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Access is Denied, Unable to remove device | Printer (redirected 1)
In Organization, The printers are published in Printer server and push them via active Directory. Some cases the printers may have marked as redirected 1 and doesnt let you remove them. Even though if you are trying from administrator account, will get the response “Access is Denied, Unable to remove device”
Use the following steps to resolve this issue.
1. Stop the Printer spooler service by either command or services console.
Command : net stop spooler
2. Open the Registry Editor and navigate to below location.
Microsoft Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers Microsoft Registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections 1 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections3. Delete the entries of troubled printer.
4. Start the printer spooler More >

SSL version 3.0 is no longer secure | The POODLE Attack | How to disable SSL version 3.0 in windows
Google discovered a critical flaw in SSLv3 and its vulnerability, known as “POODLE”, which can allow an attacker to extract secret information from inside of an encrypted transaction. SSLv3 is an old version of the security system that underlies secure Web transactions and is known as the “Secure Sockets Layer” (SSL).
How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability? In a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, an attacker could downgrade an encrypted TLS session forcing clients to use SSL 3.0 and then force the browser to execute malicious code. This code sends several requests to a target HTTPS website, where cookies are sent automatically if More >

How to delete recovery partition in Windows 8
The Laptop or desktop comes with per-loaded OS which has OS recovery partition where the recovery files have saved. If the user wants delete that partition in disk management utility, then the delete option is not available.
Here is the tutorial show you how to delete the recovery partition where the delete option is not available in disk management utility. This can be achieved by Disk Part tool. Please perform the following steps:
1. Open a command prompt as administrator.
2. Run Diskpart application by typing Diskpart in the command prompt.
3. In the “Diskpart” prompt, Type in list disk and press Enter key to show all More >

Group Policy error | RPC Server is unavailable.
When you attempt to connect to another domain computer using the GP Results Wizard. It fails with following error :
Failed to connect to Domain\Computer due to the error listed below. Ensure that the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service is enable on the target computer and consult the event log of the target computer for further details. Refer below image. Details: The RPC server is unavailable.
RPC uses port 135 and 445. Firewall blocking the RPC traffic. So we have to enable the Remote Administration Firewall Rule.
Windows XP / Windows Server 2003For Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 uses following command at the system prompt:
netsh More >
How to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft periodically launches Internet Explorer, which has added features, improved performance, security and so on but some industry are not ready to accept those changes. IE upgrade not suitable for some business environment. Microsoft released blocker toolkit to prevent IE upgrade via Automatic update. Available in download center an easy solution to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 11 via Windows Update.
For computers running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the Blocker Toolkit prevents the machine from receiving Internet Explorer 11 via Automatic Updates on the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites. The Blocker Toolkit will not prevent users More >
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