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Documents is not accessible. Access is denied

My Computer C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents is not accessible. Access is denied. OK This error appears when attempting to access the Shared Documents folder (which appears to be renamed to “Documents”) I recently had this problem on the main computer here at my home. This same problem prevented Adobe Acrobat 6.0 from working, and prevented…Continue Reading…

Hand it to the Chinese government

Still, you have to hand it to them (Score:5, Interesting) by typical (886006) on Tuesday July 12, @04:15AM (#13040161) (Last Journal: Wednesday June 22, @09:54PM) Despite all this, you really have to hand it to the Chinese government. Consider that: * There is a legitimate concern that people reading articles critical of the government will…Continue Reading…

Update for Windows XP KB898461

Size: 477 KB This update installs a permanent copy of Package Installer for Windows to enable software updates to have a significantly smaller download size. The Package Installer facilitates the install of software updates for Microsoft Windows operating systems and other Microsoft products. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system….Continue Reading…

Search Terms – July 2004

The last time I did this was over a year ago! Let’s go one year back in time and start with my intelliot.com search terms for July 2004. Top 20 of 241 Total Search Strings # Hits Search String 1 739 58.28% motive smartbridge 2 140 11.04% motive smartbridge autoupdate 3 16 1.26% what is…Continue Reading…

Automatic Reboots by Windows Update

Last night my computer was automatically restarted by Windows Update after installing an update that required a reboot. This seems rather risky to me, unless the security update was so urgent that a hacker could immediate compromise your system. To me, this seems like the only case in which Windows should automatically restart your computer….Continue Reading…

Yahoo 360

About time I blogged a little something on this. Yahoo 360 (I refuse to put the exclamation point, I think it draws undeserved additional attention to Yahoo’s name :P) is Yahoo’s social networking service, much like Orkut, Wallop, Friendster, etc. It will be interesting to see how these services diverge and attempt to set themselves…Continue Reading…