Locks & Latches

Uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials

at Friday, November 23, 2012 Posted by Frans van Bree

Microsoft Security Essentials can be uninstalled from Windows 7 as follows:

Download the installer from the Microsoft website (currently: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/security-essentials-download)
Save the resulting file as "c:\mseinstall.exe"
Win + R, "cmd", enter, type in "c:\mseinstall.exe mssefullinstall-amd64fre-en-us-vista-win7.exe /U"
To reinstall, just start mseinstall.exe

Flash 11.4 in SRWare IronPortable v22

at Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Posted by Frans van Bree

To get Flash support in the portable version of Iron v22:

Start IronPortable and type "about:plugins" in the URL bar
Scroll to the section titled "Flash"

If there is one enabled item within that section, then Flash should already work. Test it here: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
If the section does not exist or there are no items in it, then

Create a folder called "iron\plugins" in the IronPortable folder
Download the file NPSWF32_11_4_402_278.dll from the internet or copy it from the system Flash installation folder and put it in the previously created folder.
Example system Flash installation folder: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_4_402_287.dll

If there are more items, then

Disable all items but one for Flash v11.4

Restart iron and type "about:plugins"
If all Flash items are disabled, then enable one Flash item

Note: putting file gcswf32.dll in the root of the IronPortable folder does no longer work!

Stop Outlook from reformatting telephone numbers

at Friday, September 28, 2012 Posted by Frans van Bree

A telephone number gets reformatted when adding it to a contact in Outlook, e.g. "+31.." becomes "31".

This behaviour can be stopped as follows:

Start, Search: "phone" and hit enter. If this doesn't work, then start the Telephony service:

Start, Search: "services" and hit enter - Double click Telephony (TapiSvr)
Startup type: automatic
Click Start

In the Phone and Modem screen, select a location or, if required, make a new location and use anything for the area code
Click Edit..
Country/region: Internation Freephone Service
(Stop and) start Outlook

Note: it doesn't stop reformatting completely.

E.g. "+31-12345678" still gets reformatted to "+31 12345678", but at least the starting "+" sign remains untouched. And "+31612345678" gets reformatted to "+31612345678 "

Epson AL-C900 with empty color toner

at Thursday, July 12, 2012 Posted by Frans van Bree

The Epson AL-C900 Aculaser has a default setting that makes it impossible to continue printing if one of the color toners/consumables is empty. Even in black and white.

This can be fixed as follows:

Connect the printer directly, i.e. via USB to the PC or laptop and turn the printer on
Install "Status Monitor 3 1.1b" from the Epson website:
http://esupport.epson-europe.com/FileDetails.aspx?lng=en-GB&id=31761
The name of the downloaded file is: epson31761eu.exe
Note: there is no separate Windows 7 x64 version, so use the Windows Vista x64 version for that platform
Right-click the "Status monitor 3" icon in the tray and:

Epson AL-C900 -> Printer Setting...
Check "Continue printing when consumables are empy"