"Windows XP mode is restricted to Professional versions of Windows 7. Microsoft doesn’t officially support it on Windows 8 , but there’s a way to get Windows XP Mode running on Microsoft’s latest operating system anyway. You won’t need a Windows XP disc or license key — just a computer running Windows 8." For those who are unhappy, I found an article which explains the "how to": http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/forget-end-life-w...
This video ( http://youtu.be/jz55QSOaFbI ) from MS should explain the updates. There are “Critical” updates. Executive Summary Four bulletins are released by Microsoft this month that address 11 vulnerabilities across all products. The products affected by these vulnerabilities are Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office. Two bulletins are rated critical, the other two important. Top deployment priority are the two cr...
Really. This is a huge problem. There’s a bug in the security encryption software used by large segments of the internet (possibly millions of websites) to encrypt and secure private data from being transmitted to the internet which causes data leaks (passwords, user names, banking info, etc.) when the server communicates with a computer attempting to communicate with that server. Worse: The data can be stolen without leaving a trace, and impersonations would go undetected. Heart...
There’s an update available to Ps CS6, CC and Bridge (at least it was for mine). There’s new support for Canon EOS 1200D, Casio EX-100, DJI Phantom, Fujifilm X-T1, Hasselblad H5D-50c and HV, Nikon D3300 and D4S, Olympus OM-D E-M10, Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS40, Phase One IQ250, Samsung NX30 and Sony's Alpha a5000 and Alpha a6000 (ILCE-6000). The Oil Paint filter was based on a large code package from Pixel Bender which is outdated, and to be honest, I didn’t see much use for that fi...
Sorry to bring bad news, but it has gotten worse. So how is it worse? CryptoDefender wipes out all Shadow Volume Copies (also called VSS or Volume Snapshot Service) and ransom demands are added to every file containing encrypted files. So what does VSS do? It makes Snapshots. Snapshots have two primary purposes: they allow the creation of consistent backups of a volume, ensuring that the contents cannot change while the backup is being made; and they avoid problems with file locking...
If you’re interested, getting it isn’t easy. You have to go to Piriform’s Google Plus profile page and join the community. You can find that here: https://plus.google.com/communities/110652555815519063408 You’re not done yet. Now you have to go to the store page and click on “become a tester”. However, when I clicked on the link (from gHacks), I got this message: Sorry, there is nothing to see for you here. This could have several ...
Lifehacker was noting the update for Windows 8.1 with the Start Menu feature and the allowing apps to run in a desktop window and made mention of the Start8 and ModernMix Stardock apps which do that already... Nice to be noticed! And speaking about noticing, please note that the update to Start8 for the new Windows 8.1 update is available , per Island Dog.
Don’t miss this…it’ll teach you how to use the Creative Cloud to start or expand your business (photography). Here: http://www.creativelive.com/courses/creative-cloud-essentials-lesa-snider?utm_source=Lesa&utm_medium=Lesa&utm_campaign=LesaLRE Fantastic instructress and it’s free…how can you lose?
I hope everyone has updated to the free 2.0 version since Leo the Lion’s post . The Licensed version seems to have a bug. Martin Brinkmann has posted on error code 20026. Apparently, the anti-rootkit component isn’t working. I’m not sure if this is true for the free version as well. “Error: Malwarebytes was unable to load the Anti-Rootkit Driver. Error code: 20026 Do you want to continue the scan without anti-rootkit support?” then, before he could answer...
After reading about crashes I decided that a long time peeve of mine is Windows reports for app crashes/hangs and Windows BSODs (thankfully truly rare in W7). The stuff you get in W7: “ProgX.exe has stopped working. Windows can check for a solution to the problem. Check online? Close the program. and you can get “details”. WinCrashReport does a good deal more. It won’t solve the problem, but it will give you a report with good options, (check the link) even if the app cra...
When I read this, I was reminded of the news item a while back about flying modems, and of Google’s sniffing networks during its ‘Street Mapping’. Zuckerberg’s story? “We’re bringing internet access to remote areas.” Maybe, but if these areas are so remote (Philippines and Paraguay now with more to come), do they have electricity and computers? Do they even want them? I seem to remember pictures after the massive hurricane they had. I thought they needed food and stable sh...
Almost anyone who has processed images has come to realize that the best way to do it is as the last step in the chain of changes to the image before publication. Also, most realize that the best way to do it is with the High Pass filter (Filter>Other>High Pass), and then changing the blend mode to Overlay, Soft light, etc. on a smart object nondestructively. The problem though is that it’s laborious. It’s best done selectively to certain areas only, since applying one rad...
It happens to everyone (or almost everyone). Your phone/tablet gets submerged, or a significant amount of water lands on it. There are water proof phones and cases, but you don’t have one… Step One: Turn it off ASAP! Don’t argue. Don’t think. Just do it as fast as you can. You don’t want anything to short out. Step Two: Open the battery compartment. Take out the battery and SIM card. Mop up whatever water/fluid you can get to (use a ...
Photoshop is as intimidating as hell. I spent the longest time just looking at the interface and closing it. Then, Shaunna (mrs_starkers) put up a thread, and the rank amateurs went wild. This started me learning. My envy of Po’Smedley’s and Skinhit’s abilities to create icons, walls and crazy shops (and some friends who wanted to try as well), kept me going. Some like Gimp more, others want to learn the industry gold standard. Photographers might want Lightroom more than Photos...
So, you’ve done your due diligence and despite all you’ve done, you’ve been hit. It happens. The thing about your Security software? It’ll clean out the virus/Trojan, but it won’t fix the damage the malware has done to your system when it took over various functions and rendered them inoperable. So what can you do? Format and reinstall Windows, or remove the malware and try to fix all the functions rendered inoperable. Now, instead of the laboriou...