protection which has a firewall built in. As of this article, we can not remotely managed your firewall settings, …
This kb article from Microsoft kb 2199226 shows exactly why it is important to save your important Outlook contacts in your address book properly rather than just rely on the false pretense that they are safe in the autocomplete forever. They are temporary, not permanent and if you read the kb article carefully you’ll see …
If you have upgraded to Windows 10 there’s something you might want to consider adjusting right away to avoid potential problems and reboots at inappropriate times. There are three settings all in the same place which you want to make as per the image below. Change the first option from “Automatic (Recommended)” to “Notify to …
