http://DjLizard.net super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:35:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was so busy I forgot about my birthday. It was August 3rd. http://DjLizard.net/2008/08/14/290/ Financial struggle Times are tough around here. We're a one income family living in a two income country/state. Although my wife has tried numerous times to get a job, due to 1) the economy sucking and 2) all the kids taking up all the employment with their summer jobs, we have ... http://DjLizard.net/2008/07/21/281/ The data on the DjLizard.net wiki has been moved to wiki.Lunarsoft.net where it can be properly cared for. Also, I uploaded a bunch more stuff to my last.fm artist account. http://DjLizard.net/2008/06/07/280/ EDIT: Some stuff is up on my Last.fm page! Hi all. I've been away for a very long time because I've... switched careers! I am no longer fixing computers for a living. Alas, I have left Digital Doctors (who are fucking awesome) and have begun settling in to ... http://DjLizard.net/2008/06/07/279/ To celebrate symantec-sucks.blogspot.com's existence I have decided to finally upload my avsucks folder. (Note: This is an image-laden post that needs to be viewed separately. Clicky below to go to the article.) #sidebar{display:none; border: 0;} #wrap{background: none;} #contentmiddle p { width: 730px; clear: both; } hr { width: 730px; } .hideme { display:none;} #commentblock p ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/12/23/278/ (Another double feature!) Part I: Top ten reasons why Dial-a-fix doesn't support Vista yet 10. Vista sucks 9. Vista sucks 8. Vista sucks 7. Vista sucks 6. Vista sucks 5. I don't have very much personal time available to me these days. 4. I don't have any spare computers with which I could run Vista at the moment. 3. ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/12/18/277/ Welcome to part 1 of 1 of Self-entitlement for dummies: hunting and escaping. When I left you last I was blathering on about my history and crap. Now I'll tell you what happened that SNAPPED me right back into reality. Tits McGee entered the shop at 4:00 and was all like ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/12/15/276/ (This is going to be the longest blog post I've ever written.) Hello all. I've been away for quite a while. I have been put in the position where I work as hard during personal time as I do during actual work time. In fact, going to work ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/12/12/275/ Does anyone know why Dial-a-fix sometimes gets an "unspecified error" while trying to unregister MSXML3.DLL? It seems to be new because it's never done that in the past. Apparently you can immediately try it again and Dial-a-fix will then be able to unregister/re-register it. It's weird. (Update: see ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/24/274/ Superfail part 1 Superfail part 2 Thanks to astute reader Nate Coffey and Dial-a-fix, we've found another DLL registration bug. The current version of wuaueng.dll provided to Windows 2000 service pack 4 clients has a bug in its DllInstallServer. In the first picture is a "before" screenshot that shows that all of the SvcHost ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/20/273/ If you are asked for a password when removing Trend Micro PC-Cillin, open regedit, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Trend Micro\PC-Cillin and either rename or remove the System sub-key. Then try the uninstaller again. It's just that stupideasy! This doesn't work if you are already in the uninstaller being asked for the ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/17/272/ This comment prompted me to download a program called Uniblue RegistryBooster. Kim Komando said it was good. Heh. c|net has a quote blurb on the Uniblue website that says: This easy-to-use tool lets you remove faulty Registry entries that slow down your computer. Removing a kilobyte of cruft should net ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/13/271/ He's not really a doctor (unless you count that PhD from clown college) but he'll be posting here from time to time. Enjoy. http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/10/270/ Twice in 24 hours I've come across "WinBudget" which is some garbage BHO (filename matrix.dll) that gets installed somehow. A few of our customers who don't even venture that deep into the internet (and I know for a fact they don't surf porn sites or download pirated software) got ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/10/268/ http://www.noooxml.org/petition Sign the petition above to let ISO members know that they should not allow Microsoft's bastard XML document format to become an ISO standard. What the hell is wrong with you, Microsoft? http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/10/267/ http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-software/609118-solved-dial-fix.html Basically Dial- a fix .. Does nothing .... Very few cases .. it solves the problem ...and this gem...: All this can be easily achieved by a batch file I've seen stuff like this floating around the web before. It doesn't really faze me as it just proves the poster's ignorance. Dial-a-fix started ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/09/266/ http://www.maximumpc.com/article/broken_windows_fixed_quick_with_dial_a_fix How did I not notice that Dial-a-fix was mentioned on my FAVORITE no-bullshit magazine's online blog-thingy-or-whatever-the-fuck? Oh yeah, I don't have an up-to-date subscription and I don't read the online stuff of theirs, but I guess I need to start. Click the Digg button once you get there. Then, ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/09/265/ c't Offline Updater I probably should have mentioned this long ago, as I've known about it forever: c't has created a program (well, set of AutoIt scripts) which downloads the Microsoft updates for the platform you choose and fashions it into a CD-ROM image (ISO) for you. Click the ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/09/264/ Why do people think it's okay to turn on a laptop immediately after dousing it with a full glass of some liquid? We've seen wine, Gatorade®, water, tea, and coffee. They always try to turn the laptop (back) on while it's still wet. Why not at least ... http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/09/263/ ...because of that PC World article. You guys better donate me some moneys! Digg it here. http://DjLizard.net/2007/10/08/262/