Category: Windows

It’s never our fault: GoDaddy again

I’m having terrible speeds connecting to my FTP server which I host with GoDaddy. Call tech support, we do a traceroute. They blame COX, my ISP. Tracing route to ip-107-180-12-113.ip.secureserver.net [107.180.12.113] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  router.asus.com [192.168.1.1] 2     7 ms    ...

RE256 Part II: The Searching Continues

Continued from Part 1 SCANLINES Modern monitors have a much higher refresh rate than in the old days, by a factor of 10. What I needed was something that could handle 15hz ( or so – I didn’t know the exact refresh rate, since technical manuals are hard to...

BATTLE DLL! How to Replace missing DLL in windows 7

My Device Manager stopped working. Looking online I found a number of possible routes to fix this problem. sfc /scannow : (   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833 ) This runs a scan, looks for problems and “fixes” them Puts together a shitty hard to read log file Spoor: Windows Resource Protection found corrupt...

BLINDSIDED: WD Passport Drive Upgrade

This one is a complete failure, but learned a few things. Wanted to update my WD Passport Essential from a 500G to 2TB drive. My usual “Measure Zero, Cut Thrice” approach served me poorly here. I Ordered a Toshiba 2TB driving, thinking I would just swap it out with...

Extensis Support Frustration and Font Suitcase Manual Uninstall

I have a problem on a Friday night – Extensis Suitcase has frozen, and basically I need to delete the font database. Frustrating, but not a giant deal. Problem 1: An uninstall doesn’t remove all the necessary files. This is an ongoing gripe I have about software. Uninstall should...