Also, how to log on without activating Windows 🙂 Ghosted a machine to a new harddrive today, as the old one was failing. Windows activation pops up on the first boot, as is to be expected, but when I clicked “Activate”, nothing happened. The activation wizard simply wouldn’t continue. And of course I couldn’t get […]
So the installer says something like: Setup has experienced an error. Please do the following: – Close any running programs – Empty your temporary folder – Check your Internet connection (Internet-based Setups) Then try to run the Setup again. Error code: -6003 What do you do to solve this? Why, erase any folder with a […]
The ultimate .bat-file for completely resetting and fixing all sorts of stupid Windows Update errors. Stuff the following into a .bat-file and run it regsvr32 /u softpub.dll /s regsvr32 /u wintrust.dll /s regsvr32 /u initpki.dll /s regsvr32 /u dssenh.dll /s regsvr32 /u rsaenh.dll /s regsvr32 /u gpkcsp.dll /s regsvr32 /u sccbase.dll /s regsvr32 /u slbcsp.dll […]
Things to try. Remove the AUtrans.xml file from the Documents and Settings\ [user name] \Application Data\Adobe\Updater folder. Remove the Adobe Updater.exe key from the registry if it exists. Remove the Adobe Updater.exe key: Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Select the AdobeUpdater.exe key (if it exists), and then choose Edit -> Delete. Click Yes in the Confirm Key […]
debian-archive-keyring up to date? still get the error? here’s a tip: try without a transparent proxy (i had to flush the cache on mine)
On a few systems, I’ve noticed CIFS mounts have a tendency to lock up the system when transferring large files, or a shitload of small ones in quick succession. When this happens, the system may or may not completely lock up, and lines like these will appear in your syslog: Aug 1 22:58:16 dreadnought kernel: […]
On my Mac Mini, the hardware clock was seriously screwed up under Debian. The clock would set itself 1 hour back for each boot and cause all kinds of strange issues with cron when corrected. A small fix will remedy this situation. sudo vim /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh change ‘HWCLOCKPARS=‘ to ‘HWCLOCKPARS=”–directisa”‘ (note: that’s two dashes before directisa, […]
If you convert a virtual machine which has Microsoft’s “Virtual Machine Additions” installed to a VMWare-compatible virtual machine using VMWare converter or a similar program and then proceed to install VMWare tools to optimize the virtual machine for its new environment, you will quickly find your mouse isn’t all that willing to move anymore. Either […]