Myspace Music Player White Blank Not Loaded

If you have opendns and myspace music player's are not working, it is because opendns blocks lads.myspace.com!

I have flagged the site for review and I will post back if any problems still arise.

If you want to fix this problem and you have a opendns account pointing to your home ip, then you can login and goto settings. Then under filtering, choose whitelist and enter "myspace.com" (no quotes).

I will post back with any replies or fixes I can find.

Sorry he couldn't provide an all around fix,
James Hartig

Firefox Download Day Started Off Rough

This is similar to my other posts at http://jameshartig.blogspot.com.

Firefox download day started off rough, with servers failing and website failures. They are serving out 13gb/s of data at roughly 14,000 downloads a minute.
You can track all of the downloads at http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com/

Updated Progress of the download failure and startup and be read and monitored on My Personal Blog Post

The following are notices about Firefox 3:

Sliverlight 1 doesn't work with Firefox 3
However, Silverlight 2 does (http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/)

Download Firefox 3 from http://getfirefox.com
Automatic updates will not work for a while yet, so get your new version today!


Hope the Mozilla server trouble is over and we can get a world record here!!

Keeping You Updated,
James Hartig

Firefox Download Day June 17, 2008

Firefox Download Day is June 17, 2008
Mark Your Calendars! The link to the site is above (the banner).

On this date you will be able to download Firefox 3, the newest and best browser on the planet. I will be looking forward to testing Firefox 4 soon!

June 17, 2008 is also the day I can get my temp. drivers license.

In unrelated news...
Firefox 3 RC3 was just released.
Download Here


Just keeping you updated.
James Hartig

GoogleDesktop.exe Virus?? Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Bandlord.nrd

I just received the following from ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite.



I don't know if its a problem with ZoneAlarm or with Google Desktop. I have emailed Google about the problem and will post the response once it is received.
I received this right after updating Google Desktop to the latest version. It seems that they have vastly modified the executable process because GoogleDesktop.exe has shrunk from almost 2mb to around 29kb.

Response received,

Hi James,

Thank you for your note. Although we can't comment on the accuracy of
results in specific anti-virus programs, please rest assured that Google
Desktop doesn't install malicious or unknown software onto your computer.
When you download and install Google Desktop, you're getting just Google
Desktop. If you'd like further information regarding the results of your
anti-virus scan, we recommend directly contacting your anti-virus
program's online support center.

That said, if Google Desktop is being flagged by your anti-virus software,
we'd appreciate if you could tell us more about your system by running the
simple diagnostic program at [URL]. When you run this
program, it will automatically copy the output into your computer's
clipboard. To send us the diagnostic, paste the output into a word
processing document (right-click > "Paste") and attach the file to your response.


We appreciate your assistance.

Regards,
The Google Team

I have sent back the required file and have also contacted ZoneAlarm about this situation.

ZoneAlarm Response,

Hello James,
Thank you for contacting ZoneAlarm technical support.

I understand that you are receiving a scanning status message about Google Desktop.

Since this product indexes your hard drive, this is an appropriate warning from ZoneAlarm.

If you would like to stop receiving this warning, please click the option to have this always ignored, and then click the
apply button.

If my answer did not resolve your issue, or you would like further assistance on this issue, please reply to this email.
By replying, and leaving the subject line intact, your response will come directly to me. If you have a separate issue you
would like assistance with, please submit a new request using the website at:
[URL].

Thank you for choosing ZoneAlarm Security!

Jeremy
Technical Support
ZoneAlarm, A Division of Check Point Software

Sent response to Google. Awaiting Email...


-James Hartig

Windows XP SP3: Endless Rebooting/Not Booting Solution Link

This is just a post referring users to

https://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/05/08/does-your-amd-based-computer-boot-after-installing-xp-sp3.aspx

where a fix is posted about Windows XP SP3 and the solutions to an "endless rebooting" problem and also some situations where Windows doesn't boot at all.


Hope That Helps!
-James Hartig

Something unusual not listing? How to take a screenshot.

Can't seem to find an answer for your unusual problem with a Windows XP/Vista computer?

Send an email (including computer specs, all possible information, steps to produce problem, and if possible, screenshots) to



Don't Know How to Make A Screenshot??

Follow These Easy Steps...

1) Click on the window you want to take a screenshot of (make sure its focused on)
2) Press Alt+Print Screen (also can be Alt+SysRq)
3) Open up an image editor, like paint, and then paste
4) Save (jpg/png) and your done!

Thanks!
Hope that helps!
-James Hartig

Latest Computer Tips (May 2008)

Hate having to always check to see if your software is up to date?
Want an easy way to download all of those various updates?

Visit
http://filehippo.com/updatechecker/

You can download an installer or just a plain executable.
It scans your computer and then displays a browser with a page displaying all available updates and their download links.

Computer running slow??
Can't seem to figure out whats wrong?
Have a USB stick laying around?

Try eBoostr!
http://www.eboostr.com/download/

I have been using this software since the first beta and it is amazing!!

If you are having problems with these, please comment or look at the next post.

Windows XP SP3 RC2 Released

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 has been released.

Please run the following file from Microsoft...

Sorry but RC2 is no longer on Microsoft Download servers please download SP3 via Windows Update

note: you must run this! ALSO, YOU MUST UNINSTALL ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF SP3 BEFORE INSTALLING RC2!!!!!

Also, here is the release notes for RC2...

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

Also, I just read that SP2 is not required, however HIGHLY recommended before installing SP3.
Also, Also, please install all possible windows updates
(custom choice on http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us)
before running SP3 installation.

Note: I have just finished my installation process, it was very easy and took 45 minutes.

Windows XP SP3 RC2 seems to have fixed the ZIP problem and the first posted, network drag problem. Instead of just displaying an error, it now asks your permission, if you want to copy the file to the new "zone"!


Enjoy
-James Hartig