Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.185 was released on Monday. The program has a bug in it that means the previous version of the Flash Player does not seem to be uninstalled with the installation of the new version on Windows. From the Control Panel, Programs and Features, you can see both versions sitting right next to each other. A thread on Adobe's forums brought the issue to … [Read more...]
Office 2016 for Windows has arrived
For Office 365 ProPlus customers, Office 2016 for Windows arrives today as an update. Volume license customers using the traditional Office 2016 software, will have to wait until October 1st for the software to become available. Office 2016 for Windows brings a lot of modern features to Microsoft's productivity suite with an emphasis on collaboration. Office 2016 for Windows … [Read more...]
AVG will collect free antivirus users’ info to turn a profit
AVG introduced their new Privacy Policy last week. This change has been touted since March by their CEO as a new one-page Privacy Policy, that they believe should be the industry standard for transparency. The new Privacy Policy takes effect on October 15, 2015. In the new version and with its transparency, you can see that AVG will collect non-personal information from the … [Read more...]
Hide the taskbar and Start button at Startup
I have been working recently with a client using specialized software that stretches across 4 monitors in a 2x2 grid. The operating system is Windows 7 and the primary monitor needs to be the top-left. The problem is that the Windows Start button and Taskbar floats on top of this software. The 'always on top' nature of the Taskbar was undermining the main software. Taskbar … [Read more...]
How to install an older version of Adobe Flash Player
Given the frequent updates and security vulnerabilities with Adobe Flash Player, I would always recommend running the latest version of Flash Player. However, there is the rare instance where you need to test something out. Such was the case recently with a client. A web-based application that they use for monitoring had stopped working recently and one of the applications that … [Read more...]