Items filtered by date: December 2014

Saturday, 05 July 2014 00:00

what is .diagcab associated with?

This is a windows .Net extension and if when you rtry and run something with a .diagcab extension but it has no associated program to execute it is because of 1 or more of the following:

  • no .Net installed
  • you do not have a late enought version of .Net installed
  • the .Net install is corrupt

so to fix try:

  1. Clean the update cache in Window
  2. Re-install .Net
Published in Windows Family
Saturday, 05 July 2014 00:00

How to delete a codec

uninstall via add/remove programs


scan your system with sherlock, this will show you broken codecs nice and easy. also file locations


 

CodecTweakTool will allo you to list codecs and remove the dodgy ones. this will most likely only remove the registry enteries hence why you need sherlock to find the files and remove them


 

directshow filter manager (which is also what this groiup of softeware is called) should be able to find and remove codecs in one go but it does not seem to work properely. but worth keeping for refernce.


 

shark007 - uninstall old version first. for x64 install 32-bit and then 64-bit


klite possibly has a codec repair utility where it removes old knakered ones etc ..

Published in Windows Family
Saturday, 05 July 2014 00:00

cannot install IE10

IE10 would not install and kept failing on a windows 7 PC almost fressh install.


package manager command not only removes the corrupt files but removes the referrence to it in the package store

is SURt has not fixed your update issue it migth becaus it does not contain your a good copy of your fault package to replac=e it with)
surt will leave a log file  (in cbs folder)which can examine and then follow the procedures in the technet article

to fix the ie10 issue follow the superuser article with package manger, noting that you might need to replace amd64 with x86 depending on you PC

 

  • i did not remove all the 8.x internt explorer packages or the 6.x version
  • ie10 installer says after running for a bit, 'Internet Explorer did not finish installing'

 

  • i unistalled ie8 via windows add/remove windows features
  • ie10 installer says after running for a bit, 'Internet Explorer did not finish installing'
  • i am now ruinning the surt to see what the error log says
  • no errors found with the surt
  • this is all indeicating to a corrupt packahe

 

  • when i now run windows update internet explorer of any verison is not available point to ie8 being a prerequsite
  • installed ie8 via features, both ie9 and ie10 were available
  • ie10 installer says after running for a bit, 'Internet Explorer did not finish installing'
  • installed ie9 successfully
  • installed ie10 via windows update and got the following error - 9C59
  • tried installing as the Administrator account - no joy either
  • redownload ie10 direct from http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/info/downloads/Default.html, this then installed correctely  (done in administrator)
  • loggged out and back into other account, diactivated administrator

[solved]

 


  • that * pck command did not find any packages
  • the offline installer i had might of been corrupt
  • uninstalling chrome makes no difference
  • glary utilities registry clean - no difference
  • surt gave corrupt pack info - possibly just cleaning these and then using the new download would of worked (direct fromt he link above)
  • installing office 2010 sp2 made no difference
  • i think all ie10 prerequsites were already on
  • not the graphics card as some people say
  • error coe 9C59 only appears when using windows updates (apparently changing this from hex to decimal and then searching knowledge base, not sure)
  • sfc found no integrity violations
Published in Windows Family

original article - http://www.pchell.com/support/cannotdownloadfiles.shtml

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on Tools, Click on Internet Options
  3. On the General tab under Temporary Internet Files, click on Delete Files
  4. Click Ok when it asks if you want to delete the files
  5. Under the History section on the General tab, click Clear History, then click Ok
  6. Close Internet Explorer
  7. Log off the current user and Log onto another user account such as Administrator
  8. Click on Start, Run
  9. Type CMD and Press Enter to open a command prompt
  10. Change directories to the Temporary Internet Files directory by typing the following command, substituting the correct drive letter and the word username with the correct user in Windows XP.

    cd c:\Documents and Settings\julie\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

    Example: cd c:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
  11. type del index.dat and press Enter
  12. Type Exit and press Enter to close the command prompt
  13. Restart your computer
Published in Windows Family
  1. run as a limited user ie not admin
  2. remove flash and java
  3. use chrome of firefox never IE
  4. drop office and switch to libre office
  5. behave yourself online

100% of ie exploits were blocked/failed in 2013 if you were not running as an administrator

Published in Windows XP
Saturday, 05 July 2014 00:00

how do i find Comodo CIS version number?

click on the question mark at the top right, and then click about

this is also where a database import option is. (WTF)

Published in Applications
Saturday, 05 July 2014 00:00

Prestashop free shipping fix

original thread

This is my Scenario and my solution with no core mods or hacks.

Scenario

  •  I am a UK shop
  •  i have set up 7 zones for my courier
  •  i do not have free shipping
  •  i am getting the free shipping issue
  •  when i set up my shop i said it was in the UK.
  •  The UK country is located in the Europe Zone.
  •  I am not using the Europe Zone and i do not have any carriers set up for this zone.
  •  The Europe Zone is disabled
  •  I have a carrier with price ranges setup for the 7 Zones i created.
  •  I have states setup for the UK (actually called counties here but this is for reference)

How to Fix

  1. go to the countries list
  2. edit your default country (the country you set prestashop up with), mine is the United Kingdom
  3. change the zone to that of the one with the correct shipping rules/ranges you want. For me it is City Link Zone 1(carrier prices for mainland UK.)
  4. The default shipping rule for the shop will now use that of the new Zone you have just selected.

The reason for the free shipping poping up is that basically because there are no carriers and shipping ranges setup for the Europe zone the Prestashop's logic defaults to 'Free Shipping' because that is the out of range behaviour that it can apply.

someone mentioned earlier in the thread that if this was such a big bug, the prestashop Team would of squashed it by now. So just to confirm this is not a bug, perhaps not the most obvious way of changing this, especially with the labelling of it when you edit the country details. Why would you know this affected the default shipping behaviour.

A lot of people mentioned about the default country but never followed through with all of my steps which definately fixes it.

I hope this helps, like this post if it does.

Published in Prestashop
Saturday, 05 July 2014 00:00

POP server settings for Yahoo Mail

Incoming Mail (POP) Server - Requires SSL

  • Server - pop.mail.yahoo.com
  • Port - 995
  • Requires SSL - Yes

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - Requires TLS

  • Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
  • Port - 465 or 587
  • Requires SSL - Yes
  • Requires authentication - Yes

If your POP client doesn't offer TLS, you'll still be able to use SSL.

Login info - Requires authentication

  • Email address - Your full email address (name@domain.com.)
  • Password - Your account's password.

For additional assistance, or complete instructions on setting up POP, review the help pages for your email client or mobile device.

Published in General
Saturday, 05 July 2014 00:00

How to convert a PDF to an image

  1. use gimp to open, do not change settings
  2. export as png
  3. open with paint.net
Published in Media
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