Use your remote from iTunes even while minimized
Makes your multimedia keyboard buttons work with iTunes when the program isn’t currently in focus, or is minimised.
Categories: iTunes Tags: dll, Download, HP, itunes, keyboard shortcuts, OS, problem, remote, START, Window, WINDOWS
What’s old is new again
Yesterday, Microsoft put out an advisory to a security vulnerability specific to the Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows 7 RC operating systems. No other Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 RTM are impacted.
Categories: Windows Tags: acronym, age, Alert, application, are, as, attack, attacker, attackers, attempts, back in the day, Blocking, Blogs, broadband, bsod, can, color, comp, complete control, computer, computer users, data, disclosure, Find, fire, Firewall, FREE, fun, gem, Great, holy cow, Internet, mail, malicious attackers, Micro, microsoft, Old, oversight, ports, print, quality updates, Read, REG, registry, resolutions, rtm, Security, security vulnerabilities, security vulnerability, sp2, START, system, test, the, title, Updates, use, Vista, vulnerabilities, Window, WINDOWS, windows operating system, windows operating systems, windows server, word, you
Task Manager has been Disabled by your Administrator
I, for one, hate when I see this message. It usually gives me a huge hint that whatever system I am working on has some sort of nasty malware that will keep me busy for a bit.
Categories: Windows Tags: anti malware, copy and paste, gpedit, group policy editor, hand pane, microsoft windows, msc, paste works, professional version, reg dword, registry key, removing malware, running processes, running programs, task manager has been disabled by your administrator
Program Not Responding — What Now?
As Windows users we have many little quirks that we learn to tolerate. One that seems to irritate the heck out of quite a few people is the "Program Not Responding".
Categories: Windows Tags: application, eq, fi, Frozen, HaxAttack, heck, Home, Lifehacker, people, program, program not responding, quirks, Quotes, reason, taskkill, vista program, windows users, windows xp
Adobe Acrobat/Reader Error
I have another error that has come from real world experience. I had a customer that was running Vista with Adobe Acrobat Pro 8.1 (fully updated) and Acrobat Reader 9.1 (fully updated) that was unable to open PDF’s from either email or a web page. Every time it was tried, the following error was generated:
Categories: Acrobat Tags: acrobat reader version, adobe acrobat reader, adobe programs, adobe reader, cryptic error, Email, Files, internet explorer settings, PDF, pdf files, verge, View, web browser, world experience
Faulting application WINWORD.EXE faulting module mso.dll
If that title didn't get your attention I don't know what will. That is part of the error log I used today to repair a Microsoft Word 2007 error.
Categories: Office Tags: computer copy, dll, Faulting application WINWORD.EXE, faulting module mso.dll, handy application, microsoft, microsoft office word, microsoft word, mso, mso dll, network share, registry entries, root cause, two computers, word options
Vista Update Error 0×80070424 — Fix
I am not sure how many Vista users there are out there, but I have it installed on my work laptop. So far I have not been unhappy with the OS, but there are some things I am not all that excited about. But, the point of this post has noting to do with that.
Categories: Vista Tags: cmd, command prompt, dll, dos prompt, error error, perseverance, REGSVR, security alert, SoftwareDistribution, softwaredistribution folder, update error, Vista, WINDOWS, wuauserv, yesterday afternoon
