The conflict between USB drives and mapped drives seems to have been resolved with XP's Service Pack 3. Previously, Windows would only assign USB drives to letters D-H. If these letters were already assigned to Mapped Network Drives the USB drive would not show up until a different drive letter was automatically assigned to it. Using a third-party software was the previous … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
Decoding Codecs – GSpot
Comparable to a previous post using DirectShow Filter Manager, GSpot helps shine some light on mysterious codecs at work. While DSFM will show you what codecs are installed on your machine and what priority they are taking precedence for different file types, GSpot can show you advanced information about the codecs installed on your machine and those used to encode a … [Read more...]
There was an error starting Zotero
After installing the Public Fox extension to Firefox, the previously installed Zotero add-on began having problems. It would load the following error: "There was an error starting Zotero" with a yellow hazard triangle and exclamation mark on the Zotero logo in the status bar. If you disabled the Public Fox extension and restarted Firefox, Zotero started up without error. You … [Read more...]
RAW image software
The versatility and quality of RAW format images comes at a cost of convenience. The standard JPEG is viewable by almost everything these days, but support for higher quality images in RAW format like JPEG2000 or NEF is limited. Adobe's Camera RAW can handle most of these formats, but with some formats things can get complicated or require tricking the software into … [Read more...]