When you connect your Flip Video video recorder to your computer, you get a Macromedia Projector Error. To try to fix this problem, disconnect the device and try the following steps:

Mac: Search your hard drive for all files named 3ivx or muvee. Trash all the files you find.

Windows: Open Control Panel and go to Add/Remove Programs. Remove any programs installed that reference 3vix or Muvee.

Restart the computer then try to reconnect the Flip Video Player again.

Other reported fixes have been:

• Downloading and installing a new version of Flash.
• Removing any files on the Flip Video drive that have a date that occurs in the future.
• Correcting the date and time on the player.
• Updating the firmware and software of your player.

When trying to print in Firefox, you get the following error:

Printing failed when starting the document

However, when you use other applications, it prints just fine.

To try to solve this issue, try the following steps:

1. Type about:config in the address bar.

2. Locate the entry for print.print_printer.

3. Right-click this entry and select Reset.

4. Close all Firefox windows, then reopen it. Hopefully you are able to print OK now.

When you you try to install iTunes on your Windows PC, you get an error that matches or is similar to the following:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\crazynumber\iTunes801Setup[1].exe is not a valid Win 32 application.

To try to fix this issue, preform the following steps:

1. Delete all of the versions of the iTunes installation program from your computer. Then download a new copy. When prompted, Save the file to the Desktop instead of Running or Opening the file.

2. Open Internet Explorer.

3. Select Tools > Delete Browsing History.

4. Hit the Delete files… under the Temporary Internet Files section.

5. Click Yes when prompted. IE will then work on clearing the files.

6. Click Close.

7. Close Internet Explorer.

8. Install your newly downloaded copy of the iTunes setup program from the file on your Desktop.

See also: iTunes: Windows reports that iTunesSetup.exe is not a “valid Win32 application”

When you try to click a link in an email in Microsoft Outlook XP or Microsoft Outlook 2003, you get the following error:

This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.

Instead you may want to try to simply set Internet Explorer as the default web browser.

1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.

2. Click the Programs tab.

3. Click the Make Default button.

4. Click OK.

Now see if you can click the links in email. You may have to restart Outlook or Internet Explorer for this to work.

See also: “This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer” error message when you click a hyperlink in an Office XP program

A common error people are getting in Windows Vista after updating to Service Pack 1 when running Microsoft Windows Update is:

Error “WindowsUpdate_80070424″ “WindowsUpdate_dt000″

To try to solve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories.

2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run As Administrator.

3. At the Command Prompt, type:

regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\wuaueng.dll

then press Enter.

Now give Windows Update a try again.

When trying to use Windows Live Messenger (WLM) you get an error when trying to login:

We were unable to sign you in to Windows Live Messenger, possibly because of a problem with the service or with your Internet connection. Please make sure that you are connected to the Internet.

Error code: 81000306

To try to solve this problem, follow these steps:

1. Click Start > Run and type regsvr32 Mssip32.dll

2. Click Start > Run and type regsvr32 Initpki.dll

3. Click Start > Run and type regsvr32 Softpub.dll

Click OK when they are registered successfully.

Restart the computer and see if WLM works now.

When trying to update AVG Anti-Virus 8, you get an error:

Invalid Update Control CTF File

To fix this problem follow these steps:

1. Navigate to:

WinXP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avg8\update\download

Vista: C:\ProgramData\avg8\update\download

2. Delete avginfoavi.ctf and avginfowin.ctf.

Now try to update AVG again.

See also: Error “Invalid Update Control CTF File” when updating AVG Anti-Virus 8.0

When you boot up your computer, you get the following error:

The instruction at 0×745f2780 referenced memory at 0×00000000. The memory could not be read.

To try to solve this issue, try the following steps:

1. Hold down the Windows Key on your keyboard and press R.

2. Type regsvr32 wuapi.dll /s and click OK.

3. Repeat step 2, but substitute wuapi.dll with the following filenames instead:

atl.dll
wuaueng.dll
wuaueng1.dll
wucltui.dll
wups.dll
wups2.dll
wuweb.dll

4. Hold down the Windows Key on your keyboard and press R.

5. Type net stop WuAuServ and click OK.

6. Hold down the Windows Key on your keyboard and press R.

7. Type %windir% and click OK.

8. Right-click the folder SoftwareDistribution and select Rename. Rename it to SDold.

9. Hold down the Windows Key on your keyboard and press R.

10. Type net start WuAuServ and click OK.

You’re done! Hopefully this error doesn’t bother you anymore when you start your computer.

Users of the Playstation 3 today are greeted today with a message, Use of Playstation network has been suspended leaving many gamers to wonder what the hell is going on. No worries though, it’s just maintenance on the system. It’s nothing on your end. They estimate the system will be down about 4 hours.

In Internet Explorer, when you try to install an ActiveX control at the To help protect your security, Internet Explorer stopped this site from installing an ActiveX control on your computer…Click here for options prompt, you get an error when clicking Install activex control.

Windows has blocked this software because it can’t verify the publisher

To try to fix this problem, perform the following steps.

1. In Internet Explorer, Click Tools > Internet Options.

2. Click the Advanced tab.

3. Under Active X, set Download Unsigned ActiveX to Enable.

When you try to access an FTP site using Internet Explorer, you get an error:

Page cannot be displayed

There are a couple of things that commonly cause this. The first is that FTP access or port 21 is blocked on your firewall. If that is not the case, try the following:

1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.

2. Click the Advanced tab.

3. Under Browsing and check box Enable folder view for FTP sites.

4. Click OK.

5. Close and restart Internet Explorer.

When trying to use Internet services on your Palm Centro device, you get an error:

Error 67: registration failure, check username and/or password

To try to fix this issue, perform the following steps:

1. Press Phone.

2. From the Dial Pad, enter ##data.

3. Press Menu.

4. From the Options menu, select Update Vision Profile.

5. Select Now.

When you try to disable a Local Area Connection in Windows XP, you get an error:

It is not possible to disable the connection at this time. This connection maybe using one or more protocols that do not support Plug and play, or it may have been initiated by another user or the system account.

1. Click Start > Run, type cmd and click OK.

2. Type netsh winsock reset catalog and press the Enter key.

3. Type netsh int ip reset reset.log and press the Enter key.

4. Restart the computer.

Check to see if you can disable the Local Area Connection now. If not, try the following steps:

1. Click Start > Run, type cmd and click OK.

2. Type net stop cryptsvc and press the Enter key.

3. Type ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 oldcatroot2  and press the Enter key.

4. Restart the computer.

Disable the annoying message in Windows XP and Windows Vista that says:

This page has an unspecified potential security risk

You can receive this message when you access a file on a network resource.

In order to disable this message, you have to add the UNC path to the server where the files are stored to your trusted sites in Internet Options within Internet Explorer. Here’s how:

1. Open Internet Explorer and click Tools > Internet Options.

2. Click the Security tab.

3. Click Trusted Sites.

4. Click Default Level.

5. Set the Allowed levels for this zone to Low.

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If you are using Microsoft Outlook after installing Windows Vista, you may get an error:

WAB.DLL is missing or corrupt

or

An error occurred while attempting to open the WAB. Unable to find the WAB.DLL.

This usually happens when opening Outlook, or trying to use the Address Book.

To solve this problem, try the following steps:

1. Navigate to Computer then C:\Program Files\Common Files\System

2. Hold down the CTRL button while clicking on the files wab32.dll and wab32res.dll.

3. Hold down CTRL and press C to Copy the files to the clipboard.

4. Close the window and navigate to Computer then C:\Windows\System32

5. Hold down CTRL and press V to Paste the files into the folder.

Try Outlook now and see if you have better luck.

When installing Windows XP or Windows Vista. You get a blue screen of death error:

STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}

The most likely cause of this is the hard drive is damaged and must be repaired. CHKDSK /R will need to be run to try to repair it. To do so, try the following steps:

1. Boot the computer with your Windows installation disc.

2. When you are prompted to select Repair or Recover, press R.

3. Type the Administrator password when prompted.

4. At the command prompt, type CHKDSK /R, and then press Enter.

5. Read the results, and then take any steps that you must take to complete the process. You may need to run CHKDSK /F instead to fix the problem.

6. Restart the computer, and see if Windows works now.

If this didn’t fix the problem, you may have to replace the hard drive.

Today I was helping a user that couldn’t read or write to files in a folder on the network. I figured something was set on the files that had them set to Read Only. So I ran the following DOS command on the folder containing the files:

attrib *.*  -r +a -s -h /s

Some of the files were changed fine, but others threw an access denied error message. At first I thought it was permissions on the files. I discovered that we had full control permissions on the file.

I then restarted the computer in Safe Mode, thinking that the some type of software had the files locked. I still couldn’t do anything with the files in this folder. I couldn’t even move them from the folder to another.

Finally I decided something was wrong with the file system or disk. I ran CHKDSK /F from a DOS command prompt on the hard drive.

Finally, after the scan was finished I tried running the ATTRIB command again. Success! Finally I could read and write to the files again.

I recently tried to play a Shoutcast Radio station in Winamp, and I was unable to because of an error:

Cannot Write Stream To Disk

Luckily I was able to find a fix for it.

1. From the main Winamp window click Options > Preferences.

2. In the Plug-ins section, select Output.

3. Click Nullsoft Direct SoundOutput or Nullsoft WaveOut Output.

4. Click Close.

I was then able to play radio stations without error.

When trying to restore the iPhone in iTunes for Windows, you get an error:

Unable to restore phone. Unknown error (6)

To resolve this problem, try the following steps:

1. Open the following location:

Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates

Windows Vista:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates

2. Delete files that end with a .ipsw.

Now hopefully you can restore your iPhone without getting the Error 6 message.

If you’re getting Error 1418 in iTunes when you try to sync your iPod, try the following steps to fix this issue:

1. Click Start > Run and type regsvr32 softpub.dll

2. When you receive the message that the DLL has been registered, click OK and perform the same steps for each of the following commands one by one under Start > Run:

regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 mssip32.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll

If these steps do not fix the issue, see if you can disconnect any other USB devices from your computer (except keyboard and mouse) to see if that fixes the issue.
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