In previous article I explained how to add folders located on removable drives (MicroSD cards, etc.) to Windows Libraries. Unfortunately this workaround does not work very well in all situations. Because these folders can’t be indexed, some applications do not work correctly (i.e. modern / metro version of Windows Photo Gallery) This article explains another, more…

Issue – you cannot add a folder located on removable media (MicroSD card, USB flash drive, etc) to the Windows Libraries. Following error is displayed:   Windows LibrariesThis folder can’t be included because it is on a removable media. This behaviour is by design. Windows doesn’t allow folders saved on removable media to be used…

Recently had to record a short video directly from a computer screen. After trying few shareware and free utilities decided to stick with a commercial Bandicam. Full version costs $39 per computer. Simply select screen area you want to capture, optionally adjust audio and video settings and start recording.

Issue Opening PDF files within Internet Explore 9 on some websites causes IE to crash. Following errors are displayed: Internet Explorer has stopped workingA problem caused the program to stop working correctly.Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. Foxit Readerformat error: not a PDF or corrupted.

After updating Java to v7 Update 21, Java applets stopped working in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP machines. Windows 7 machines with IE9 were not affected. Other browsers running on Windows XP were also not affected. Java plugin was enabled in IE and security settings were set correctly to allow Java in the browser.…

Java 7 Update 21 refuses to work on Windows 8. Tested using Internet Explorer 10, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer and Firefox display following error instead of Java applet: Error. Click for details ClassNotFoundException testjava2_1.testVMApplet.class

To settle EU antitrust case Microsoft was forced to display a browser choice ballot screen to all EU based users.This is normally displayed only once, but you can prevent this completely via a simple registry update.  

Google+ Hangouts stopped working. Google+ Hangout page says that Google Voice and Video Plugin is installed, but cannot be launched. Then suggests to uninstall and re-install it, however, plugin is nowhere to be found in Windows Uninstall and Change program list.After this, Google+ Hangouts page simply shows something like “Sorry, we couldn’t resolve your issue“……

Issue Windows Small Business Server 2008 domain Some Windows 7 computers take over 10 minutes to boot During delay Windows displays “Please Wait…” message (above)  If “Verbose vs normal status messages” Group Policy is enabled, Windows displays “Applying Software Installation Policy…“  

Windows 8 by default does not allow installing digitally unsigned drivers. I some instances Windows 8 gives a warning about installing digitally unsigned driver, but lets to continue installation and does not make it clear that driver was not actually installed. In the above image you can see a Windows 8 warning shown while trying…

Some applications can prevent computer from sleeping even when you are not actively using the computer. To find out what applications are keeping computer from entering sleep or other low power mode perform following:

Windows Update fails to install Internet Explorer 9 with error:Code 3715 Windows Update encouraged an unknown error.