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222 articles

Google Chrome

Fix ‘Please close all Google Chrome windows and try again’

July 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you try to uninstall Google Chrome, you may get a dialog from the browser suggesting you to ‘Please close all Google Chrome windows and try again‘. Let us see how to fix this which after lets you remove Google […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Security

Avast Users face problems in running Unity games [Solution Inside]

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast free antivirus comes with Hardware-assisted virtualization setting enabled by default, which is the main reason why some games you’re trying to play are crashing. If you’ve Avast installed and not able to play Unity games on your computer, let […]

Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting
Security
Avira report creation error

Avira Yet to fix ‘The report file could not be created!’ error

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avira report creation error

When you perform a quick scan (manually) for a drive or custom folder with Avira free Antivirus, after completing the scan it logs detailed scan report and displays it, which is not the case with scheduled Quick System Scan set […]

Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome
Chrome Update failed error

Fix Chrome’s ‘Update failed (error: 7),.. Error code=0×00000000′

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments
Chrome Update failed error

When communication with the Google Update fails Chrome throws Update Server Not available (error:3), when the update was downloaded, but failed to install, then you get Update server not available (error :7) (this error can be overcome by restarting the […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

Fix ‘IDM cannot find 4 file(s) that are necessary for browser and system integration. Please reinstall IDM’

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Receiving a warning from Internet Download Manager on Windows Startup that files required for system and browser integration are missing?, Read why this error is shown and how to fix it. If IDM is showing the error: ‘IDM cannot find […]

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Troubleshooting

Fix Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Shows ‘Your System is not fully Protected’ Error

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium version (not the free one), when you open it, its dashboard may show ‘Your System is not fully protected’ error (check the screenshot below), it also offers ‘Fix Now’ button which does nothing on […]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Firefox
IDM you have obsolete Firefox browser integration dialog

Fix ‘You have an obsolete Firefox browser integration or Firefox integration is not installed ..?’

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
IDM you have obsolete Firefox browser integration dialog

Can’t integrate IDM into Firefox?, We’ve got you covered with the solution here.We’ve already covered how to set IDM to pickup downloads initiated from Chrome browser, we realized Firefox users too have Internet Download Manager integration problems. After installing the […]

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
Tips and Tricks
YouTube showing error occurred

Fix YouTube’s ‘An error occurred, please try again later’

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
YouTube showing error occurred

When you visit YouTube site and attempt to play a video on it, it won’t  instead the video player throws the error ‘An error occurred, please try again later’, let us see how we can make the video to play […]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

Fix Avast’s ‘HTMLayout.dll can not be loaded properly to Start GUI’ [Updated]

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you attempt to install or Uninstall  Avast you may get HTMlayout.dll error and antivirus installation /uninstallation stops, let us see how to fix this. The error is ‘HTMLayout.dll cannot be loaded properly to start GUI. Therefore process cannot continue.’ […]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Google Chrome
Sync stopped working error

Fix Chrome’s ‘Oops, Sync has stopped working’ error

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Sync stopped working error

If you’re using Chrome browser on your computer and signed into your Google account to sync and access bookmarks, apps, extensions, history, passwords, open tabs and other data on other devices you can get error when you visit browser settings […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Firefox
Firefox showing all Black screen

Fix: Firefox Nightly Shows Black Screen after installing the Update

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox showing all Black screen

Doesn’t get any worse than this, latest update for Firefox 32 Nightly spoiled the browser, after installing the update and restart, it showed a black screen with no menus (you can’t access anything, everything is black), at the end you’ve […]

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
News

Fix for Ad-Aware Definition Files Update Issue

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Currently Ad-Aware users not able to update Definition files, here is the way to fix that manually until Lavasoft finds the solution for it. Navigate to the folder – C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-Aware AntivirusAntimalware Engine2.6.0.0Plugins – in your computer, select all files […]

Posted in: News, Troubleshooting
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