“The operating system is not presently configured to run this application”
Daleor even "Word experienced an error trying to open the file. ..." I've seen this when trying to open a Word document which was attached to an Outlook mail message.…
“The disk is write protected” – Sandisk Ultra USB
There are a number of suggested fixes on the interwebs, though from the Sandisk Forum "I understand that you are getting write protection error while accessing your Cruzer flash drive.…
It was 1989 when Jim, Mary and the dog
poured some concrete. I was doing some building demolition and found these at a Dandenong Ranges House. Jim was Walter James Bishop. Mary was his wife. Dog is <unknown>
Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 closes immediately after opening
with either a Exception code of 0xc000041d or 0xc0000005. Some web sites suggests it's a license error, which can fixed by either deleting some registry keys; or blocking acroipm.adobe.com. Before…
ipconfig /flushdns now requires elevation?
Customers had started to report that ipconfig /flushdns now requires Local Administrator rights. C:\>ipconfig /flushdns The requested operation requires elevation. Not all customers are seeing that though. (Microsoft has gone…
Assorted programs I use
either at work or home. (October 2020 Edition) Category Software Audio Any Audio Converter Audio Audacity Audio Audiograbber Audio FFmpeg for Audacity Audio MediaMonkey Audio MP3TAG Audio MusicBrainz Picard Audio…
Bunny grooming tools as used by …
Bunfluff Rabbit and Guinea Pig Grooming I have the Shear Magic Rocket Trimmer, and it's the best trimmer I've owned. BunFluff Rabbit Grooming
Saturday Link Roundup – Kerberos
Some Kerberos items I looked at lately Stopping Active Directory attacks and other post-exploitation behavior with AMSI and machine learning Detecting Kerberoasting Activity Hunting down DES in order to securely…
Repost – The Tombstone Imperative
Update - 50 years ago today, the West Gate Bridge collapsed. Re-posting this from 10 years ago. There is a term in aviation safety, called “The Tombstone Imperative”. Yes, it’s…
Windows Compressed (zipped) Folder – Not programmatically drivable
"One of the terms of the license is that the compression and decompression code for Zip folders should be tied to UI actions and not be programmatically drivable. The main…