Tag Archives: windows

Keyboard not working Windows 7 [solved]

Monday, 2014.04.07 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Q. My keyboard just stopped working and I have tried plugging in other USB keyboards to no avail 🙁 any suggestions? -Steve A. Check and see if ‘Filter Keys’ is enabled! Use your mouse to: Click the Start Button Select ‘Control Pane’ Select ‘East of Access’ Select ‘Easy of Access Center’ Select ‘Make the keyboard easier to use’ Uncheck the ‘Turn on Filter Keys’ box Hopefully that will help 🙂 Followup from Steve: That worked. Thank you! More info: Top

Windows Update error 80072f8f [SOLVED]

Friday, 2014.02.14 J.D. H. Leave a comment

If you get a Windows Update “error 80072f8f” when you try to Check for Updates, you may need to adjust your computer’s date and time settings! The 80072f8f error generally happens when there is a large discrepancy between your system clock and the Windows Update service…. so when that happens you will get the error and be prevented from receiving updates. 🙁 Thankfully, as mentioned earlier, the fix is generally very easy as you just need to update your computer’s date/time

Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown

Tuesday, 2014.02.04 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 7a BCP1: FFFFF6FC4000BA40 BCP2: FFFFFFFFC000000E BCP3: 00000001FBF93860 BCP4: FFFFF88001748758 OS Version: 6_1_7601 Service Pack: 1_0 Product: 256_1 Files that help describe the problem: C:\Windows\Minidump\020414-8096-01.dmp C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-21325-0.sysdata.xml Read our privacy statement online: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0409 If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline: C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt Top Search Terms:blue screen os version 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 locale 1033 (1)http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=248686 (1)mac unexpected shutdown (1)solve offline windows

Chrome ‘Downloading proxy script’ ?! [solved]

Monday, 2014.02.03 J.D. H. 119 comments

If Google’s Chrome web browser seems to take forever to load a web page, you may see a “resolving proxy” or “downloading proxy script” message appears in the lower-left corner of the browser’s window. Thankfully, you can change your proxy setting (for Windows) and fix Chrome’s corresponding behavior: Click the Chrome menu button on the browser toolbar Select Settings Click Show advanced settings In the “Network” section, click Change proxy settings. This will open the Windows Internet Properties dialog Click LAN settings Deselect

Read more Chrome, computer tips, Misc Links, Software Tips

Open multiple PDFs in seperate Foxit Reader windows

Thursday, 2013.04.11 J.D. H. 6 comments

When doing taxes or any other task requiring document comparison, it can be very handy to view PDFs side-by-side. Unfortunately, many PDF readers today (including Foxit Reader) default to opening PDFs in tabs and you cannot ‘pull’ a tab out to make a new window. However, there is a simple workaround: open multiple instances of Foxit Reader and then open (or drag/drop) your files to whichever Foxit window you want. 🙂 First though, you need to do is enable the ‘Allow

List of MD5/SHA1 hashes for various Windows OS ISOs

Wednesday, 2013.03.20 J.D. H. 15 comments

Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Volume License (VL) English Name: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_server_en-us_VL-GRMSXVOL_EN_DVD.iso Size: 2,996,799,488 bytes SHA1: AD855EA913AAEC3F1D0E1833C1AEF7A0DE326B0A Windows 7 Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit: Name: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso Other name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_X15-65922.iso MD5: F43D22E4FB07BF617D573ACD8785C028 SHA-1: 326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7 CRC: 0x1F1257CA / CRC32: 1F1257CA Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit: Name: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso Other name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x86_dvd_X15-65921.iso SHA-1: 5395DC4B38F7BDB1E005FF414DEEDFDB16DBF610 CRC: 0xC1C20F76 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit: Name: en_windows_7_professional_x64_dvd_x15-65805.iso SHA-1: 50127304441A793EE51B3F501289F6599A559E9F CRC: 502C42C1 Windows 7 Professional 32-bit: Name: en_windows_7_professional_x86_dvd_x15-65804.iso SHA-1: 697FA06554502FB21D30275273B25747299C020D CRC: 578725D1 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit: Name: en_windows_7_home_premium_x64_dvd_x15-65733.iso SHA-1: 336779EA6B65F63E11A609B4D021439C47AB315B CRC: 56D954E4

Read more computer tips, Misc Links, tech tips

List of Dell E6430 Drivers for a clean Windows 7 or Win 8 install

Friday, 2013.02.08 J.D. H. 2 comments

Please note: Dell has been having some major issues with their drivers/support site recently. Currently (as of Feb 8th 2013) this page http://downloads.dell.com/Pages/Drivers/latitude-e6430.htm only lists “The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.” 🙁 Therefore, here is a mirror of their drivers listing for the E6430 laptop. I hope this is helpful to you if their site remains down! 🙂 Drivers for Latitude E6430 View the full details here Click here for all drivers (including historical drivers) Quick Links

Read more computer tips, Misc Links, Work

aimersoft vs daniusoft: Daniusoft DRM Converter and Aimersoft DRM Converter

Saturday, 2012.12.29 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Q. Hello I need to remove DRM from Amazon and iTunes so I can convert them play them on my Android tablet, I heard that Aimersoft bought Daniusoft, so which is the best version to buy: Daniusoft DRM Converter -or- Aimersoft DRM Converter? -R.W. A. Of the two, Aimersoft DRM Converter is the one to buy, and here is why: Both Daniusoft DRM Converter and Aimersoft DRM Media Converter can help you convert protected WMA to DRM-free MP3 files. Their functions and stability are