» Archive for the ‘Annoyances’ Category
27Aug Burito, Braviax, UPS virus … check your email senders!
Damnit, why can’t people check to see if they know the person sending them an email before they open attachments? The latest bit of fun seems to be people opening emails that apparently relate to statements of fees, invoices etc - it’s a VIRUS and here’s how to fix it.
18Aug Run As - “The directory name is invalid”
Windows Administrators will often need to start applications as another user in order to gain the privileges necessary to perform administrative tasks. Here’s how to fix the error that may appear that says the directory name is invalid.
25Jun Error 29506 when installing SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express on Vista
If you need to install SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express on Windows Vista you might receive an error like the screenshot below.
16May Why won’t my USB/portable drives get ejected properly?
Have you ever connected a USB or portable device, used it then tried and eject and had Windows say the device can’t be ejected? You’d expect Windows to give a nice message saying it’s now safe to unplug the device but instead you receive a message saying “The device ‘Portable Drive’ cannot be stopped [...]

