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Troubleshooting

222 articles

Firefox

Fix Firefox’s ‘Could not Find the Mozilla runtime’ Error

August 29, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you try to open Firefox by clicking its icon on the desktop or taskbar, you may get an error :’Could not Find the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
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IDM shows Error ‘Cannot open local file for writing while joining downloaded parts into one file’

August 24, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After completing a file download, IDM joins all downloaded parts into a single file and then writes the real file to the hard drive, … [Read more…]

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Google Chrome

Fix Touch Screen doesn’t work in Chrome on Windows 10

August 23, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Your touch screen on a laptop or tablet that worked fine in Windows 8 denies to function in Windows 10 Chrome after the upgrade, … [Read more…]

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Fix Resetting Windows 10 gives a Blue Screen Error: INACCESIBLE BOOT_DEVICE

August 21, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After upgrade to Windows 10, most users prefer resetting their PCs to a get fresh install experience of the Operating System, but after completing … [Read more…]

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Fix Screen Flashing Issue in Windows 10

August 14, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Here is an easy solution to screen flash issue in Windows 10. After the update to Windows 10, some users experienced continuous flashing on … [Read more…]

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ProfileList registry key

Fix KB3081424 Update fails to install on Windows 10

August 7, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
ProfileList registry key

Yesterday Microsoft has released first cumulative update KB3081424 for Windows 10 users and insiders, some users stuck in a reboot loop while Windows Update … [Read more…]

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Google Chrome

Fix Chrome’s ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR

August 6, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

If you’re getting ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR page in Google Chrome browser when you visit Google sites –Gmail, YouTube, etc.– or other sites like Reddit, Wikipedia and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

Fix Windows 10 Setup’s ‘Something happened’ Error

August 2, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

After downloading the Media Creation Tool on your computer when you run it, you may get an error ‘Something happened’, let us see how … [Read more…]

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Fix Windows 10 Upgrade Installation failed Error 80240020

August 2, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Registry hack to upgrade to Windows 10 after getting the error 80240020. When Windows 10 downloading has finished in the background (yes! The User … [Read more…]

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Google Chrome

Try these Troubleshooting Steps to fix Chrome’s Repetitive ‘He’s dead, Jim!’ Error Message

July 27, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Few users using Google Chrome 44 have reported (in Chrome help forums) they ‘re getting a lot of ‘He’s dead, Jim Error’ messages, while … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome

Fix Google Chrome’s Error: ‘Adobe Flash Player was blocked because it is out of date ‘

July 15, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has blocked all versions of Flash in Firefox due to third zero-day found in Flash Player by Hacking Team. Google Chrome too blocks … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Malwarebytes SDKDatabaseLoadDefaults failed error

Fix Malwarebytes’ SDKDatabaseLoadDefaults Failed Error

July 13, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Malwarebytes SDKDatabaseLoadDefaults failed error

Whenever you open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and initiate a scan by clicking on ‘Scan now’ button, the program tries to check for updates before scanning … [Read more…]

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