Category: Technology

Over the last couple of weeks my laptop screen has been dim, hard to see.  Maybe because I was growing old…..

Or maybe I needed to restart the graphics driver:

Windows key + Ctrl + Shift + B

Worked like a charm.

Update 12.8.18:   Installed this game for nostalgia’s sake on a Windows 10 laptop.  Same issue, Same fix.

Originally published 2.22.15:

I purchased the Amazing Spider-Man in a Steam flash sale. The next weekend when I attempted to launch it, the game told me I didn’t have enough memory.  The solution:  – go into Steam/steamapps/common/The Amazing Spider-Man and delete the VideoDetection.dll file.   The game runs fine after that.  Not a bad game, the music is very New Marvel and gets on my nerves.

(Like many of my technology postings, this is really here for my own notes on problems I run into, the solutions I try and what works when. They are updated as I learn.)

To disable multi-process Firefox, do the following

Type about:config in the browser’s address bar.

Confirm that you will be careful.

Search for browser.tabs.remote.autostart.

Double-click on the preference. It should change from true to false. Restart the browser.

(Like many of my technology postings, this is really here for my own notes on problems I run into, the solutions I try and what works when. They are updated as I learn.)

EDIT:  5.25.18:  Yeah, it was CASSIE all along.

EDIT 6.27.17:   This solution does not work.  Onward…

 

Once upon a time, at my job we were encouraged to use a program called Update Freezer for the public use computers.  The program was simple enough, install it and turn it on and you could disable the updates for all the major programs (Adobe, Chrome, Firefox, Apple, Windows) .  It worked well enough but honestly I didn’t find it any quicker or easier than manually updating the computers.

As Windows 10 came along, we abandoned Update Freezer but not entirely it seems.  Enough of the remnants of the program remained to cause future updating problems.

The biggest problem was Firefox.  Every time a patron tried to open Firefox, they were asked if they want to import settings from another browser.  The Search Engine, Home page and History rules would never stay.  Now re-installing Update Freezer, enabling all the updates and uninstalling Update Freezer, sometimes more than once, fixed everything else. Firefox would not play nice.  I tried uninstalling Firefox with Revo Uninstaller and re-installing it but the same problems occured.

Turns out there is a Javascript in the Firefox installation that needed to be gotten rid of.  One would think that a Revo Uninstallation would take care of that.  So after re-installing, click on the menu icon and then Help.  In the first section, click Open Folder.  Find any Javascripts with the words perfs in it.  Delete them.  Restart Firefox.  Firefox will rebuild that perfs script and you can customize away.

(Like many of my technology postings, this is really here for my own notes on problems I run into, the solutions I try and what works when. They are updated as I learn.)

• Open the Keychain Access app.
• Select "System Roots" keychain.
• Search for the issuing certificate authority.
• View the certificate details (double click, expand the "Trust" area of the view window).
• In my case, the trust rule was: "When using this certificate, ".
• I changed it to "Always Trust", closed Keychain Access (after entering my admin password) and the page loaded.
• Not wanting to leave it in a less secure mode, I used Keychain Access again and switched it back to "Use System Defaults".
• Problem solved, no relaxation of security parameters.

(Like many of my technology postings, this is really here for my own notes on problems I run into, the solutions I try and what works when. They are updated as I learn.)

Not through the fault of too many bad passcodes, just started like this after update and reboot.

Turned off ipad (all the way)

Held down Home button while plugging ipad into computer.  Released Home button when “Itunes” icon showed.

Itunes asked to restore. Said yes.

 

(Like many of my technology postings, this is really here for my own notes on problems I run into, the solutions I try and what works when. They are updated as I learn.)

10.18.17  Again an error during updates. 

Tried a SFC /SCANNOW to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows .

a. Press Windows + X key and click Command Prompt (Admin).

b. Type the command: sfc /scannow and press Enter.

c. Restart the computer and check.

Didn’t work.

 

Just a note.  I seem to have less long term problems with apps and software in Windows 10 if I install everything "As Administrator".  Just let them know who you are.