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Backup Data on an External Hard Drive with Carbonite

Monday, October 27, 2008 19:14 No Comments

If you use the popular online backup solutions Carbonite, you may have already realized that for some reason the developers thought it was a good idea to restrict backing files up from external devices. This can be problematic in some cases, for instance, if your internal hard drive is too small and [...]

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My Winsxs Folder is Huge!

Monday, October 20, 2008 20:58 No Comments

After getting a warning from my Windows Vista machine about 4 times saying I was running low on disk space, I began to get curious. Where is all of my space going? I couldn’t remember doing anything out of the ordinary that would eat up a lot of my freespace. I finally decided to use [...]

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Zooming in Uncontrolably

Monday, October 13, 2008 18:04 No Comments

Today I received a call from a guy saying his computer was “all freaked out”. When I got there I discovered he had attempted to give a presentation this past Friday. When he pulled up his presentation is started zooming in uncontrollably.
When I got there I quickly noticed that this didn’t only effect Microsoft Powerpoint [...]

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Uninstalling Microsoft Java Virtual Machine

Saturday, October 11, 2008 14:34 No Comments

Click the “Start” button
Click the “Run” button
Type the following command and press “Enter”
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection java.inf,UnInstall
The Microsoft VM uninstall dialog box will appear. When this happens click the “Yes” button.
Reboot your computer when prompted
Once your computer has restarted, click the “Start” button again
Click the “Run” button
Type “cmd” and click the”Run” button
Run the following commads
rd /s %System_Root%java
del [...]

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Recovering Microsoft Product Keys

Thursday, October 9, 2008 22:14 No Comments

Occasionally there is a need to recover your Microsoft product keys. These products would include Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office products. Doing so is very simple using a small piece of software.
First you will need to download the Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder. It can be found here.
When prompted to open or save [...]

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The file “xxxxxx.xxx” is too large for the destination file system.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 22:07 No Comments

Most external devices today still come formatted using the FAT32 file system. While FAT32 is supported by all operating systems, it only supports a max file size of 4gb. If you attempt to copy a file larger than 4gb to a FAT32 device you will be greeted with the error “The file [...]

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