For whatever reason, a couple days ago my computer started REPEATEDLY giving me these annoying popups whenever I would try to open an email that had an image in it (using Windows Live Mail): Revocation information for the security certificate for this site is not available. Do you want to …
12 Reasons to Avoid Upgrading Windows 10
Well, I gave Windows 10 a thorough and honest trial. After 2 months, however, I decided to go back to Windows 8.1. There were some things that I liked about it ... but nothing that I couldn't live without. And there were so many things that I didn't like. Mostly time-wasters. Here are all …
How to get Motion Paths to display in Adobe After Effects CC
"OK," you say to yourself. "I've clicked Edit > Preferences > Display. I've checked the little radio button that says 'All Keyframes' then hit the 'OK' button. I've even done it THREE TIMES to make sure that I did it right..." "... yet I SEE NO MOTION PATHS. What the heck, …
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Hard Drive Review: Intenso 3TB 3.5″ (External, USB 3, Art Nr 6031511)
Riveting update, Nov 2022: After 8 years, I felt it was time to finally replace this drive with something bigger and more reliable. I bought an external 4 TB drive, and spent 2 days copying all the files, with NUMEROUS failures and disconnections as the old drive gasped its last dying …
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HELP! Windows 8.1 is wasting CPU resources and draining my battery!
The Short Version: Is Windows sucking up CPU power on your machine for no apparent reason whatsoever? Here's how I stop it on my computer. Open up Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC). Click "CPU" to sort processes by CPU usage. Select the one that says "Service Host" -- usually "Service Host: …
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Can’t drag and drop in Windows 8?
Now, I'm pretty sure I was able to open files with drag-and-drop into ALL my programs when I first got this little laptop, but at some point I seemed to have lost the ability. A quick search on Google told me the solution: Windows 8 has tighten[ed] its security more than the previous versions of …
How to Delete or Rename a Folder with an Invalid File Name in Windows 7, Vista, XP, etc.
The Short Version: Open a command-prompt window (click the "Start" button then type "cmd") Navigate to the folder that contains the offending folder (type "cd temp\foldername\whatever") Rename the file or folder using the Win95/DOS long-file name; let's pretend it's called "invalidfilename …
How to Maximize Space on your SSD Hard Drive in Windows 7 using Symbolic Links
Update, April 17 2011:If you move your winsxs folder to another drive, important/critical Windows Updates will fail with error code 80070011. Windows Update won't work with junctioned files, it requires hardlinks to the actual location of the data. There was a workaround for this in Windows Vista, …
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