Windows 7: Installer encountered an error: 0xc8000222
I fixed this issue for a customer this morning on a Windows 7 machine. When you loaded Windows Update, it’d say no updates are available despite the fact the machine had no service pack installed (SP1...
View ArticleWindows Loader by Daz v2.1
I thought I’d post about Windows Loader by Daz as I’ve previously blogged about v1.9.7. I recently noticed that Daz has released several new versions since I blogged about it in March. The current 2.1...
View ArticleSync’ing with Microsoft Office Outlook and Android
I use Microsoft Office Outlook for my e-mail because it has other tools like a calendar, task list and address book. I do not use Microsoft Exchange but I do use Outlook on a number of computers which...
View ArticleThis application has failed to start because iertutil.dll was not found....
I fixed this issue for a customer on two Windows XP Home OEM machines that were running Internet Explorer 8. It would boot to the login screen ok but Explorer.exe would not load after login and would...
View ArticleObscure Windows
I do a lot of Windows installations that are quite obscure which for me at least gives merit to Windows being a highly adaptable operating system capable of many tasks it was never designed for. I’ve...
View ArticleWindows 7 Service Pack 1 Does Not Install
I’ve encountered the issue that Service Pack 1 does not install on a Windows 7 machine quite a number of times and I wanted to develop a general troubleshooting guide that would work under all...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office 2010 OPK PV6
You can’t get your hands on the Microsoft OEM Preinstallation Kits unless you’re registered as a Microsoft OEM Partner. I noticed you can’t seem to find this on the net, and well, its probably useful...
View ArticleWindows 7 ISO Image Downloads from Digital River
Thought I’d blog a complete list as an alternative to the many articles on mydigitallife. Home Premium x86 ISO – X15-65732 SP1 ISO – X17-58996 Home Premium x64 ISO – X15-65733 – 3,149,108KB SP1 ISO –...
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IMAP vs POP3
A well dated argument this one, when retrieving e-mail from a mail server which protocol is best used? I’ve been a long standing user of POP3, as many others. The reason this protocol is great is...
View ArticleWindows Update website does not load–0x8024D001
It seems I now experience this error on any new installation of Windows XP. XP has officially been discontinued since April 2013 however many people still use it for systems incompatible with more...
View ArticleBackup Windows 10 – File History
After setting up my Thecus N4310 NAS the other day, I thought I should really start making backups of my Windows 10 computers. Windows 10 has a new feature called File History, which essentially works...
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