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  • Issue Trying to send bunch of jpg image files via Skype. Transfer fails to start and following error message is displayed: File transfer limitYou cannot send any more files until your existing file transfers have finished.

  • Issue Trying to run a Java application in Google Chrome fails. Message “Plug-in blocked” appears in the address bar and options to temporary or permanently allow Java on a particular website are greyed out.

  • One of the best things about Macbooks is a fantastic Apple trackpads. Unfortunately, this cannot be said about third party mouse support. Maybe I haven’t used Macs for long enough, but I really hate mouse scrolling (and tracking) acceleration. What I want…

  • Issue Cannot upgrade Altusen Aten KH1508Ai IP KVM switch firmware via web interface GUI. After choosing the .fw firmware file and clicking the Upgrade button, following error is displayed: “Firmware file format error“.

  • Issue Cannot install Windows 8.1 on MacBook Pro 13.3 Retina (OS X Yosemite) from an external DVD drive. After booting from the Windows 8.1 installation DVD and trying to install Windows on BOOTCAMP partition, following error is displayed: Windows cannot…

  • Issue After upgrading Android Studio from 0.8.14 to 1.0 RC4, project Gradle sync fails with error: Gradle DSL method not found: ‘runProguard()’Error(16,0)Possible causes:• The project ‘<project name>’ may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method.• The…

  • This is how I managed to to install USB debugging drivers for Tesco Hudl 2 and use it with Android Studio for development. Enable USB debugging on the Hudl2 and connect to a PC From Android notification drawer change USB connection type…

  • Issue Windows 8.1 desktop PC wakes up from sleep mode every night around 3am. Resolution To find out what woke up computer last time you can run powercfg -lastwake Owner: [SERVICE] \Device\Harddisk\Volume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventBroker)Owner Supplied Reason: Windows will execute ‘NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Regular Maintenance’…

  • Default Windows Server 2012 reboot after Windows Update is truly baffling. The server installs updates at night and then waits for a user/administrator to login (which normally happens in a middle of working day). As soon as logged-on you get a…

  • Issue Apple Mail would not send large emails via an Exchange account hosted on MS Exchange 2007 server. Activity window would show Sending message / Adding messages for a few minutes. Then email would just sit in Outbox until deleted.…

  • Issue Minecraft server crashes when computer is resuming from sleep mode. Minecraft Logs: [05:11:26] [Server thread/WARN]: Can’t keep up! Did the system time change, or is the server overloaded? Running 23352870ms behind, skipping 467057 tick(s)[05:11:35] [Server Watchdog/FATAL]: A single server…

  • These instructions will allow setting up Minecraft server to launch automatically when computer starts. I used Windows 8.1 Pro machine, but setting this up on different Windows versions would be very similar.