I had a problem of every time I wanted to log off, restart, or shut down a particular computer, it was hanging for a long time and would eventually proceed after crashing a process. The pesky process that was holding it up was called: Cardreaderlookupwindow. As if that wasn't cryptic enough, the blame actually comes to Adobe Photo Downloader. You might have noticed a little … [Read more...]
How to Add Virtual Machines in Server 2008’s Hyper-V
If you're running Windows Server 2008, there's a cool feature that you might not be taking advantage of yet. Microsoft's answer to VMware's success is it's own hypervisor for virtual machines called Hyper-V. Hyper-V is included in Server 08, but you'll want to run Windows Update before you install the role as there is a much improved version over the beta version that shipped … [Read more...]
Session Manager extension: Prevent Data Loss in Firefox
If you've ever been writing up a long e-mail, forum post, or anything else that doesn't save automatically in your browser and had Firefox crash or your computer shut down, you know how infuriating it can be to lose the time and words that you've already written. While Firefox crashes are far and few between, it's better to be safe than sorry when it comes to these things. … [Read more...]
Deploying Java through Group Policy and Java RE Improvements
To push Java out through a Group Policy, you'll need to get the installation as an .msi. Fortunately, the installer that you can download from Java is an executable wrapped around a .msi. We'll be able to use this to deploy the software. Tip: Download the Java RE from java.sun.com instead of java.com to get the package without the Yahoo! Toolbar. The installer from … [Read more...]
SOLVED: “This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked.”
Updated May 22, 2017 If you're getting a message at the bottom of Word 2007, Word 2010, or other products in the Office suite whenever you try to change the document saying "This modifications is not allowed because the selection is locked.", this article should answer your question 'why' and tell you how to make your document editable again. There are four possible … [Read more...]