MGXP.COM

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: IE Default Browser message has been hijacked / redirected

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2015/07/ie-default-browser-message-has-been.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Wednesday, 8 July 2015. IE Default Browser message has been hijacked / redirected. If you don't use Internet Explorer much you might've set another browser as your default. Perhaps you use Chrome, Firefox or something else. When you start IE it will tell you that IE is not your default browser, it'll ask you to change your default to IE. OK, something you probably ignore but. This is not the usual screen! First make sure your computer is cle...

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: Word 2010 - can't get rid of grey square brackets?

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2012/11/word-cant-get-rid-of-grey-square.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Thursday, 1 November 2012. Word 2010 - can't get rid of grey square brackets? Do you have a Word document that has grey square brackets in it that you can't delete no matter what you do? See the word "engraved" in the example opposite. Those grey square brackets are bookmarks. Possibly they were created automatically when you copy/pasted from another application? To review and/or delete bookmarks, in Word 2010 click Insert Bookmarks. Intro...

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: List installed Windows updates using the command line

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2015/08/list-installed-windows-updates-using.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Wednesday, 5 August 2015. List installed Windows updates using the command line. To find out which updates have been installed in Windows (7, 8, etc) you can look in Control Panel but if you need a list you can share with someone (for diagnostics help perhaps? It's not so obvious what to do. Here are a couple of ways of doing this using the command line. Open the command line - press Win-R. Type the following command:. Wmic qfe kb.txt. Probl...

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: Crunchbang Linux - simple file sharing with Samba

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2013/04/crunchbang-linux-simple-file-sharing.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Monday, 1 April 2013. Crunchbang Linux - simple file sharing with Samba. Crunchbang Linux is a slim down operating system that works well on older computers. I wrote a previous article. About it and how I installed it on an old IBM T42 (with just 512MB RAM! At the end, from your Windows computer you'll be able to browse to and save/open files on your Crunchbang Linux computer. To download and install Crunchbang please see my previous article:.

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: Robocopy - backup and file synchronisation PART 2

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2015/08/robocopy-backup-and-file.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Robocopy - backup and file synchronisation PART 2. In my first article about Robocopy ( click here. I gave an example of how to use the Robocopy command and how to make a simple command file (batch file) to backup (synchronise) a folder. You can do lots of clever things with AutoIt that would be painful to do with a mere command file. I want to do the following:. A log or report of what's been backed up. My AutoIt a...

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: FreeNAS - first time setup

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2011/02/freenas-first-time-setup.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Wednesday, 9 February 2011. FreeNAS - first time setup. NAS means Network Attached Storage. It's an easy way to quickly add disk space to a network, without the need for installing a complicated, expensive server with a network operating system. Typically in the shops you can easily buy a NAS, a hard disk in a box that can be plugged into your network. It's like a simple self-contianed server. Download the latest ISO image from www.freen...

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: About

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_13.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Who is Michael Gerrard and what is this blog? The following are examples of some of the projects I've worked on:. Http:/ mgxp.blogspot.com/p/projects.html. The following are the places I've been for UNHCR to either install, upgrade or troubleshoot network/IT systems. Giving training, workshops and other missions are also included. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Could not create the Java virtual machine.

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: Could not create the Java virtual machine

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2013/02/could-not-create-java-virtual-machine.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Friday, 15 February 2013. Could not create the Java virtual machine. When starting a Java application the message appears:. Java Virtual Machine Launcher. Could not create the Java virtual machine. The solution for this issue varies. Here are some alternative solutions:. Download Java Runtime from http:/ www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp. All should be well. To remove it I killed the ibsvc.exe. That didn't solve the problem, still Java did...

mgxp.blogspot.com

Michael's TechBlog: Create a self-extracting archive exe PART 1

http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2010/07/create-self-extracting-archive-exe.html

My blog for anything techie I come across and find interesting! Saturday, 10 July 2010. Create a self-extracting archive exe PART 1. A self-extracting archive is a zip or similar compressed file that has been turned into an exe (executable). The advantage of this is that the recipient of the file only has to double click the exe and it will do everything automatically. The two actions it would usually perform are:. To run one of the extracted files (to install a program for example). 7-Zip is the answer!