Author Archives: Ray Woodcock

VeraCrypt Error: MountVolume:8257: Your System Is Not Configured

Posted on January 11, 2019

I was using VeraCrypt 1.23-Hotfix-2 (64-bit) (installed, not portable) in Windows 10 Pro (1709). I clicked Select Device, selected a partition, and clicked OK. Then I clicked Mount > enter password > OK. This gave me an error message: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 8257, auto-mount new volumes, drive, encrypted, encryption, error, mountvol, mountvol.exe, MountVolume, partition, the device is not ready, TrueCrypt, VeraCrypt, Windows, Your system is not configured | Leave a comment

Adobe Acrobat: Scanning Cancelled

Posted on January 5, 2019

I was using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 in Windows 10 with a Brother DCP-7065DN multifunction scannner. I tried to scan a document on the flatbed using the Custom setting, as usual. That produced a “Scanning canceled” error (not sure if … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acrobat, Adobe, cancel, canceled, cancelled, scan, scanner, scanning, scans, WIA | Leave a comment

Windows To Go (WTG) Setup Loop: Why Did My PC Restart? and Error Code 0x80070005 – 0xA001A

Posted on August 17, 2018

Note: this post is a sketch. I thought I had a solution; some of the materials described here were helpful; but this project was interrupted, and I am not certain that I do have it. At this writing, a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged boot, card, drive, error, HP Mini 110, install, Media Creation Tool, mount, Samsung EVO, SD, SDHC, There was a problem running this tool, USB, Why did my PC restart, Windows 10, Windows To Go, WTG | 4 Comments

Trying to Convert a Windows 10 OEM Physical Installation to KVM

Posted on August 8, 2018

As described in another post, I had a Windows 10 (version 1607) installation on an Acer laptop. I wondered whether I could use Microsoft’s Disk2VHD to convert that physical installation to a virtual machine (VM) that would run in KVM. This post … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged computer, conversion, convert, converted, converting, EFI, export, import, install, installation, installed, interactive, KVM, laptop, machine, OEM, physical, qcow2, QEMU, raw, shell, UEFI, VBoxManage, vdi, VHD, vhdx, virtual, VirtualBox, virtualization, virtualize, virtualized, VM, vmdk, VMware, Windows 10 | Leave a comment

Making AOMEI Backupper Work from a USB Drive

Posted on July 25, 2018

I had used AOMEI Backupper Standard to capture a backup of my laptop’s Windows 10 installation at an earlier time. That backup consisted of a single large .adi file. Now I wanted to restore that .adi drive image to the laptop’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acronis, ADI, AOMEI, back up, backup, Backupper, BIOS, boot, bootable, bootup, Double Driver, drive, driver, drivers, drives, free, freeware, GPT, image, images, ISO, legacy, MBR, partition, partitions, Standard, UEFI | Leave a comment

Deciding Which and How Many VMs to Run in KVM

Posted on July 13, 2018

As described in another post, I had set up a Linux Mint Xfce (LMX) 18.3 host system on my Acer laptop. I chose LMX in the belief that its simplicity would maximize the resources available to my virtual machines (VMs) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10, 7, choice, decision, KVM, Linux, machine, machines, selection, virtual, VirtualBox, VM, VMs, Windows, XP | Leave a comment

Choosing a File Manager for Linux Mint

Posted on July 13, 2018

Another post describes various steps I took to install and configure Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon. As part of that process, I faced the question of whether to rely solely on the default Nemo file manager, or instead to supplement or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cinnamon, Double Commander, file manager, Linux, Mint, nemo, PCManFM, thunar | Leave a comment

A Windows Power User Configures Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.3 on an Acer Laptop (Long Version)

Posted on July 13, 2018

In a previous post, I expressed the view that the Linux community could only make Linux dominant on the desktop by ceasing its attempts to compete with Microsoft for ordinary end users, and instead concentrate its limited resources on attracting … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 5 A515-51, A515, Acer, Aspire, CentOS, Cinnamon, configuration, configure, configuring, distribution, distributions, distro, distros, guest, host, install, installation, installing, Linux, machine, machines, Mint, operating, over, overprovisioning, partition, partitioning, provisioning, setup, system, systems, tweak, tweaking, tweaks, VBox, virtual, VirtualBox, virtualization, VM, VMs, Xfce | Leave a comment

Slow NTFS File Transfers in Linux – Attempted Fix Using VeraCrypt Container in a Windows VM

Posted on July 13, 2018

I was using Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon. I noticed that, when I tried to move or copy large numbers of files from and to Windows NTFS partitions, those operations started out OK, but then became very slow. Excessive CPU burden … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged auto-mount, automount, copies, copy, copying, cross, delay, delays, drag, ext4, file, files, Linux, move, moving, NTFS, partition, partitions, platform, slow, slowness, sync, synchronization, synchronize, transfer, transferring, transfers, VeraCrypt, Windows | Leave a comment

Setting Up a Basic Linux Mint Xfce 18.3 System as a KVM Host (First Cut)

Posted on July 8, 2018

As discussed in earlier posts, I had decided to find, install, and configure an operating system (OS) that would serve as a stable long-term host system for running virtual machines (VMs) in KVM. To that end, I tried Linux Mint … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 0x0000007B, 10, 7, 7B, boot, BSOD, Cinnamon, conversion, convert, converted, converting, error, guest, host, hypervisor, IMG, KVM, Linux, machine, machines, manager, Mint, qcow, qcow2, QEMU, raw, vdi, virtual, VM, VMs, Windows, Xfce, XP | Leave a comment

Testing KVM with Persistent Space in an Ubuntu Live USB Drive; Piggybacking

Posted on June 30, 2018

As described in another post, I ran into problems, getting the KVM virtual machine (VM) hypervisor to work in Linux Mint Xfce (LMX) 18.3. I thought maybe the problem was with LMX, and therefore decided to test KVM and my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged boot, CD, hypervisor, install, ISO, KVM, Linux, live, machine, Mint, persistent, piggyback, piggybacked, piggybacking, run, storage, Ubuntu, USB, virtual, VirtualBox, VMware | Leave a comment

Trying to Use tar and rsync to Back Up a Linux System

Posted on June 25, 2018

This post describes my efforts to use tar, rsync, and gnome-disks to back up a Linux Mint Xfce installation. These efforts succeeded, in the sense that I could create backups; but these efforts failed, in the sense that (at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged back up, backup, backups, clone, command, compress, compressed, copies, copy, disks, file, grub, GUI, image, Linux, mirror, partition, restore, restoring, rsync, script, tar, zip | 1 Comment

Exploring Tools (WinSetupFromUSB, Easy2Boot, MultiBootUSB) to Create a UEFI Multiboot USB Drive

Posted on June 16, 2018

This post talks about using USB drives to boot computers with something other than the installed operating system. The alternate boot system might be a Linux “live” CD; it might be a diagnostic tool, or an ISO made from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acer, BIOS, boot, computer, Easy2Boot, F12, F2, laptop, legacy, Linux, multiboot, MultiBootUSB, UEFI, USB, Windows, WinSetupFromUSB, YUMI | 4 Comments

Trying CentOS Linux as a Desktop Solution

Posted on June 14, 2018

As discussed in a previous post, I decided to try using the CentOS distribution of the Linux operating system (OS) on my laptop computer. This post describes the process of installing and tweaking CentOS as desired. This effort failed, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CentOS, configuration, configure, configuring, guest, host, install, installation, installing, KVM, machine, manager, operating system, Red Hat, RedHat, set, setting, setup, tweak, tweaking, tweaks, up, virt-manager, virtual, virtualization, virtualized | Leave a comment

Extracting and Sorting Icons from a Windows System

Posted on June 10, 2018

I needed an icon measuring 96×96 pixels, to use as the icon for a desktop shortcut on a Linux system. There were free icons to be had online, but that was too easy. Seriously, at first it seemed like I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged delete, duplicate, duplicates, ExifTool, extract, extracting, extracts, file, files, find, ICO, icon, icons, identify, Linux, locate, metadata, PNG, search, searches, searching, tags, Windows | Leave a comment

Setting Up a Wired Connection Between Linux and Windows Computers (aborted)

Posted on June 6, 2018

This post consists of two parts. Part 1 illustrates what happens, in networking, when your head is not in networld, and you follow advice that is not necessarily on target. Part 2 presents a more succinct and seemingly well-guided route … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cable, computer, computers, crossover, Ethernet, funny, humor, install, installation, joke, laugh, network, networking, router, switch, two, unidentified, Windows 10, Windows 7 | Leave a comment

Choosing CentOS Linux to Replace Windows

Posted on June 6, 2018

As discussed in another post, Microsoft’s heavy hand in forcing the unwanted switch from Windows 7 to Windows 10, followed by a major Windows 10 update that left some of my key software nonworking, persuaded me to return to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged best, CentOS, choice, choose, compare, comparing, comparison, deb, distribution, distributions, distro, Linux, Mint, RPM, simple, stable, Ubuntu | 1 Comment

Linux Mint: Restart Unresponsive Desktop, Recover Missing Terminal Icon, Restore to Menu

Posted on May 31, 2018

I was using Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon. I edited the Menu. Among other things, I made a copy of the Terminal icon. Then I decided I didn’t want the copy. I deleted it. Unless there was something else going on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 18.3, alacarte, bar, Cinnamon, command, desktop, editor, entry, favorites, file, freeze, frozen, gnome, Linux, menu, Mint, panel, pin, pinned, pinning, run, stall, start, taskbar, Terminal, unresponsive, window | Leave a comment

Bulk Tag Editing Many MP3s Using MusicBrainz Picard

Posted on May 20, 2018

I had a bunch of MP3 files, with names in this format: “Beatles–Yesterday.mp3.” I wanted to add the year to the filename, like this: “Beatles–Yesterday (1965).mp3” — using, perhaps, what I had previously learned about putting metadata (a/k/a “tags”) into filenames. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged add, batch, bulk, change, data, database, edit, editing, editor, Excel, ExifTool, ffmpeg, many, meta, metadata, MP3, MP3s, multiple, music, MusicBrainz, Picard, revise, song, songs, tag, tags, tool, utility | Leave a comment

Creating an Alternate Linux Mint Start Menu

Posted on May 12, 2018

Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon offered a Menu button, at the lower left corner of the screen. That name was potentially confusing: Linux actually had many menus. “Apps” might have been more distinctive. As a longtime Windows user, I was comfortable … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arrange, button, configure, customize, folder, folders, hierarchical, hierarchy, how to, Linux, menu, Mint, organize, rearrange, start, structure, subfolder, subfolders, tweak | Leave a comment

Editing Video by Converting It to Single-Frame Images and Back

Posted on April 25, 2018

I had a video file, in .avi format. As detailed in another post, it came from a screen capture of a Google Street View route. This video had some problems. It seemed that one way to alleviate those problems, while … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged batch, bulk, center, combine, combined, combines, combining, command, commands, conversion, convert, converting, crop, delete, edit, editing, editor, eliminate, ffmpeg, form, frame, frames, image, images, merge, merged, merges, merging, middle, multiple, picture, pictures, remove, screenshot, screenshots, single, still, video, VisiPics, VSDC | Leave a comment

How to View Your Google Maps Route (Street View) as a Movie

Posted on April 25, 2018

No guarantees as to how long this will last before links or features change. But for the moment, here’s how it works. Google Maps allows users to view features (in this example, bike routes) and plot out a desired path. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged convert, Google, GPS, gpx, maps, movie, output, player, route, street view, streetview, video, view, visualizer | 2 Comments

Using ImageMagick to Combine Left and Right Segments of 2,700 Images

Posted on April 25, 2018

As detailed in another post, I had cropped about 2,700 image files into left-side pieces and right-side pieces, so as to get rid of the center. Now that I had 2,700 left-side segments in the Left folder and 2,700 right-side … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged batch, bulk, combine, combined, combining, concatenate, create, form, image, ImageMagick, images, many, merge, merges, merging, movie, multiple, one, output, parts, picture, pictures, pieces, produce, result, screenshots, segments, slideshow, two, video | Leave a comment

Creating a Bootable ISO from a Bootable USB Drive

Posted on April 21, 2018

Contents Preliminaries The Mission at Hand Using ImgBurn to Create the ISO Finding etfsboot.com Getting etfsboot.com from WAIK Getting etfsboot.com from Another USB Multiboot Problems Wrap-Up; Further Possibilities Later Testing . Preliminaries I was using Windows 10. I had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged an etfsboot.com, any etfsboot.com, BIOS, bootable, El Torito File System, etfs, etfsboot, etfsboot.com, ImgBurn, ISO, MultiBootUSB, no etfsboot.com, Rufus, UEFI, USB, UUI, virtual machine, VM, YUMI | 4 Comments

Multiboot USB Tools: YUMI vs. MultiBootUSB on a Legacy System (aborted)

Posted on April 21, 2018

I had long been using YUMI to assemble multiple bootable tools into one USB device. For example, I could use a single USB drive to run “live” versions of Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Puppy, and a number of other Linux distributions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged boot, bootable, drive, error, ISO, Linux, MultiBootUSB, tool, tools, unbootable, USB, utilities, utility, Windows, YUMI | 1 Comment

SSD Overprovisioning in Linux: The Case of a Samsung 850 EVO

Posted on April 19, 2018

As detailed in another post, I was in the process of installing and configuring Linux Mint on a solid state drive (SSD) in my Acer laptop. During that process, I needed to decide how to allocate space on the SSD. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 850 EVO, allocate, allow, benchmark, benchmarking, benchmarks, command, commands, Linux, M.2, M2, Mint, over, overprovisioning, partition, partitioning, partitions, perform, performance, provisioning, Samsung, size, solid state drive, space, SSD, support, test, testing, unallocated, unformatted, utilities, utility | Leave a comment

Returning to Linux, Seven Years On

Posted on March 23, 2018

On New Year’s Day 2011, I wrote a post titled “Farewell, Ubuntu.” It said that, after several years of trying Linux, I was returning to Windows. That made sense at the time: Windows 7 was turning out to be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10, 7, alternative, Cinnamon, dual boot, Linux, machine, machines, MATE, Mint, next steps, Ubuntu, virtual, VM, VMs, Windows | 2 Comments

Defeated by Windows 10: Choosing and Setting Up an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-563W (Kaby Lake) Laptop

Posted on March 23, 2018

This post describes the steps I took, in an attempt to get my customized Acer Aspire 5 to run Windows 10. A separate post discusses the choice and installation of hardware to upgrade this system. The steps described here were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 5, 563W, A515-51, Acer, AOMEI, Aspire, backup, BIOS, clone, cloning, drive, drives, dual boot, dual booting, E 15, E5-575-33BM, hard drive, HDD, Kaby Lake, legacy, Linux, Macrium, partition, partitions, password, review, reviewed, Secure Boot, SSD, UEFI, Windows 10 | 3 Comments

A Complete Cluster: Trying to Transfer Windows 10 from HDD to M.2 SSD on an Acer Aspire 5

Posted on March 23, 2018

As described in another post, I was attempting to customize and configure an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-563W laptop. The task at hand was to transfer the original Windows 10 installation from the stock 1TB hard disk drive (HDD) to the newly … Continue reading →

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Acer Aspire 5 A515-51 Laptop: Hardware Upgrades (Adding RAM, SSD, etc.)

Posted on March 22, 2018

As discussed in a companion post, I bought an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-563W Core i5-7200U laptop, from among the offerings in Acer’s Aspire 5 family, and set about the process of tweaking it. This post focuses on my hardware adjustments. First, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2.0, 3mm, 563W, A515-51, A515-51-563W, Acer, alternative, Aspire 5, backlighting, backlit, backlit keyboard, CM2x3-3.3, Core i5, CPU, disk, disk drive, DIY, drive, hard, hardware, HDD, i5-7200U, keyboard, laptop, M.2, M2, maximum, memory, ram, screw, solid state, specifications, SSD, upgrade, upgrades, workaround | 11 Comments

Suckered Again! More Time Wasted on Windows 10

Posted on March 21, 2018

In February 2016, I tried upgrading an existing Windows 7 installation to Windows 10. As described in a previous post, that proved to be a complicated and frustrating experience — partly because, at that point, Windows 10 had not yet worked … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged absurd, bamboozled, dumb ass, dumbass, exploitation, exploitative, f*cking idiot, fool, fooled, is a joke, joke, Microsoft, naive, nonsensical, nothing better to do with your time, ricking fiduculous, silly, suck, sucker, suckered, suckering, suckers, sucking, sucks, timewaster, timewasting, trust, waste of time, what a joke, Windows, Windows 10 | 2 Comments

A Windows 7 User Installs and Tweaks Windows 10 (rough cut, incomplete)

Posted on March 21, 2018

Contents Introduction Preparations Updates Drivers Assorted Fixes File Explorer “Settings,” Control Panel, and Group Policy Editor Accounts and Security Portable Program File Associations Installing & Tweaking Software Context Menu Filetype Associations (continued) Other Tweaks . Introduction As described in another … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adjust, adjusting, adjustment, adjustments, configure, configuring, custom, customize, customized, install, installation, installing, revising, tweak, tweaking, tweaks, Windows 10 | Leave a comment

Cleaning Up the Windows 10 Context Menu (aborted)

Posted on March 21, 2018

This post describes steps I pursued to prune and organize the Win10 context menu. At this writing, the project is incomplete, due to my decision to back away from Windows 10 for the time being. * * * * * … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged configure, context, context menu, customize, customized, edit, edited, editing, menu, modified, modify, options, prune, revise, revised, right-click, tweak, Windows 10 | Leave a comment

Using VMware to Run Software When Windows 10 Won’t

Posted on March 9, 2018

A previous post discusses my efforts to use VirtualBox to run software that ran fine in Windows 10 — until, one day, something (a Windows 10 update, apparently) caused that software not to run anymore. Unfortunately, the VirtualBox effort also ran … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adjust, alternative, alternatives, antivirus, clone, clones, cloning, compare, comparison, configuration, configure, features, import, importing, install, installation, move, moving, performance, player, snapshots, tweak, VirtualBox, VMware, Workstation | Leave a comment

Using VirtualBox to Run Software When Windows 10 Won’t

Posted on March 9, 2018

Note: this is the long version. The Summary has a short version. Another post may eventually provide a more detailed short version. Contents Summary Introduction VM Software Options for Choosing and Installing the Operating System Windows 7 Licensing and Activation … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged activate, activated, activating, activation, Adobe Premiere Elements, appliance, clone, CloneVDI, cloning, configure, copy, customize, error, install, installation, KVM, Linux, Microsoft Office, move, Office 2016, offline, performance, phone, portable, programs, reactivate, reactivation, shared folders, software, telephone, tweak, UUID, virtual machine, virtual machines, VirtualBox, VM, VMs, VMware, Windows, Xen | Leave a comment

Choosing the Best Benchmarks: A Comparison of VirtualBox vs. VMware Virtual Machines

Posted on March 6, 2018

As described in (1 2) other posts, I was looking at VirtualBox 5.2.6 and VMware Workstation Player 14.1.1 as possible ways to run certain software in a Windows 7 guest virtual machine (VM) on a Windows 10 host computer. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged benchmark, benchmarking, best, better, compare, comparison, complex, complicated, confusing, cores, CPU, CPUs, CrystalMark, Guest Additions, Novabench, PassMark, PCMark, PCMark10, performance, player, Sandra, SiSoft, SiSoftware, software, threads, tools, VirtualBox, VMware, Windows Experience Index | 2 Comments

Windows 7 Licensing: A Few Questions and Observations

Posted on February 21, 2018

As detailed in another post, I was in the process of developing a Windows 7 virtual machine (VM). While researching various aspects of that process, I saw a number of statements about Windows 7 licensing. Those statements provoked me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged activate, activation, agreement, America, attorney, attorneys, cost, court, courts, end user, EULA, expense, fees, injustice, justice, law, laws, lawsuit, lawyer, lawyers, legal, license, licenses, litigation, Microsoft, reactivate, reactivation, software, sue, suit, system, terms, virtual machine, VM, Windows | Leave a comment

Understanding VirtualBox Snapshots

Posted on February 20, 2018

Contents Introduction Summary Testing Snapshots Merging Changes Back into the Original VM . Introduction VirtualBox was a widely used and appreciated free tool for creating, configuring, and using virtual machines (VMs). This post discusses snapshots in VirtualBox 5.2.6. The VirtualBox … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged activate, activation, clone, cloned, clones, CloneVDI, cloning, combine, compress, enlarge, merge, merged, merging, reactivate, reactivation, resize, revert, reverting, snapshot, snapshots, virtual machine, virtual machines, VirtualBox, VM, VMs, Windows | Leave a comment

A Windows User’s Plan for Creating a Linux Mint System

Posted on February 18, 2018

(This post summarizes the situation I faced in summer 2016, as I wavered between Windows 7, Windows 10, and Linux Mint. I did not publish it at that point because some related posts were not yet finished.) As detailed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10, 7, advantages, dependence, Linux, Microsoft, plan, reasons, system, user, virtual machine, VM, Windows | Leave a comment

A Linux Mint 18 Virtual Machine to Replace Windows 7

Posted on February 18, 2018

I was in the process of transitioning from Windows 7 to Linux. For reasons provided in another post, I decided to try doing most of my work in a Linux Mint virtual machine (VM) in VirtualBox, rather than in the underlying native Linux installation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 18, configuration, configure, install, installation, Linux, Mint, package, packages, PlayOnLinux, program, programs, replace, virtual machine, VM, Windows, Windows 7, Wine | Leave a comment

Converting an Acronis TIB Drive Image to a Virtual Machine

Posted on February 17, 2018

Contents Summary Converting an Acronis TIB to VHD Creating a VHD via Disk Management on a Windows 7 Computer Creating a VHD via Disk Management on a Windows 10 Computer Creating a VHD via ATI 2011 Conversion Option Creating a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acronis, ATI, ATIH, Auto-resize Guest Display, conversion, convert, converting, grayed, greyed, Guest Additions, image, restore, TIB, True Image, VHD, virtual machine, VM, Windows | 1 Comment

Microsoft Office 2016 Won’t Run in Windows 10 After Updates

Posted on January 28, 2018

Contents Introduction A Manual Uninstallation Script: FAIL A Hybrid Easy Manual Uninstallation Method: FAIL Seeking Help from Microsoft: FAIL Understanding Windows 10 Updates A Partial Solution: Reverting & Postponing Updates . Introduction I dreaded the switch from Windows 7 to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 0xc0000142, 2016, clean, cleaner, defer, delay, feature, fix, Microsoft, Office, postpone, registry, reinstall, security, something went wrong, unable to start correctly, uninstall, update, updates, upgrade, upgrades, version, Windows 10 | 6 Comments

Debug.Log: Error: Range: Fully Unreadable

Posted on January 23, 2018

I kept seeing a debug.log file open on my desktop, in Notepad, containing this text: [0120/175101.863:ERROR:process_info.cc(632)] range at 0xaabf36c600000000, size 0x155 fully unreadable [0120/175101.863:ERROR:process_info.cc(632)] range at 0xaabf372800000000, size 0x155 fully unreadable [0120/175101.863:ERROR:process_info.cc(632)] range at 0x0, size 0x155 fully unreadable My … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Debug.Log, error, file, Fully Unreadable, Range, size, Windows 10 | Leave a comment

O&O RegEditor: While Importing, an Error Was Detected on Line 1

Posted on January 23, 2018

I was using Windows 10. I had a registry edit (.reg) file that I wanted to add to the registry. I was using O&O RegEditor as my default registry viewer. When I double-clicked on the .reg file, I got an … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged edit, editor, OO, regedit, RegEditor, registry, While Importing an Error Was Detected on Line 1, Windows 10 | Leave a comment

Windows 10: Task Scheduler: Trigger: On a Schedule: OK Grayed

Posted on January 17, 2018

This is a dumb one, but I’m going to blog it because it managed to tie me up for at least ten minutes, and a search didn’t come up with an answer. The situation is this: I was using taskschd.msc … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged batch, days, edit, gray, grayed, grey, greyed, months, schedule, scheduler, task, trigger, triggers | 1 Comment

Excel Ran Out of Resources While Attempting to Calculate One or More Formulas

Posted on January 6, 2018

I was using Excel 2016. I was attempting to finish adding formulas throughout all rows of a large spreadsheet. In this spreadsheet, column A contained data, and all remaining columns contained formulas that would make incremental changes, going across, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged As a result these formulas cannot be evaluated, consider using a 64-bit version of Microsoft Excel., Excel ran out of resources while attempting to calculate one or more formulas, There isn't enough memory to complete this action, To increase memory availability, Try using less data or closing other applications | 8 Comments

Combining Thousands of Screenshots into a Slideshow or Video Without Losing Quality

Posted on January 6, 2018

Another post describes my travails in converting thousands of photos into IrfanView self-executing (.exe) slideshows, Acrobat PDF slideshows, or video, so as to watch that sequence of photos tell its story without requiring me to open each image file manually. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AVC, AVCHD, AVI, capture, codec, compress, container, convert, demux, display, format, Format Factory, H.264, H.265, H264, H265, HEVC, Kirara, Lagarith, Microsoft, MKV, Movie Maker, MP4, mux, remux, screen, screenshots, slideshow, video, VLC, VSDC, x264, x265, XAVC-S | Leave a comment

Video Formats: Choosing Among Codecs and Containers: MP4, AVI, MKV, etc.

Posted on January 4, 2018

I had been using Adobe Premiere Elements 12 and other video editing software for some time. Such software allowed me to choose the output format for each video file I produced. I had a rough sense of some differences among … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adobe, AVCHD, AVI, codec, codecs, container, containers, demux, demuxing, Elements, FLV, H.264, H.265, MKV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, mux, muxing, Premiere, remux, remuxing, video, WMV, x264, x265, XAVC, XAVC-S | 1 Comment

Considering Hardware Upgrades on an Old Windows XP Machine: CPU, RAM, Drive, Battery

Posted on November 27, 2017

I came into possession of a Hewlett-Packard (HP) Mini 110-1023NR. The HP Mini line was marketed from 2007 to 2012. I was thinking about upgrading the hardware on that unit. This post presents what I learned in that inquiry. Current … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged computer, CPU, disk, drive, hard, hardware, HDD, laptop, memory, notebook, old, older, processor, ram, solid state, SSD, upgrade, upgrades, Windows, XP | Leave a comment

A Batch File to Do Things Silently Every Hour (e.g., Check Up on Antivirus)

Posted on November 1, 2017

Now and then, I experienced the rude shock of discovering that my antivirus software was not running, when I assumed it was. Maybe I had intended to turn it off temporarily, so as not to interfere with a program installation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged batch, check, command, every, execute, file, hour, hourly, minimize, minimized, per, process, run, running, test, verify | Leave a comment

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