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Google Reader: some of my tags cannot be removed; Ooops…an error occurred. Please try again in a few seconds.
Friday, 16 Apr, 2010 – 8:00 | No Comment

I’m happy to report that the one tag that I could not get deleted now deletes.  As of 4/14/10, the Google team has apparently fixed the issue.
Try it now!  All they need now is to …

Excel 2000 crashing upon startup excel.exe being faulted within Event Viewer
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 12:36 | No Comment

If you’re having problems with this ancient piece of software, try doing a search for an .xlb file and re-naming said xlb file to .xlbold.  This fixed the problem for myself.

Microsoft Word 2007 crashes upon exit
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010 – 22:05 | No Comment

If you experience this it’s due to an update that was installed.
Go to your registry and delete the following key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

The Windows installer service could not be accessed Windows Vista 64-bit/Windows 7 64-bit
Friday, 27 Nov, 2009 – 15:17 | 12 Comments

If you’re trying to install something, such as iTunes or any other program and you are experiencing the dreaded error of: The Windows installer service could not be accessed, you have come to the right …

Dell Inspiron 530S desktop shuts down then restarts automatically
Thursday, 12 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | 3 Comments

I am working on a Dell 530S that when shut down properly from within Windows, restarts roughly a few seconds after a complete shut down.  I have tried everything from updating the BIOS, installing the …

Unable to access nVidia Storage software through the nVidia Control Panel
Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008 – 15:36 | 2 Comments

SO I’m at work working on this client’s computer.  The computer is using an ASUS M2N-32 SLI Deluxe motherboard.  Obviously onboard RAID sucks but I never knew how badly it truly sucked.  This guy’s initial …

Microsoft .NET framework setup failed.
Friday, 5 Dec, 2008 – 14:25 | One Comment

If you encounter this while trying to install the standalone .Net Framework 1.1 or even 2.0 or 3.0, try doing this:
Go to your start menu.
Click on Run
Type in msiexec.exe /regserver
Hit Enter
Now try it again.  It …

iTunes error: There is a problem with this windows installer package.
Wednesday, 3 Dec, 2008 – 11:44 | 3 Comments

If you receive this error while trying to install or upgrade iTunes, please download this file.  This is the Microsoft CleanUp Tool.  It will remove all of the various left over things that iTunes has …

Double clicking on My Computer or folders causes search companion to appear
Friday, 21 Nov, 2008 – 9:10 | One Comment

If you’re having a problem with double clicking on My Computer, C:, D:, E: drive itself or also when you’re double click on a folder and the search companion comes up, check out this Microsoft …

Windows Vista DHCP service disabled attempt to enable with error Access Denied 5
Wednesday, 12 Nov, 2008 – 8:53 | 7 Comments

So I’m working on this Vista computer and it cannot get online.  I go into a command prompt and type /ipconfig.  I see it’s pulling up and automatic IP address, the 169.x.x.x variant and realize …