In conjunction with using cleanspl.exe to remove printers, printer drivers, and clean the print spooler, you may run into some side effects. One problem I saw was the following error message when trying to install a USB printer: "Cannot install this hardware. An error occurred during installation. The specified port is unknown." Most likely what has happened, since this is a … [Read more...]
Gmail Helps with your Security Concerns
Google helps you manage your account security with more information and the ability to remotely sign out sessions. You may have noticed this link at the bottom of your Inbox. It was added just last month, July 2008. If you click on the Details link, you'll be presented with another window which offers information about any other sessions that have your … [Read more...]
GParted – Open-Source Partition Manager
GParted is an open-source alternative to Norton PartitionMagic and Arconis PartitionExpert, meaning it can format your hard drives and partition them to your specifications. You can create partitions of varying sizes and file systems (NTFS, FAT, Ext3, etc.). GParted also lets you resize existing partitions. You could reduce the size of one partition to the minimum space … [Read more...]
Notepad++ – A superior text editor
Notepad++ is a great utility for coders in a Windows environment. Essentially Notepad++ is a combination of the simplicity of (the built-in Windows app) Notepad plus a lot more features specific to coders like syntax highlighting and auto-completion, which it picks up on automatically by understanding the file type extension when you save the file. You can also specify the … [Read more...]
A Thunderbird Update Problem
I've run into this error message a few times now when Thunderbird chooses to automatically update itself on Windows XP and Windows Vista machines: "Software Update Failed One or more files could not be updated. Please make sure all other applications are closed and that you have permission to modify files, and then restart Thunderbird to try again." It certainly isn't a … [Read more...]