The two times I’ve used theunlockingcompany.com the unlock codes have taken many hours (>5) to arrive.
When I use unlockonline.com I usually get them in well under an hour, but it usually takes 5 goes to get Paypal to log in.
I unlocked the same phone with the two companies at the same time – UO had the answer in 19 minutes. TUC still hasn’t sent the code after 5h20min
The Android App Twit Pro has been discontinued, which is a shame since it’s the best TWiT app.
If you’ve lost yours after a change of device, look in your Play Store under My Apps –> All, and you should be able to reload from there.
A computer had the error 1711 – cannot write temporary file, disk full etc.
Turned out that Windows Updates had been failing due to a full drive for some time, and 65,500+ temporary files had been created which was the limit Windows would allow.
To save time, try Start –> CMD –> Run as Administrator
Cd \windows\installer
del *.tmp
Then see if problem persists.
I’ve seen two instances today where XP machines stuck on SP2 are giving certificate errors with Gmail. Machines that are properly updated to SP3 don’t appear to be affected.
I have not tried to resolve this issue, other than disabling Avast Mail Scanner on one machine. It might be possible to add the certificate; but as these machines are quite old and have other issues, I haven’t worried.
I tried to install an SV300S37A into a PSAR3A-01M002 today but it would hang at POST. Same drive worked OK in two other PCs.
No firmware update available for the SSD. Updated firmware in the Toshiba. Ended up using a Samsung 840 EVO instead.
You can’t watch these using a VPN on Exetel as they slow VPN traffic too much. Change to another ISP and you probably can. I can with Aussie Broadband.
If you have a now quite ancient Nokia Symbian phone such as the E51, you can no longer use “Mail for Exchange” to access your contacts, calendars etc with Gmail (unless you pay); but you still can as of March 2015 with Outlook.com and Hotmail.com addresses.
If you try to install Mail for Exchange now, you’ll get a certificate error, so set your clock on the phone back to somewhere around 2010-2012. Then it should install OK.
On the phone just enter the server as outlook.office365.com and it seems able to work out the exchange server by itself.
I’m not sure if linking Outlook to Google from within outlook.com actually works. If not, to move from Google to Outlook export your contacts from Google then import them to Outlook.com.
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve had a tricky repair like this. System came in and it would continuously flash the desktop then a blue screen in a loop of about 1-2Hz. It was possible to start task manager, but tricky to interact with it.
Errors included:
msftedit.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error.
System restore fails with error “%1 is not a valid Win32 Application” 0x800700C1
In Safe mode: “Unknown Hard Error.”
The faulty file was size 2,900,992 bytes.
The details tab was devoid of content.
I replaced it with a copy I found on another system in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\1a946a1a7028fc73f13d3f0d25a4dc97\amd64_microsoft-windows-msftedit_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17415_none_c6dbf3ed0aeefff0\msftedit.dll and rebooted. (Had to take ownership and delete the original first, which I did from a USB to SATA adapter but might be possible in safe mode on the same machine.
I don’t know where this corrupt file came from. It didn’t scan as malicious. Was dated 24/9/2014
Quicken 6.5 is ancient.
To reset the trial time limit, delete quicken.ini from the windows folder.
OK so you’ve decided you want to try Google Keep. But it’s a pain having to go and find it – by the time you’ve found it you’ve forgotten what you wanted to ‘keep’ in the first place.
Google Keep doesn’t have a desktop application – it exists only within a web browser window. It also lacks any kind of screen clipping capability so it is borderline useless; but the ability to sync with Android devices is handy.
Edit 2: (June 2016) Chrome users: Just click “Hamburger” –> More Tools –> Add to Desktop
Edit: Chrome users: No need to do these steps – just click Menu — Tools — Create Application Shortcuts.
Here’s how I (sort of) solved the problem of having a shortcut to Google Keep.
(These instructions are for Firefox, but can be adapted for Chrome users.)
1 – Put “Google Keep” into a Pinned Tab in Firefox. (Right click the tab, choose “Pin Tab”)
2 – Download and install “AutoHotKey” (Genuinely free at http://www.autohotkey.com/)
When you open AutoHotKey for the first time, it will bring up a sample script that you can edit. All you need to do is add the following:
^5:: WinActivate, ahk_class MozillaWindowClass Send ^6 return
Explanation:
^5 — that’s Ctrl + 5; the key combination I chose to open Google Keep
WinActivate, ahk_class MozillaWindowClass — That’s what “Firefox” is called – use the “Window Spy” program if you need to identify another browser. Chrome for example appears to be ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1
Send ^6 — this opens the sixth tab. If Google Keep is your first (pinned) tab then you’d use ^1 instead.
Return — ends the script.
3 – After saving the Notepad file, Right-click the “AutoHotKey” “H” Icon near your clock (bottom right of the screen) and choose “Reload Script”
4 – Try it out 🙂
If it doesn’t work, perhaps you need to run AHK as administrator; you’re in another application that uses the shortcut key you’re trying to use for Google Keep, or something else went wrong.
I doubt Google will ever release a Windows application for Google Keep. They tend to like to make things difficult for Windows users by not allowing free integration with Windows Contacts, Calendars, etc so it’s unlikely they will bother. Unfortunately for them, this will likely continue to drive people to using the more functional alternatives from Microsoft, Evernote, etc.