UPDATED: April 16 2020 – IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have problems downloading the files from Adobe watch our video explaining why some downloads in Chrome or Edge no longer work and how to get around the problem, HEREhttps://www.urtech.ca/2021/04/solved-download-links-dont-work-in-chrome-or-edge/. Adobe Acrobat updates may fail with: Error 1328: Error applying patch […]
If you have tried to install Adobe Reader on Server 2012 you see an INTERNAL ERROR OCCURED message and when you click OK, Reader will terminate. There are two ways around this that I know of: Right Click on C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe and set the COMPATIBILITY LEVEL to something old […]
This one is easy: Download the correct version of flash from Adobes offline flash installer site http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html Copy the .MSI to a location on the network which all PC’s can see Start GROUP POLICY MANAGMENT CONSOLE and right click on the appropriate OU (or the domain root) and select CREATE A […]
When buying a new computer, usually we don’t know what programs need to be installed. We are going to show you the top essential software for a new PC to perform a wide variety of tasks. Windows OS offers users a fairly wide range of features, but if you need […]
It is impossible to imagine our lives without social media nowadays, and it seems that smartphones play a huge role in all of our lives. They have replaced many other tools, and people create almost all social content by using these portable gadgets. For a while, most of us shared […]
Different opinions or experiences involve whether the Professional photographer prefers to process their works through Lightroom or Photoshop. There is no argument that both procedures are important. They’re both supposed to work well on each other, or I should say they complement in one way or the other. Lightroom will […]
If you have security software that you can not uninstall using the normal methods like ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS there are several ways to succeed. 1 – Uninstall AV Using Command Line Script: Most software companies, especially those with enterprise / corporate products, have an easy way to uninstall their products using […]
Do you have garbage addins, like PDF tools, Printer tools, Camera tools or other junk cluttering the menus in your Office products like Word Excel and Outlook? Get rid of them. We demonstrate how to disable and how to permanently remove junk menu items in Word Excel and PowerPoint. These […]
Three Ways to Recover a Damaged Acrobat Reader File No files on your computer are insured against damage, and this also applies to PDF files. Active Acrobat Reader users can regularly encounter the slightest crash during copying or saving a document. When you click on it, a message like this […]
Over the years more and more products have set themselves to automatically startup. In the mid-2000’s Microsoft decided that these performance sucking startups were getting annoying enough to start exposing them to end users and there have been several built in tools to view and manage start up apps. We […]
Throughout the last few years, YouTube has flourished in creating a golden age for independent creators. Recently, the platform and its stars have influenced the next generation of creative minds to put themselves out there and produce online content. However, to succeed in the industry, several fundamentals can assist with […]
Deep Fakes are computer generated videos, typically of politicians or celebrities, saying things they did not say. Most people first heard of DeepFakes in the spring of 2018 when comedian and film maker Jordan Peel produced this short video of former President Obama trashing US President Trump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ54GDm1eL0 In that […]
Over time you will have a bunch of garbage apps automatically starting up. Things like Adobe Acrobat icons in your system tray, Google updates, printer software for a printer you don’t own anymore and more can really slow down your PC and make things a visual mess. There used to […]
There are four places that programs startup automatically from: 1: STARTUP FOLDERS AUTOMATIC STARTUP Both of these are in hidden folders so you need to change your view to show Hidden Folders as shown in the screen shot to the right Per User Startup Folder: C:\Users\<USER NAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Startup Folder […]
After attending a number of large scale tech conferences like Microsoft TechEd and CES, we have seen and made many needless mistakes. These are always giant visual impact productions and if you don’t get it right, you can spend alot of time running around in circles and not getting much […]
Back in the day, you used to only be able to play digital games in special environment or setups. Arcade games in the arcade, home games on consoles, handhelds or dedicated PC setups. In today’s environment of enormously powerful technology and sophisticated computer systems, we are no longer bound by these […]