Visio Viewer 2016 Not Working On Windows 7

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Recently I have been troubleshooting an issue I had with Visio Viewer 2016 on Windows 7. The application appears to install just fine, all Visio drawing files appears with the correct icons and is now associated with Internet Explorer. But once you open the file, the plugin or viewer does not load in Internet Explorer.

Note : This was tested on Windows 7, but it applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 as well. It is in fact where I first encountered the error

Automatic Shutdown If No One Logs In

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Ok, here is my situation.

Once I’m done using my home PC for the day, I shutdown my Windows 10 PC as I normally would from the Start menu. The next morning, while I’m away at work, my son comes along, presses a few keys on my keyboard, and my PC switches on back to life. My PC remains on for the whole day until I come back home from work.

Sounds familiar? Well, that is what I faced, and I was looking for an automated solution: once my PC turns on, wait for several minutes, then check if someone is logged in. If no one is logged in, shutdown the PC. And here is what I finally ended up with.

I wanted something which will work and log what happens as well. And being that PowerShell is sort of the “replacement” of VBS and CMD files, this would be in PowerShell as well.

First things first, how do i detect if someone is logged in to the machine? Turns out, this can be quite complicated. The first Google link I found was on the Spiceworks Forum. That did not work. Then I tried a few more links. All seemed far too complicated, although it would eventually work. I think.

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Visio Viewer 2016 Not Working On Windows 7

Automatic Shutdown If No One Logs In