Problem I have some USB Flash Memory drives that I had used on a non-Windows system (ie a TV) so it is using another file system than Windows’ NTFS, FAT or FAT32. When I insert them into my Windows 10 laptop they are connected, ie they are found by Windows and show up under “Safely Remove Hardware and… Continue reading Solution: USB Memory stick not showing in File explorer
Windows cannot connect to iPhone Personal Hotspot
I have ran into this a few times so I thougt I’d write down the solution as I seem to keep forgetting it. There are probably tons of other problems you can have with iPhone Personal Hotspot and Windows Wifi but this is the solution to one I keep running into. Problem I turn on… Continue reading Windows cannot connect to iPhone Personal Hotspot
Windows 10 international support lacking
I have noticed a couple of things where Windows 10 does not support international the way I would expect a 2015 operating system to do. I have not found any solutions yet so any more info on these issues would be appreciated. Compressed (zipped) folder I tried to zip a folder in Windows 10 by right… Continue reading Windows 10 international support lacking
Batch rename files in Windows from Command Line
This is an easy way to add a prefix to any set of files in a Windows folder, from a command prompt type this [code]for %a in (*.*) do ren "%a" "prefix – %a"[/code] Tried in Windows 10. Thanks to ofer.sheffer in this Stackoverflow post where there is also an example on how to… Continue reading Batch rename files in Windows from Command Line
Solution: Windows 10 upgrade: “Couldn’t update the system reserved partition”
Problem When trying to update my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit to Windows 10 the other day using Windows Update I got this error “Something went wrong” and “We couldn’t update the system reserved partition”. After some searching it seems this is related to not enough disk space on update partition, needs to be 50MB… Continue reading Solution: Windows 10 upgrade: “Couldn’t update the system reserved partition”
BOINC error when adding World Community Grid project
I just downloaded the latest version of BOINC, 7.4.27 for Windows 64-bit. When trying to Add Project and select World Community Grid, enter my username and password I get this error: Failed to add project Messages from server: missing or bad parameter: email_addr Workaround This seems to be a regression bug from way back. For some reason the… Continue reading BOINC error when adding World Community Grid project
Yes SSD does work!
Just wanted to share this, probably old news to most of you out there, but: SSD actually does work! I just installed an SSD (Solid State Drive) in my four year old (!) laptop and it is now lightning fast! My laptop is an Acer Aspire 5741G with 4GB memory running Windows 7 64-bit. I… Continue reading Yes SSD does work!
Rename Notebook in Evernote fails
This has been bothering me for some time. I have been wanting to change names of some of my Notebooks in Evernote (Windows client) but it doesn’t work. I right cklick, select Rename, enter the new name and hit Enter and… it reverts back to the old name. Finally figured out a work around: Instead… Continue reading Rename Notebook in Evernote fails
Solution: Bootstrap glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff 404 not found
I’m testing out Bootstrap 3.1.1 by redoing the design of a very old site of mine, running on Php 5.3 on a Windows 2008/IIS 7 server. The new version of the site has been slow at loading the icons (wich are a Glyphicons web font) for buttons and when I check the Javascript console in Chrome… Continue reading Solution: Bootstrap glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff 404 not found
How to get DRAC 4 Console Working in IE11
Previously I have had some problems getting the DRAC 4/P (Dell Remote Access Card) working with Java 7 as it is only Java 6 compatible. Now Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) was my next challenge, these four steps is how I got it to work: 1. Make sure you have a working Java 6 runtime environment (JRE)… Continue reading How to get DRAC 4 Console Working in IE11