Malware hiding all your files? Unhide them with unhide.exe. Many malware programs make it look like you lost all of your files but really they are just hidden.
Category: Tech Tidbit
Apr 21
iTunes 10 Install Error "a network error occurred while attempting to read from the file: C: WINDOWS\Installer\Quicktime.msi" and "The installation of Quicktime did not complete successfully. iTunes requires Quicktime."
I ran into this error on a computer recently, and found a sure fire way to fix it. If your iTunes installation says “a network error occurred” and then quotes c:\windows\installer\(file).msi then there is a very easy way to fix this. Download iTunesSetup.exe and place it on the desktop for ease of locating it. Download …
Apr 20
How To Repair XP Automatic Update service when it has been deleted
After removing that XP Antivirus 2011 malware, I had two XP machines that did not have the Automatic Updates service even installed, and therefore it would not run. After some googling I found the Microsoft KB883614 that addresses both this problem, and that of the BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) missing. I’ve copy/pasted it for …