Tag Archive for 'solution'

Command Prompt Disappears

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on December 3, 2007
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Here’s a solution to the problem of the command prompt disappearing. I use the command prompt to ping things etc and one day it just started to disappear when I went to start > run > cmd. Out of no where it just started to go away leaving me with a “WTF?” look on my face. Without running cmd I’d run something directly such as “ping japanitup.com” or “ipconfig” and then I tried “regedit” and that didn’t work either. And then out of nowhere I got slapped with the “NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction” whaaaaaaaat theeeee….

Check out this screenshot. NTVDM.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created. Doh!

command prompt disappears ntvdm error

Oh yeah, let me just start NTVDM back up Mr. Windows…. like I know what the hell that is? I did some research on this and found out that NTVDM.exe is. It basically allows you to run Dos programs on Windows NT or XP successfully. It emulates the old school DOS/16-bit operating system to allow older programs to run, such as the command prompt eh? Continue reading ‘Command Prompt Disappears’

iTunes Skipping while playing Songs

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on November 26, 2007
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itunes skippingiTunes is a great piece of software in my opinion but it does have some disadvantages and some problems on occasion. One of the worst problems I’ve had with iTunes is after an upgrade it started skipping songs… what I mean is a song plays fine for a while and then gets all messed up and sounds like a scratched CD that’s skipping. I would play the song in Windows Media Player and it sounded fine. I play the song in iTunes again and it sounds fine.

If you are running into the same problem with iTunes sucking balls then here are a few solutions that might work for you.

iTunes Skipping on Windows XP Solution 1:

  1. Exit iTunes
  2. Upgrade your sound card drivers (just to eliminate that as an issue)
  3. Upgrade to latest Microsoft direct X version:
  4. Click the Start Button, then click the Run button
  5. Type: dxdiag and then hit enter
  6. Click “sound 1″ or similarly named tab
  7. Slide the bar to “basic acceleration”
  8. Exit
  9. Restart iTunes

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Microsoft Outlook Interface not registered error

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on November 19, 2007
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Interface not registeredWhen I click on Send and Receive in Microsoft Outlook I started getting the error Interface Not Registered. This error started to appear after I installed some video editing software and also ran some updates to the software. I searched around the Internet and found this solution from Microsoft which fixed my problem.

You receive the “Interface not registered” error message when you try to send or to save an e-mail message to the Drafts folder in Outlook 2002

SYMPTOMS
If you use Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor in Microsoft Office Outlook 2002, and you try to send e-mail messages or to save e-mail messages to the Drafts folder, you may receive the following error message:

Interface not registered

Or, you may experience the following symptoms:

How to check free disk space on a linux server

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on November 12, 2007
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Question: How do I check the amount of free disk space on a FreeBSD server?

Answer: The best way to check how much free disk space your FreeBSD server has available is by using the df command. This works on linux/unix servers, not just FreeBSD. After you SSH into your server you can either type “df” (df means disk free) which will show you the raw numbers or you can type “df -h” which means human readable and makes the output easier to read by displaying it in kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes instead of the default kilobytes.

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BCMLogon.dll Problem Resolved

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on November 5, 2007
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BCMLogon Problem ResolvedI thought I’d post about the BCMLogon.dll problem I had with my computer in case other people run into the same error. I had this BCMLogon.dll issue with my Dell Inspiron 9300 Laptop. Apparently it has something to do with the wireless card. I don’t know what happened to create the error and I don’t remember changing any settings recently. Here’s the error my computer gave me:

A recently installed program has disabled the Welcome screen and Fast User Switching. To restore these features, you must uninstall the program. The following file name might help you identify the program that made the change: C:\WINDOWS\system32\BCMLogon.dll Continue reading ‘BCMLogon.dll Problem Resolved’

Clear / clean / empty the qmail queue

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on October 22, 2007
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QmailAwe shiznit!! Is your qmail queue out of control? Look no further! Here’s a quick and easy way to clear, clean, or empty your qmail queue.

This script should not remove anything it should not remove, and it should clear all e-mail from your qmail queue safely so you can start sending mail normally again. (This is for qmail only and not a solution for any other mail programs.) You’re going to need ssh access and an ssh program like putty or putty portable. Continue reading ‘Clear / clean / empty the qmail queue’