Adblock Plus is a free browser plug-in for Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. In addition to the obvious function of blocking advertisements, Adblock Plus also provides the following benefits: Speeds up web browsing by decreasing page load times. No more waiting for advertising DNS lookups and image/banner downloads. Can block […]
Jim
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Yesterday we had two machines in the shop getting fresh installations of Windows 7. On first check for Windows updates with SP1 installed, both hung on checking for updates. We let one machine check for 10 hours without success. The solution: Stop the Windows Update Service (wuauserv). Download and install […]
WordPress is the most popular Content Management System (CMS) in use today. According to its Wikipedia page, WordPress is used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015. This popularity also makes WordPress a target for hackers. If you’re running WordPress, have you ever […]
Growing up as a kid, we left the outer garage door closed and the inner door open. Never had any problems. Those days are over. Until recently, leaving the main entrance door to an office open for visitors was the norm. Those days are also over. For the inner garage […]
For as long as I can remember, iCloud Photo Stream for Windows has been broken. Google it, and you’ll find lots of people complaining. None of the tips to fix it worked on either of my Windows machines. I got a new iPhone 6s a couple days ago and was […]
A long running thread on Microsoft’s TechNet gives details of a problem that has existed since the fall of last year. A Windows 7 machine with the default Windows Update settings checks for updates once per day. This process of checking for updates was consuming an inordinate amount of resources, upwards […]