TheOfficeCubicle
Repository of stupid computers errors that I deal with on a daily basis…

Are you tired of seeing these annoying print notifications in Windows XP?

Here’s how to stop them!

Start
Printers and Faxes
File
Server Properties
Advanced tab

Uncheck Show informational notifications for local printers
Uncheck Show informational notifications for network printers
Click Apply
Click Ok

Harold – http://theofficecubicle.com

Have you ever tried doing a NET SEND to an XP machine and it didn’t work?  That XP machine might have Service Pack 2 installed.  My default, the messeneger service is disabled on XP Service Pack 2.

Do the following to enable the messenger service:

Start button
Run
Type services.msc
Scroll down to the Messenger service
Right-click and select Start

If you [...]

Have you ever tried to RDP to a Windows server and received the message “Terminal server has exceeded maximum number of allowed connection”?  This is because by default you can only have a max of 2 concurrent connections…BUT…there is a little known feature that allows you to logon using the console session.

 Here’s how:

Open the command prompt (Start->Run->type [...]