Since mid-April, www.404TechSupport.com has been struggling through a significant decrease in traffic. The number of site visits has been cut in half and ad revenue has been reduced to about one-tenth. Most frustrating, I cannot find a reason for the change. I have sliced and diced the data different ways through Google Analytics and other sources. It comes down to Google … [Read more...]
Watch the Microsoft BUILD conference keynote live
Microsoft is all about the one with its latest products - the Xbox One and Windows 8.1. I guess we will have to forgive Server 2012 R2 which had its preview come out yesterday. You can watch the keynote speech at Microsoft's BUILD conference live over at Channel 9 where Windows 8.1 preview is expected to be released. It will begin at 11AM Central time, 9AM Pacific time where … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2012 R2 evaluation available
Ahead of their BUILD conference, Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 R2 preview today. You can download the 3.8GB iso from the TechNet evaluation center. Improvements to virtualization and storage seem to be the big areas of improvement according to Microsoft earlier this month at TechEd. At the heart of the Microsoft Cloud OS vision, Windows Server 2012 R2 brings … [Read more...]
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Cleaner Tool
When an uninstall or install process fails, often the application can neither be re-installed or uninstalled. It exists in limbo somewhere between the two states. To move past the issue, it can mean searching the registry and file structure for objects that might have been left behind, a very tedious process. Last week, Adobe released to their enterprise IT lab collection … [Read more...]
How do you make Adobe Flash Player a 460+ MB download?
Adobe Flash Player is well known for being bloatware - including unnecessary programs with the actual download you wish to acquire. For a long time they were serving up McAfee Security Scan Plus. Now, if you visit the Get Adobe Flash Player page in Internet Explorer or Firefox from a Windows computer, you will be prompted to install Google Chrome and the Google Toolbar. The … [Read more...]