Disable HP solution update in Windows 7

Question: Thank you for your HP2840 tips. I have another question. I am frequently, exactly once a week, getting a UAC (User Account Control) dialog box that asks for permission to run hprbupdate.exe on Windows 7. This popup even made sometimes a full-screen game or Windows Media Center crashes. I always deny access for this popup since I don’t know if it’s safe. What is it and how to get rid of it? Continue reading Disable HP solution update in Windows 7 →

Forced “enable Aero” in Windows 7

Question: I have a laptop with Windows 7. I installed an old VISTA compatible program that uses Java RE. When I run it the video color mode is modified from Aero to Basic. I cannot change it back by the Desktop -> Personalize -> Windows Color menu. I know that Windows 7 has an Aero troubleshooting tool to find and fix such a problems with transparency and then enable and turn on the Aero support but this tool does not work. How to force Windows 7 to enable Aero again? Is there a way to disable Windows automatically “adjusting performance” by switching my color theme back to Basic? Continue reading Forced “enable Aero” in Windows 7 →

iPhone ad-hoc distribution in Windows 7

Question: As a programmer and avid beta tester I ran into an iPhone ad hoc distribution problem with my fresh Windows 7 installation. While unzipping an iPhone ad-hoc application file I get the “Windows Security Warning – Windows found that this file is potentially harmful…” message. Does Microsoft consider Apple harmful? How to distribute and install iPhone package for Windows 7 testers, and what do we have to do? Continue reading iPhone ad-hoc distribution in Windows 7 →

Slow Script error in Safari while browsing

Question: When browsing with Safari on my MacBook Pro I am often getting the error message: Slow Script, Safari is no longer responding because of a script on the webpage “www.abcdefg.com” (http://abcdefg.com/). Do you want to stop running the script, or let it continue?. This alert frequently appears on web sites like espn.com or gmail.com. I have tried resetting Safari, resetting the computer, repairing disk permissions but none of the usual things are working. What’s wrong with my Safari? Continue reading Slow Script error in Safari while browsing →

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