Recent content by pkley

Nobody else experiences this problem? I think it's related to the Network Location Awareness service and it's trying to discover if it's been connected to this network before. The problem is if it's not a DHCP connection it just locks me out while it attempts everything...Flipping ANNOYING!

Every time I plug in my NIC card Windows blocks all attempts to change the IP address, claiming it's "busy". I can switch from a static IP profile to DHCP with NetSetMan no problem, but not vice versa, having to wait until after Windows has given up trying to get a DHCP address or something...

Are you certain you are STILL an administrator? My account glitched and was restricted to Guest. I was able to get into safe mode by pressing F8 during boot, then log out and log into the built-in administrator account. At that point, my account was not listed in the User Accounts, nor could I...

Wow, someone else with the same problem! Something very similar just happened to me, although mine isn't as extreme as yours. I do have access to my documents, but little else - access denied. I was able to determine that somehow my only account has been switched to a Guest Account and I...