I had an end user that wanted to install their home printer drivers on their office laptop.  I took remote control of their PC, but to my chagrin the user lacked admin rights to install the printer.  Here's how to launch the add printer wizard using your (admin) credentials.

* Open a command prompt with your credentials (Run As).
* Run this command:

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /il

The printer wizard will open with your credentials, saving you from having to log off.

PROBLEM
You install the Citrix Receiver, and you get this annoying setup window each time you start your PC.  You never really configure the client because you only use the web client.

SOLUTION
Open "Command Prompt" as Administrator (right-click, run as Administrator) and run this command:

REG ADD "HKLM\Software\Policies\Citrix" /f /v "EnableX1FTU" /t REG_DWORD /d "0"

If IT geek-dom were a crime, I'd be on death row by now.  Fortunately, it is not; so I continue my dorky IT pursuits--the latest of which is finding a VPS cloud server provider that offers a Japan datacenter location.  Let's see what we come up with...

Read more: The Hunt for the Ultimate VPS Cloud Servers in Japan

PROBLEM
You open Outlook and find that your categories are missing.

SOLUTION
1) Drop to a command line.
2) Run outlook.exe with the "remigratecategories" option.

outlook.exe /remigratecategories

This Outlook startup option will re-pull your categories from your master category list.

I upgraded to MacOS El Capitan and to my chagrin my Kingston USB drive no longer works.  I get some stupid "Unable to start DTXX application" or "ERR_COULD_NOT_START" error.  Luckily, there's a solution--you simply have to upgrade the USB drive firmware using a Windows PC.  Please see this and look closely at the FAQ section: http://www.kingston.com/us/support/technical/products?model=DTLPG3

Unfortunately, one my my older Kingston USB stick models is not listed, so now I have a useless brick on my hands.  I contacted Kingston support, but they ignored me.  Great.  (That was sarcasm by the way).