If you are running Windows 8.1 and the latest Avast antivirus, you may have noticed problems with your computer this week after installing the latest Windows Updates. I was running the Avast 2015 Free at the latest version, 10.0.2208, on Windows 8.1. After installing Windows Updates KB3014442 and KB3000850, my computer was slow and unresponsive for certain tasks: Restarting … [Read more...]
Office 365 Admin keeps asking for phone number and alternative email
Every time I sign into Office 365 with my admin account, I am taken to a "Don't lose access to your account" screen. I enter my cell number and a personal email address (because it can't be an Office 365 account at all) and click Save and continue. I will receive an email confirming that my alternate email address has changed but the next time I log in with my O365 admin … [Read more...]
Reversing image burn-in on an iMac
Earlier this week, I ran into an issue copying Adobe Creative Cloud package files from my iMac to a server share. The copying process ended halfway through with an error -36 "The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in (filename) can't be read or written." I rebuilt the package, in case it was corrupted, which were several GB in size. I let the copy process … [Read more...]
How to disable YouTube’s new autoplay suggested videos
About a week or two ago, I was watching a video on YouTube and I was also hoping to share it with some friends but it annoyingly switched to some other video near the end of it. I looked at the URL to confirm that I was not in a playlist, just a regular stand-alone video. Apparently YouTube has made the decision to turn everything into auto-play by default by playing one of the … [Read more...]
Stop 0x50 BSoDs for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 following August updates
Via Microsoft's Community forums, there are a number of reports that people are experiencing the blue screen of death with a Stop 0x50 error following the install of August's Windows Updates. The August updates were where Microsoft said they were going to incorporate Windows 8.1 Update 2 into the regular updates but this error is also affecting Windows 7 with reports of Windows … [Read more...]