There was a problem connecting to the Web Disk service. Please make sure ports 2078 (SSL) and 2077 are not firewalled.

 

 This is a very frequent error.

WebDAV is an extension of Hypertext Transfer Protocol   (HTTP), and includes the use of Basic authentication. Basic authentication is   one form of user authentication where a user is identified to the server. When   the server is configured to use Basic authentication, the client computer   transmits the users' credentials to the server. If the channel is not   encrypted, such as in typical HTTP traffic, a malicious user on another   computer on the network can possibly intercept the user name and password of   that user. Since a user's credentials can be possibly compromised if they are sent in clear text, Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 include functionality that permits you to control the use of Basic authentication by the DAV redirector. The DAV redirector prior to Windows Vista does not support encrypted HTTP, such as HTTPS or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) resulting in the transmission of the users' credentials without encryption if the server supports Basic authentication. Beginning with Windows Vista the DAV redirector supports SSL and by default disables the use of Basic authentication without SSL enabled. By default, Basic   authentication is disabled in Windows Vista and in  Windows XP SP2. When Basic authentication is   disabled, either the client computer uses a different authentication method (if   the server supports a different authentication method), or the request fails.   For more information about Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, visit the   following Microsoft Web site:

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For some bizarre reason, after more than 20 years of existence, Microsoft Excel doesn't allow you to open two workbooks in separate windows.

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Zip Folders (or Compressed Folders) is a feature in Windows Explorer that makes ZIP archives act like folders for easy retrieval of contents. However, this behavior is rather annoying for many, including me, so one of the first things I do upon a fresh install of Windows is to disable the zip folders functionality.

Let’s take a look at how to disable and also re-enable zip folders in Windows 7, Vista, and XP. In XP, all it takes is a quick command line statement. Vista and 7 require editing the registry, although additional protections make it more of a hassle in Windows 7.

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Fixing the "BOOTMGR is missing" error isn't too hard; here's how.

The day before yesterday I was testing out a program with several system utilities built in. One of its components left my computer in a bit of a mess – no icons anywhere and other assorted woes. I had set a system restore point before I ran the program, so I thought I’d do a system restore. System restore gave me a message that it couldn’t restore my files. I decided to restore a disc image I had made a short while back. When I booted up the computer I got a message: BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart I stared at it the white letters on the black background for a few minutes, while the cursor blinked back at me. After some searching (on another computer) I had some solutions. Barring any hardware errors, here’s how to fix that error:

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Get quick access to Windows Vista/7 configuration options

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Every now and then we need to reinstall Windows, and let's face it, while it may include some applications, there are a lot of gems out there that improve your experience of working on the computer.

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