Picked up an AGP HIS Radeon HD 4670 1GB card the other day to run Diablo 3 on a older PC system. System is an Abit AV8 board with AMD X2 4200, 4GB and running RAID 0. Tried to run Diablo 3 and it complained about the video card not supported. Figured there was no [...]
READ MORE »RSA 2012 #sophospuzzle
Here are some helpers for solving the RSA 2012 challenge, RSA 2012 #sophospuzzle. Compile the posted code with C++ compiler, I used GCC in Mingw package. I did clean up the code for easier reading, plus the newer GCC was complaining about VOID used instead of INT. If you look at the code, it won’t [...]
READ MORE »Crypto Challenges: Interests
Came across some puzzles that were of some interest. If you know of some similar to these type of puzzles, post a link. All comments are screened for approval. No solutions will be posted here. SAIC sponsored: Got this biz card somewhere. Took a pic and uploaded. The card is the first puzzle. Here is [...]
READ MORE »Adding Another Fresh Clean XP Mode VHD Image
I wanted to create a second XP Mode VHD just to test out an AV program. I don’t want to use my working image and I planned on deleting the image after testing out the AV program. Turns out the MS installer will give you an error if you try to run the WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe setup; [...]
READ MORE »BackTrack 5 installed but aborted IDA Pro 5 setup – now missing
Installed BackTrack 5 to the hard drive and wanted to see how IDA on Linux looked. I already got the upgrade package that showed some changes for IDA 5 in the log. Clicked the desktop shortcut to install IDA and wine got started up followed by the setup wizard. Windows version was not what I [...]
READ MORE »Getting Roboform 6 to work with FireFox ver 4 or 5
In ref to my other post about Roboform license here is a followup for a possible solution. Ok here might be a short term solution for Ver 6 users and Firefox 4 and 5. <–see note below. I just tested this with the latest version of FireFox 4.0.1 and the last build of RoboForm 6.10.2. [...]
READ MORE »Scorekeeper’s Friend by Bill Glasco
I just wanted to give some recognition to this detailed scorekeeping ‘How to Book’. It’s called the Scorekeeper’s Friend and has a lighter version called Scorekeeping Basics. Bill Glasco is the author and you can find credit references to him in many other scorekeeping books and websites. If you find yourself struggling with some of [...]
READ MORE »Don’t Buy It *update 2 – Solution*">RoboForm Renegs Lifetime Upgrade License – Don’t Buy It *update 2 – Solution*
RoboForm has pulled a bait and switch over their customers. I have purchased several licenses and recommended it as a quality software company to purchase from. Not anymore. They have quietly voided their lifetime license policy and now requiring payment for any upgrades. No notice has been given, only a discounted price if offered to [...]
READ MORE »DetectLanguage() Failure. Exiting – Corel X3 PaintShop Pro
If you just tried updating some extras for Corel PaintShop Pro chances are you might get this error when trying to start it again. The problem is because the default language setting in the registry is no longer set. You will need to edit this in the registry or import a reg file correcting it. [...]
READ MORE »Outlook Express Defaults to French – Spell Check
Great if French is primary speaking and writing language but not so much if your install is meant for EN English only. The problem has something to do with installing MS Office. Since Outlook Express has been replaced with Windows Live Mail, doubt they will fix it anytime soon. Here is an alternative solution. Download [...]
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