When Dropbox changed their Terms of Service, I looked into other backup/sync clients and found Spideroak. I like it. It's a slightly more complicated user interface than Dropbox but it offers a lot more flexibility and better security. I use it for backing up my data and particularly, synchronizing my KeePass password database across multiple computers. The other day I tried … [Read more...]
Yahoo! Mail on Google Chrome warns of no Adobe Flash
One of the benefits of using Google Chrome as your browser of choice is that it includes Adobe Flash along with its auto-updates. That caused me to give a double-take when logging into Yahoo! Mail. In the past few days it seems, a bug has been introduced to Yahoo! Mail that causes a popup layer to show to Chrome users. The error states: Your browser is blocking Flash. You must … [Read more...]
32-bit Internet Explorer crashes for every page visited on Dell OptiPlex 790
Background: Co-worker had just re-imaged a number of Dell OptiPlex 790s with Windows 7 SP1 64-bit and 32-bit. After the computers were imaged, he ran through the rest of the standard preparation procedure. Opening Internet Explorer and trying to take it to another website, it immediately crashed. Trying different sites, it consistently crashed whenever you tried to load a new … [Read more...]
Resource conflict thanks to ATI PCI Express 3GIO Filter Driver
From searching around online, it looks like the ATI PCI Express 3GIO Filter Driver has been causing havoc for more than the past five years. With AMD's acquisition of ATI in 2006, the problematic driver may also appear as the AMD PCI Express 3GIO Filter Driver under Device Manager. The problem stems from Windows Update incorrectly identifying a device in your computer as being … [Read more...]
Easily log into a local account for a Windows 7 PC joined to a domain
For administrative purposes, you might need to log into a Windows 7 locally after it has been joined to a domain. Unfortunately with the Windows 7 login screen, you have to know the computer name in order to log into those accounts - otherwise, it assumes you want to log into the domain. … [Read more...]