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Chris Quirke's Blog: LibreOffice 3.6 “Unhandled Exception” Error
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2012/08/libreoffice-36-unhandled-exception-error.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. LibreOffice 3.6 “Unhandled Exception” Error. I’ve just upgraded from LibreOffice. 352 to 3.6.0, and ran into two sets of problems; the one documented here, and issues with Java. I didn’t install over my old version as I usually do, because this is noted not to work in the release notes. 8230;and I couldn’t find 3.5.5 anywhere on the LibreOffice site. Also recently released by LibreOffice is 3.5.6. But documentation is poor (many links go to 3.6. Attempts to...
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Chris Quirke's Blog: C-Net’s Downloader Pollutes “My Documents”
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-may-have-noticed-c-net-have-started.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. C-Net’s Downloader Pollutes “My Documents”. You may have noticed C-Net. Have started using a downloader stub. When you download software from them. The stub adds no value that I can see (it claims to be “more secure”) and tries to push unwanted bycatch, such as browser toolbars etc. And where does it save the download? 160; The Windows Vista/7 Downloads shell folder? 160; No; in “My Documents”. So now you have infectable. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Chris Quirke's Blog: WGA, Product Activation, Kafka
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Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. WGA, Product Activation, Kafka. If Kafka wrote the Windows activation/WGA FAQ. A: You have been found guilty and have been sentenced to die in 3 days. Would you like to appeal? Q: What crime am I being charged with? A: Our code has found you guilty of being guilty in the opinion of our code. You have already been found guilty and sentenced. Would you like to appeal? Q: What laws have I broken? Q: I need details. what. Laws have I broken? A: Us, of course....
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Chris Quirke's Blog: Build One Skill in 2013? Virtualization
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2013/07/build-one-skill-in-2013-virtualization.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. Build One Skill in 2013? I have three “egg-eating snake” client jobs at the moment, i.e. with jobs that can’t be fully gulped down in one session. If they’re reading this, they will recognize themselves; common to all three cases, is (or may be) virtualization. By now, a large amount of work has gone into the system; how can one preserve that value? Has a new laptop with a geographically-broken warranty/support trail, that has an edition of Windows 7 instal...
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Chris Quirke's Blog: SkipRearm Setting for SysPrep Failure
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2011/10/skiprearm-setting-for-sysprep-failure.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. SkipRearm Setting for SysPrep Failure. Here’s how it goes; you have an un-activated Vista or Windows 7 reference system ready for SysPrep. 160; You search, and find articles that mutter about adding a “ SkipRearm. 8221; setting to an “answer file”, but get stuck there if you don’t know how to apply an answer file. Fortunately, there’s a simpler fix. That I found and tested for Windows 7, and it works. For Vista (which I didn’t test)…. When building a system...
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Chris Quirke's Blog: LibreOffice 3.6 “The Selected JRE Is Defective”
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2012/08/libre-office-36-selected-jre-is.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. LibreOffice 3.6 “The Selected JRE Is Defective”. Having got past some initial installation hassles. That required deleting my LibreOffice profile, I hit a problem with Java, while in Tools, Options. Here’s how to test this if it happens to you; go to the MediaWiki section in Options…. If you have the problem, you will get this error dialog:. I “fixed” this by installing the 32-bit Java JRE 6 update 33. Why Oracle’s poor installation practices. Originally, t...
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Chris Quirke's Blog: Missed UAC Prompts May Silently Undo Installs
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2012/08/missed-uac-prompts-may-silently-undo.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. Missed UAC Prompts May Silently Undo Installs. This is a more generic issue than what can go wrong with AVG installation. But not the usual user account rights issue. Windows 7 makes UAC somewhat less obtrusive. 8211; but a side-effect can be to silently undo a software installation. . You start an installation. You aren’t prompted for admin permission. You leave the install process to run unattended. A UAC prompt pops up while you’re away. LibreOffice is an...
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Chris Quirke's Blog: Banking on Java
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2006/09/banking-on-java.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. Way back in 2003, South African bank ABSA were in the news after customers had lost money through hacking. Here's a report from 21 July 2003. And another one with more detail. The story was that some uber-hackers robbed ABSA, were caught, and now Internet banking is safe again. However, check out the detail on Bugbear B. Sun sued Microsoft over the MS Java VM that was included in Windows and Internet Explorer, as Microsoft's Windows-specific extensions broke...
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Chris Quirke's Blog: Sysprep Fails, WinPE Sees Wrong Drive Letters
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2009/11/sysprep-fails-winpe-sees-wrong-drive.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. Sysprep Fails, WinPE Sees Wrong Drive Letters. Dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu. Have multiple Windows-visible partitions. Tools such as Sysprep. 8230;then you may find…. Fails before it completes. 8220;sees” partitions with incorrect drive letters. Can be severe; finding you’ve built your .WIM from the wrong partition, having Sysprep ruin both the . WIM. Or “just” re-install Windows may fail, too; I haven’t tested those scenarios. The standard MBR contains a pa...
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Chris Quirke's Blog: Robot Drivers and Driving Tests
http://cquirke.blogspot.com/2010/10/robot-drivers-and-driving-tests.html
Freelance troubleshooter of non-corporate PCs. Robot Drivers and Driving Tests. If we require training and licensing of humans to fly aircraft and cars, then how do those standards apply to software that pilots these things for us? A key is situational awareness. You wouldn't easily give a blind pilot a flying license, yet effectively that is what Airbus tried. With an engine control system that "landed" a test plane in a forest. It's one thing having a robot hospital cart. CQ's Win9x Web Site.