You may get the Error Connecting Network Registry dialog. This is because the Remote Registry service is stopped by default. The startup type is Manual. This setting leads to the following error when you try to connect to the registry…
In many of my blog posts (also at other websites) you’re instructed to run programs or applications as an administrator. This hint is crucial when trying to solve an issue, because it gives you additional permissions to complete the actual…
On a Windows 10 machine, you may encounter Event ID 10016 in your eventlog: Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM Event ID: 10016 Level: Error User: SYSTEM Description: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with…
Yesterday this error popped up while starting my Windows 10 pc: Something wrong when loading the DC_WFF.dll (TWCU) and after that: The module “dc_wff.dll” failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it…
One kind of hidden feature in Windows 10 is the possibility to play audio on multiple devices at the same time. For example to play music on your speakers and on your bluetooth headphone. To do so, you need to…
Another day in my demo environment… I got this error when trying to open some tabs in the user properties of Active Directory Could not load Remote Desktop Services properties for this user because: Access is Denied The error popped…
Since Windows 10 1803 was released, many international Windows 10 users are annoyed with error 33 in their eventlog. At this moment, there’s no fix for this error. However, it doesn’t seem to cause any harm either. If you DO…
One of the annoying default settings in Word 2016 (but also in previous versions) is the intro screen when starting. It takes an additional click to start a blank page. To set Word to start with a blank document, you…
To add a user to a specific role in Exchange Online an easy way to do this is to use the Office365 GUI. However, this is by far not a fast way. Especially when adding and removing users to and…
Mailboxes in Exchange Online can’t be set as hidden in the address book, while having DirSync / ADConnect enabled to sync your on premises AD objects. In fact, when trying to do so in the Exchange Online web interface, the…