Category: Clients

  • ReNamer – insert custom format EXIF date

    I have been using ReNamer by Denis Kazlov for quite some time now. One little annoyance I had with this application was lack of flexibility when inserting image EXIF dates. You can insert a date, but its format is determined by a global setting in Settings > Meta tags. This works fine if you have only…

  • Outlook 0x800CCC13 Send/Receive error after upgrading to Windows 10

    Issue After Windows 7 (or Windows 8) PC is upgraded to Windows 10, Microsoft Outlook 2010 refuses to send emails via IMAP/POP3/SMTP accounts. Send/Receive dialog displays following error message: Task ‘<account> – Sending’ reported error (0x800CCC13): “Cannot connect to the network. Verify your network connection or modems”.

  • Delete Windows.old folder after Windows upgrade

    After upgrading Windows 7 (or 8) to Windows 10, Windows installer will move your old Windows installation files to a folder called C:\Windows.old.  You can browser this folder to find files from your old Windows version. Windows also uses this folder if you decide to roll back to the previous Windows version. If you are happy with…

  • Windows 10 – Windows Update gets stuck downloading updates

    Issue Windows 10 PC cannot finish downloading updates. It always gets stuck on the same percentage no matter what.

  • Cannot login using PIN in Windows 10

    Issue After upgrading Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, can no longer login using PIN code. Windows login screen only allows to login using full password and there is no Sign-In Options button.

  • MS Money doesn’t work in Windows 10 – Money requires Internet Explorer 6…

    Issue MS Money stops working after upgrading Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. When trying to open, MS Money displays following error message: Money requires Internet Explorer 6 to function properly. Please reinstall Internet Explorer 6 so these components can be added.

  • Foscam Chrome plugin not detected by Google Chrome

    Foscam IP cameras use NPAPI Chrome plugin that by default is disabled in Google Chrome starting version 42. Even if Foscam plugin is installed, you will get following messages: This site uses a plugin (application/ipcam-regplugin) that is unsupported.Plugins are not found, Click me to download

  • Delete Windows 7 backup job

    Once you setup a backup job on Windows 7 machine, you can edit the job settings of disable the schedule, but there is no obvious way to delete the backup job completely.

  • Hide user account from Windows 8 login screen

    To hide any user account from Windows login screen, make following registry changes: Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserListSpecialAccounts and UserList keys are not present by default – you need to create them yourself. Inside UserList key create a new DWORD type entry name: user account login name (the one you want to hide)value: 0 Restart the PC

  • Opening Windows BSOD crash report minidump files

    Windows “Blue Screen of Death” crash report minidump files are normally saved in “C:\Windows\Minidump” folder.Full memory dumps are saved in “C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP” file. Level of crash information logging can be set in System Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings

  • HP Officejet 7500A – Call to Driver Package Uninstall returned error 5

    Issue Something went wrong when a user was installing HP Officejet 7500A multi-functional A3 printer software from HP website. The printer doesn’t appear in Windows 10 Settings > Printers & Scanners. In the old Control Panel > Devices and Printers it appears under Unspecified devices, but fails to print or display printer properties. The printer is…

  • Searching from Google Chrome address bar returns results for wrong country

    Issue Searching in Google Chrome by entering a search query in the Chrome’s Omnibox (address bar) returns results from google.com instead on google.co.uk as expected. Resolution Right click on the address bar in Google Chrome and select “Search Engines“ In the “Search Engines” box, scroll down to the very bottom and add a new search engine: Name:…