File Pathname character limitations in Windows

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!When you copy files from one location to other in Windows, you might have seen the errors like “File name too long to copy” with those wonderful useless options SKIP or CANCEL.
This is because of the limit on the [...]

Protocol error in Windows 7 RDP connection

Sometimes when you try to start a Remote Desktop Session (RDP) from your Windows 7 computer you may end up with the following error:
“Because of a protocol error, this session will be disconnected. please try connecting to the remote computer again”
You may find that you can connect to this system from a Windows Vista or [...]

Error 651 with PPPoE connections in Windows 7

In windows 7, when you try to connect using your PPPoE connections, you may be faced with the following error:
Error 651: The Modem (or other connecting device) has reported an error.
These connections would work just fine with Windows XP or Windows Vista PCs.

Unable to access network resources on non-Windows 7 systems from Windows 7 PC

When you connect your Windows 7 system to network of systems like Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista, you may be able to see these network systems on the network but not able to connect and access resources even if you enter the appropriate username and passwords or have proper access rights (if [...]

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) released and available for download

This is news for those who are not aware of the fact that the new flagship Internet Explorer 8 has been quitely released by Microsoft. It comes as a surprise to me that Microsoft has decided to go quite this time with the release of its new Internet Explorer 8 version given the fact that [...]