Today I’ve found that old trick with extensions.checkCompatibility doesn’t work with Firefox 3.6b3 anymore – compatibility check is still enabled.
Now for FireFox 3.6b3 and above, you’ll have to set version specific key in about:config that looks like this:
extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6b = false
From times of Windows7 beta till today I had one big problem all owners of E-MU soundcards have – over the time sound become extremely distorted until reboot, although ASIO worked well. Here is solution: go to e-mu patchmix panel, click on “Session Settings” (button with circle next to FX button) and select 48KHz. Voila! :)
We have very frequent problem at work – users with some ZoneAlarm .dll leftovers cannot open any HTTP web site. Here is the solution (taken from here). Removal of .dll in \windows\system32\ works like a charm for me.
How to remove ZoneAlarm
This is what has always worked well for me in the past:
A) Uncheck “Load Zone Alarm (Pro) at startup”
B) Shutdown Zone Alarm.
C) Disable Antivirus Software running in real time.
D) Empty Internet Log directory.
E) Empty Recycle Bin.
F) Reboot.
G) Run Uninstaller from Add/Remove Programs.DELETE:
1) C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Zone Labs
2) C:\Program Files\Zone Labs
3) C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs (Empty Contents)
4) C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Zone Labs
5) C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\zonealarm (pro)
6) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsdata.dll
7) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsdatant.sys
8) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsmonapi.dll
9) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsnetutils.dll
10) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vspubapi.dll
11) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsutil.dll
12) C:\WINDOWS\System32\Zone Labs
13) C:\WINDOWS\Temp (Empty Contents)Go into the registry, Find & F3 and DELETE:
14) Zone Alarm
15) ZoneAlarm
16) ZoneAlarm Pro
17) Zone Labs
18) minilog
19) InternetAlert
20) ZAMailSafe and all sub-keys.
21) zapro.exe
22) VSMON
23) VSDATANT24) Run; ‘ regedt32 ‘ give ‘Security’ permission to ‘Everyone’ and delete:
HKLM\System\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_VSMON
HKLM\System\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_VSDATANT25) AND;
HKLM\System\ControlSet002\Enum\Root\LEGACY_VSMON
HKLM\System\ControlSet002\Enum\Root\LEGACY_VSDATANT
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Verify to ensure the above has removed all these keys from the registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Zone Labs
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs\XXXXXX
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ZoneAlarm Pro
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vsmon
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vsdatant
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\minilog
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zone Labs
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\InternetAlert
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\InternetAlert
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZAMailSafe
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Last but not least, delete the hidden license file in C:\WINDOWS\system32 called ‘zllictbl.dat ‘
I like to make photos and I like to shoot them in RAW and I don’t like to delete any and I have 12MP Canon XSi. And most important thing – I want to keep them safe.
The very first idea was to burn them to DVD… This idea sucks from the very beginning. My workflow assumes that I process RAW photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
So I start to research online backup solutions. When you’re decide to do online backup – first of all open your favorite calculator application and do some math. For example – I have 200Gb of data today that need to be backed up and I have cable with upload speed 768kbit/s (about 60kB/s) – 200*1024*1024/60 = 3495253 seconds / 86400 = 40 days of continous upload on theoretical limit of you link. Remember that to be able to browse internet with some comfort you need at least 10-20kB/s available upload bandwidth. So this will be not 40, but 60 days to make an full upload. And sh!t happens so add extra month just in case. And remember that some of your data is not static and it should be updated. I’ve tried to use online backup on cable with 768kbit/s of upload and on FiOS 5Mbit/s of upload and I can tell you for sure that for large chunks of information (like 250Gb of 12Mb RAW photos) online will work only on FiOS.
There are 3 online backup services that provide unlimited storage for almost the same price – $4.50/month – Mozy, Carbonite and Crash Plan. All of them have trial version of free version so you can download and play with it for some time. After couple of days of researching I’ve picked Mozy – $4.50/month/PC. I need to back up single computer (for other PCs in hosuehold 2Gb of free account is more than enough) and I like their software the best. It works really well (on FiOS). Last week I’ve restored about 12Gb of data without any problems. Did I mention that Mozy keeps versions? I’ve tried to restore earlier versions of my Lightroom
I’ve found plenty of negative reviews of Mozy, but all of them are old and I didn’t find any dated, for example, this year.
So if you are looking for fully automated online backup solution – I recommend Mozy.