Posts filed under 'Vista'
Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets are Pretty Pointless
…and yet I wrote one anyway, just to try it out: App Killer
Add comment October 21, 2008
Stopping VirusRemover2008
Once again some major fool has created more work for me…this time, a client intemperately clicking a link in Huffingtonpost.com’s comment section has installed an app called ViruRemover2008, supposedly an antiviral program, but in reality an annoying piece of malware. Pop-ups continually distract you indicating that there are viruses on your computer. To ‘fix’ this problem, you are advised to purchase the full version of VirusRemover2008. VR2008 will never stop asking you, and will not allow itself to be uninstalled. This is a business model?
So I spent some time trying to remove the program fragments in the manner suggested at Symantec.com, but I never did find them. SAV might have found and deleted them by the time I arrived on the scene, or the VR2008 author may have read the same page and changed his code. The virus was only active in a single user’s profile, so the actual fix was:
- let Symantec AV do its thing
- copy the user’s profile
- delete the user’s profile
- after making sure the problem is gone, restore the user’s desktop items and internet favorites.
So far, that has worked. Try not to get too angry.
Add comment October 8, 2008
Another Day, Another Outlook 2007 Crash
Here’s the symptom (Windows Vista, Outlook 2007):
Corrupt Outlook.ost file error message
The Solution: Delete file c:\users\USERNAME\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook\outlook.ost.
When you restart Outlook, it will act as though you are opening the app for the first time. You won’t lose any of your settings. I take that back – I lost the ‘auto-complete’ list for previously used addresses.
Add comment September 11, 2008
Installing Infotrieve Ariel under Windows Vista
I wrote a little instruction set for this task, since it was a bit of a pain. You can download the MS Word Doc from the URL:
http://www.indiana.edu/~libcasd/ariel-vista.doc.
/updated 7/24/2008
Add comment July 24, 2008
Windows Vista – A Review Roundup
I get Windows Vista free as a result of my being a slave to the system(s); should I or shouldn’t I upgrade from XP SP2? I searched out a list of reviews that consider to be from (relatively) reputable sources:
So far, may answer: No, XP seems to work just fine, thanks.
Add comment December 20, 2007
