In trying to run a server that listens on port 80 (successfully on Windows XP and Windows 7), I found that the service could not attach to port 80 after I updated to Windows 10. It turns out that, as part of the upgrade, Microsoft has the “World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC)” listen automatically…
Tag: computers
Error on jAlbum Creation
When creating a photo album today using jAlbum, I got the following error: Evaluation error on line 2: Details: Sourced file: inline evaluation of: “ showHomeLink = homeLink != null && homeLink.length() > 0 && !”http://”.equals(h . . . ” : Error in method invocation: Method length() not found in class’bsh.Primitive’ I found a discussion…
Error Message on Dell Latitude
Yesterday, I had an error message on a Dell Latitude laptop computer reading, “Document Manager service could not be started. Please verify Vault Filter is loaded and running.” Solution: Delete registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WavXMgr
Phishing Scams
It seems like some credit card companies do not want to know about phishing scams targeting their customers. I tried to let Discover Card know about a scam running at discovercard-service.com (which is NOT a legitimate site; it is run by fraudsters) but they did not seem to want to talk to me if I…
Firefox Error
Joshua Flanigan found a solution to an annoying problem with Mozilla Firefox (the Windows version) in which non-administrators receive error messages when they try to start the program. The error reads One or more files could not be updated. Please make sure all other applications are closed and that you have permission to modify files,…