Symptoms:

Firefox 3.5 randomly crashes on Vista.

IE8 randomly crashes on Vista.

Fix:

If you are running Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 or 2010 then remove this and try another antivirus program.

If you are not running Kaspersky Internet Security try reinstalling the browsers and disabling plugins.

When turning on your computer you get the error:

‘Your sql server installation is either corrupt or has been tampered with’

Do one of the following:

1. Try to remove SQL server from add and remove programs

2. If you have the sqlserver installation file try to either repair or remove the program through that.

3. Click start > run

Type: msconfig

Click on services

Untick any services starting with MSSQL$

In filezilla version 3x to show hidden files such as .htaccess files

In the Menu Bar click:

Server > Force Showing Hidden Files.

After booting up my PC and logging on I’m presented with a fresh profile rather than my usual desktop and applications.

When looking into user profiles on my machine my account is shown twice – however one say under the status column ‘Backup’.

This happens when Windows XP detects that a profile has become corrupted. If you browse my computer you will see that all the files are still there. You will need to copy all the files into your new profile.

When you open any of the office applications on vista it asks you to confirm the terms and conditions.

1. Right click on an Office application icon.

2. Click run as Administrator.

3. Accept the terms and conditions.

You should not see the box come up again now.

When opening a Word document in Office 2003 certain elements such as checkboxes, drop down lists and textboxes do not work.

To fix this you need to adjust the security level of the document, make sure you trust the source before doing this.

Click Tools > Macros > Security.

Change the security level to low.

Save the document then reopen it.

Sometimes you need to start an ATX PSU without it being plugged into a motherboard.

To do this use a wire or paper clip to short the green wire to any one of the black wires.

To remove items from the OS X Menu bar including the Mobile Me icon simply command+ click the icon then drag it away from the menu bar.

The item will then ‘poof’ away.

After a recent power cut my Amstrad Sky + box’s fan would not turn off making it very noisy.

I tried a number of fixes including rebooting and leaving off for a few minutes however after rebooting the fan would just stay on again.

To fix it I left the Sky Plus box off for a full 12 hours. After rebooting it then worked.

In IDE’s such as Eclipse and KDevelop when clicking on an opening Brace ( { ) it will automatically show you the closing brace ( } ).

This does not happen in Dreamweaver however you can get it to select everything in between the braces by using CTRL + apostrophe ( ‘ ).