Ravage Transformer – USB Flash Memory Transformer

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 12:42 Written by DarkBlak Wednesday, 24 June 2009 12:23

Got this on my friend’s blog. A transforming USB Flash Memory designed by Takara from BigBadToyStore. This cool transformer gadget/toy is estimated to arrive on September 2009 and can hold up to 2GB of data. You can preorder now here. See the design below.

Removing WiGo Toolbar

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 May 2009 04:54 Written by DarkBlak Tuesday, 19 May 2009 09:49

If you have a UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC) like me  and most of the time always surfing the net using the free wifi access provided by WiGo, the problem is before you can use WiGo’s free wifi you need to run their annoying toolbar first and let it sit on your screen while your surfing. This WiGo toolbar eats too much space on my 10″ MSI Wind U100 laptop (See example screenshot below). No worries though, I have found a workaround to remove WiGo toolbar, it helps me a lot and hopefully you too.

There is actually a two way to do this, one is to find another wifi access (either free or not) or you could do the following steps:

IE8 is now High Priority Update

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:39 Written by DarkBlak Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:37

Early this morning I noticed that IE8 is now part of Windows High Priotrity Update.  According to Microsoft IEBlog their going to release IE8 as part of Windows High Priority Update on or about third week of April, 2009. And now here it is,  Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is part of Windows Automatic Update (as High Priority).

But Micro$oft is not that evil, if you don’t want to use IE8 and don’t want to see it on your Automatic Updates you can block it using the free Blocker Toolkit provided by Micro$oft.

Now the big question is wheter to install or not to install?

Windows Update Redirecting to Google {Fix}

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 March 2009 11:21 Written by DarkBlak Friday, 20 March 2009 01:08

Problem

When you visit Windows Update page you’ll get redirected to Google.com.

Manual Solution

1. Open regedit and find HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParametersInterfaces{random CLSID}

2. Check each CLSID under the “Interfaces” key and look for “NameServer” data. See sample screenshot below

Windows Update Redirects to Google

3. NameServer should be blank or contains no value.

4. Close the registry and try Windows Update again.

Alternative Solution

Download, install and run SuperAntiSpyware.

Windows Security Update KB946648

Last Updated on Friday, 20 March 2009 12:23 Written by DarkBlak Friday, 20 March 2009 12:22

Problem

When you run Windows Update you’ll get an error:

KB946648 Setup Error Required installation branch was not found in INF file

Solution

1. On the Run box (press window+r) type RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

2. Install the latest version of Windows Live Messenger.

3. Restart your computer and try Windows Update again.

Windows Update Error 0x8DDD0018

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 February 2009 10:09 Written by DarkBlak Wednesday, 4 February 2009 10:09

If your machine/computer/laptop/PC has been infected by VirtuMonde virus chances are you migth get the below error when you try to access Windows Update Service.

[Error number: 0x8DDD0018]

The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows services is not running:

Automatic Updates (allows the site to find, download and install high-priority updates for your computer)
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) (helps updates download more quickly and without problems if the download process is interrupted)
Event Log (keeps a record of updating activities to help with troubleshooting, if needed)
To make sure these services are running:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type services.msc and then click OK.
3. In the list of services, double-click on Automatic Updates and then click Properties.
4. In the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Apply.
5. Verify that the Service status is started, if the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.
6. In the list of services, double-click on Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) and then click Properties.
7. In the Startup type list, select Manual and click Apply.
8. Verify that the Service status is started, If the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.
9. In the list of services, double-click on Event Log and then click Properties.
10. In the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Apply.
11. Verify that the Service status is started, If the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.

Just do the following steps to solve the said issue:

1. Click Start Menu
2. Choose run
3. Type regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll

Windows Update Error – 0x800704DD or 0×80240020

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 December 2008 11:13 Written by DarkBlak Thursday, 18 December 2008 12:26

1. Check registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\SensLogn

2. Verify if the following entry is correct:�

Alternatively you can copy and paste the code below and save it as SensLogn.reg and run it afterwards.

Free Domain Name from NameCheap

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 April 2009 11:56 Written by DarkBlak Tuesday, 2 December 2008 05:53

So you want a Free Domain Name!? How about win a Free Domain Name� every day? Yes you can win a Free Domain Name every day, all you need is to answer one question a day and if you’re answer is right NameCheap will give a you a Domain Name, Free!. The contest runs from December 1, 2008 to December 25, 2008. Visit http://www.namecheap.com/contest/ if you want the details.

Vista Update Error Code 80070424

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 02:00 Written by DarkBlak Wednesday, 10 September 2008 02:00

Windows Update Error number: 0x8DDD0004 and Restricted Internet Option

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 August 2008 09:59 Written by DarkBlak Sunday, 24 August 2008 09:56

Symptoms:

1. When you visit Windows Update to download updates to your system, “ Error number: 0x8DDD0004″ may appear.

2. You cannot access Internet Option via Internet Explorer and gives out “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator” error message

Cause:

A malicious file that resides in “%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\setupapi.dll”, where %ProgramFile% is a system variable.

Resolution:

1. Close any open Internet Explorer.

2. Delete “setupapi.dll” residing in “%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\”.

3. Restart Windows Update

Note: Legitimate setupapi.dll resides in “%windir%\system32\”