Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Faded question mark in Quicktime Logo in Firefox and IE 7.0

After updating the Adobe Flash Player, Shock wave Player and Apple Quick Time Player to latest version I got this problem. Whenever I visit the trailer website I am getting a faded question mark in Quicktime Logo in the browser. When checked with Apple Quicktime support team, they asked me to re-install my player to stand alone player. I did that also still cannot able to solve the problem.


How to solve this problem?


As usual I googled for the solution I cant find it. Then went to search in Yahoo and got the solution for it. To fix it in firefox find out the file name NPSWF32.dll.

Normally it will in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32.dll. Copy this file and paste it in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins folder. Now it will work in Firefox. Copy the same file in C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\plugins folder. This one will solve the problem.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Task Manager has been disabled by the Admin Error

Error:
I recently got a virus that turned off my task manager and i have been unable to turn it back on. When i hit ctrl+alt+delete i get a message that says "the task manager has been disabled by your admin"



Solution:
Copy and paste this into the run box,it`s another way of achieving the above.That doesn`t mean to say that it will fix the problem.REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

CAT03MSK.dll was not found

In our office we are using ACCPAC Accounting software, which is developed in Visual Basic and back end is Pervasive SQL. Suddenly yesterday when I click the ACCPAC Program shortcut it displays the error

CAT03MSK.dll was not found

I didnt do any changes in my PC but still got this error. Then finally I discovered that autoexec.bat is missing in my PC since I am using windows 98 as OS. I copied the Autoexec from another PC and restarted my PC. Thats it. My ACCPAC is working.
What content is there in AUTOEXEC.BAT file?

SET PATH=R:\RUNTIME;C:\CA_APPSW

The path is not settuped for the program to start so I got this error. If you get this error in windows xp or windows 2000 or windows vista Set it in Control Panel/System.
Another error occured in windows xp for accpac.

Description: Error occurred when activating ACCPAC Data Source.

Code: 1.423

Source: 07:20:28- DS.adsCSOPT

For the above error try installing the latest MSXML.MSI, that would be the solution for that error in all the other OS's.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Minimized Windows Don't Appear on Taskbar

This problem persisits yesterday to me. I tried to minimize my programs, the program icon doesn't appear on the taskbar. When I click CTR+ALT+DEL I can see the program running. As usual I googled and got this solution. I hope it will be helpful to you also.
Open 'Control Panel' and select 'Add/Remove Programs'.
Check for the program entries of WinSrvReg and Friend Greetings.
If found, uninstall the program and reboot.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Quality Score Updates in Adwords

Adwords is going to update the quality score update next week. Because of this few keywords bid price will be affected due to poor quality score. Previously beta test advertisers are given the option to select the quality score in their reports. You can select this column by clicking 'Customize Columns' in one of your ad groups. Now they are going to introduce this to all advertisers.


As you may have heard us say before, we believe that ads provide valuable information when they are highly relevant and targeted to a user's query. In order to serve high quality ads to our users, we use the Quality Score to set minimum bids for keywords based on keyword clickthrough rate (CTR), ad text relevance, the historical performance of the keyword on Google, and the user experience on the ad's landing page. Keywords with a higher Quality Score are rewarded with a lower minimum bid, so it costs less for those ads to be eligible for display. Low quality keywords receive higher minimum bids, often making them inactive for search because their maximum CPC does not meet the minimum bid. In addition, since we also consider quality when we rank ads, higher quality ads benefit from higher placement on the page and a lower cost-per-click on average. So, high quality ads are not only more relevant for your potential customers, but can also help you improve your ROI by lowering your advertising costs.

You can read the full story at Inside AdWords .