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Firefox: Firefox could not install the file at ‘URL’ because: Signing could not be verified

PROBLEM
Just today an issue came up for me installing the google toolbar.  (This Google toolbar has been in Beta for a while now, which caught my attention and may or should catch yours: Beta releases are buggy.  That may be beside the point though since I don’t care as long as it does it’s [...]

Winamp: No sound when playing MP3 files or other media.

PROBLEM
When trying to play MP3 files in any version of WinAmp, there is no sound.  The same file may play well in other players like Windows Media Player but not in WinAmp.

MS Windows Tweaking: Performance, Security and Annoyances

Here is a set of things to try for those of you suffering from poor PC performance, very slow boot up times, very slow application start up times, generally slow windows performance, security problems and other annoyances on Windows systems. 

Windows Excel: Creating Drop Down Menus

Creating Drop Down Menus in Excel
1.    Type the list of items you want to include in your drop down menu in an area of the worksheet that is not visible and/or will not be typed over.

Windows Word: Creating Drop Down Menus

Creating Drop Down Menus in MS Word
1) To create a drop down menu in Word, go to the area where you would like your menu to appear:

Microsoft Word: Cursor is at the top of the page in MS Word 2003

Cursor is at the top of the page in MS Word 2003
Most people check their page setup but find that everything is set right. What may have happened is that the View settings for the Print Layout somehow got changed to hide any white space between pages. To correct this, go [...]

Networking: The network is not present or not started

PROBLEM
The network is not present or not started
At some point or other, and for reasons unknown to me at the current time, I couldn’t get into shared files on other workstations on my home installation.  This used to work earlier.  Turned out after numerous trials and errors that the service Client for Microsoft Networks [...]


     
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