Archive for November, 2009

Access Denied amd64 i386 folders

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

If you have some odd looking folders with amd64 and i386 folders that you cannot delete, here’s how to delete them. Right click amd64 folder -> properties -> security -> advanced -> owner -> edit -> select administrator -> OK out of all the properties tabs. Right click it again, properties -> security -> edit [...]

Laptop keyboard is not working

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Your laptop keyboard maybe functioning previously, may be still functioning in bios, in start-up boot cds, and even when you press F8 to get into safe mode. However it may not work when you log in. SOLUTION: Unplug your laptop battery and try again.

Firefox downloads hangs freezes on almost complete downloads.

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

This is pretty much due to your anti-virus scanning the file that you have downloaded. Type about:config in your firefox browser, goto browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone and set it to false. Then goto your nod32 setup. Enter entire advanced setup tree, goto exclusions, and add your download folder to the exclusions. Note: you will have to manually scan [...]