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)
Short version: This is the slowest, crappiest external hard drive I've ever had. Overall data transfer speed is OK, if you're only using it to move large files. However, when it comes to backing up lots of small files (like a website, for example), the process of moving, copying and deleting files …
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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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