Thursday, January 3, 2019

Brother HL-3170CDW still says toner needs replacement after it is already replaced

Problem:

When dealing with the Brother HL-3170CDW printer, after replacing the toner cartridge you may get an error saying that the toner still needs to be replaced.


Solution:

    1.Open the top lid of the printer and leave ajar.
    2.Press and hold the “Secure” and “X Cancel” buttons.
    3.Use the arrow keys to select the cartridge model you would like to reset and press “OK”.
    4.Press the UP arrow to reset the cartridge.
    5.Once reset is selected you will see “ACCEPTED” on the screen.
    6.After you perform the reset for the needed cartridges just close the printer lid and hit “X              Cancel” to exit back to the main menu.  DONE!

From time to time I also use the cartridge sliders to clean the wires and preventative maintenance to keep the printer running in good shape.

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

How to get your machine serial number without looking on the bottom of your device

Open Command Prompt by pressing the Windows key on your keyboard and tapping the letter X. Then select Command Prompt (Admin). Type the command: WMIC BIOS GET SERIALNUMBER, then press enter. If your serial number is coded into your bios it will appear here on the screen.

Virtual Machine gives error opening in Windows 10

Problem:

When opening a Virtual Machine I get the following error:

Raw-mode is unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V. (VERR_SUPDRV_NO_RAW_MODE_HYPER_V_ROOT).

Solution:

Open a command prompt and put in:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

Open powershell and put in:

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All