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Home›Troubleshooting

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222 articles

How to

How to Remove RaptorClient.exe Installed by McAfee Stinger?

October 14, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Know how to get rid of installed McAfee Raptor from your computer. After downloading McAfee Stinger, when you perform a scan with it, after … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Windows 10 installation issues

How to Overcome Windows 10 Installation Failures or Errors?

October 6, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Windows 10 installation issues

Few solutions for Windows 10 installation failures. Windows 10 Preview has been released and available for download, some able to install it successfully on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Google Chrome

Fix Chrome’s Error: ‘This extension may have been corrupted by malware’

September 24, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Some users who installed extensions such as ABP, uBlock, Google Hangouts, HTTPS Everywhere in Chrome (other than Stable channel) have reported in various forums … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Avast setup is already running

Fix Avast’s Error ‘Setup is already running. Please try to start the setup later.’

September 21, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast setup is already running

When you try to uninstall Avast for reinstalling it or to install another antivirus on your  computer, uninstallation doesn’t start, instead a dialog appears … [Read more…]

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Troubleshooting

Fix Panda Free Antivirus’s Installation Error: ‘There was an error during the process.. ‘

September 17, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you try to install Panda Free Antivirus (formerly known as Panda Cloud Antivirus) on your computer, installation doesn’t complete and you may get … [Read more…]

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Troubleshooting

Fix: Free Download Manager Extension not working in Chrome

September 16, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

With the version 3.9.4, Free Download Manager has released a new Chrome extension -available on the Web Store- which integrates FDM with the Chrome … [Read more…]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Firefox

Fix: Gmail in Firefox Shows Error ‘Oops! your browser seems to have cookies disabled.’

September 3, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

These days Firefox Nightly hardly usable, keeps crashing (you should expect this to happen, but a bit too much). Recently, Google sites showed small … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

Fix Kaspersky’s Error ‘Failed to install the Application’

September 2, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you attempt to install a Kaspersky product, it could be Kaspersky Internet Security or Kaspersky Antivirus, you can get an error: ‘Failed to … [Read more…]

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Security

Fix Avira’s Error ‘Your Computer is not secure! A Service is not working correctly’

August 26, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

After installing Avira Free Antivirus, when you open its Avira Control Center, its status view might show an error: ‘Your computer is not secure! … [Read more…]

Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

Fix IDM Setup’s Error ‘Could Not create process in unpacker Access is denied. ‘

August 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you don’t know, while installing Internet Download Manager what happens behinds the scenes is, the files required for IDM installation will be extracted from its setup file to a temporary directory on your computer and then the application will […]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Opera

Fix Opera’s Error ‘ Your Profile can not be used because it is from a newer version of Opera. ‘

August 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Have you seen this type of error before? Yes!, for Chrome, when you install lower numbered Chrome version after uninstalling the higher one, you get such error on startup. Same is the case with Opera and don’t forget, Opera is […]

Posted in: Opera, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome

Fix ‘ Your Profile Can not be used because it is from a newer version of Google Chrome’ Error

August 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After uninstalling Chrome, its profile will be left behind. Your bookmarks, extensions and other data in that profile folder will be migrated to newer version you install in your computer. If you reinstall Chrome that has a lower version number […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
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