Fix Adobe Illustrator (.ai) and Photoshop (.psd) Thumbnail Icons for Windows Explorer

If like me you don’t like using Adobe Bridge and instead like to see thumbnail icon previews of your Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop (.ai, .eps and .psd) files in Windows Explorer then this is the fix you need.


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How do I make Yahoo Mail default mail provider in Vista?

Many users, particularly users of BT Yahoo! Broadband (btinternet.com) are having trouble understanding how to get to their BT Yahoo Mail on Windows Vista.

This is because on Windows XP BT Yahoo used to provide the BT Yahoo Browser, which was based on Internet Explorer 6 and now outdated, which means that BT Yahoo Browser is no longer available.


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Blocked links in Microsoft Outlook

When you click a link on an email in Microsoft Outlook, you are blocked from visiting the URL and you see the following error message:

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.


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Troubleshooting routing issues

Recently I’ve received reports from clients on a particular ISP are having trouble reaching services on a particular server in a data centre.

Although they did first report it as “the internet is down”, I soon discovered it was actually just their email and home page which they were having trouble reaching.

Once I had told them to visit “www.google.com” in Internet Explorer, I could confirm that this was in fact a routing issue.

So how do you troubleshoot and diagnose a routing issue to identify the problem? That’s what we’re going to find out…


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Belkin 802.11g Wireless G+ USB Adapter Driver Problems

I was fixing a machine with the Belkin 802.11g – 125 HSM Wireless G+ USB Adapter.

They were experiencing some kind of connection issue.


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Hardware

When broadband fails

The best part of last week I spent trying to resolve an issue for a business who was experiencing downtime with their broadband.

The broadband was working fine, nothing had changed, then it went off.


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C:\Windows\Installer overload!

If like me you’ve recently come across a computer where the “C:\Windows\Installer” directory is overloaded then you’ve probably used something like TreeSize Free or WinDirStat to figure this out.

What I was wondering is “why is it taking up so much space?”
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No More Adobe Acrobat Reader

If like me you have ever received a PDF files as an attachment in an email, you will no doubt have heard of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Acrobat Reader (or simply Adobe Reader), as you probably know allows you to read the PDF files which have mostly been created by Adobe’s software suites or compatible software.

As you can probably appreciate, this affair with the reader has been going on for a long time, however every dog has it’s day, and this dog needs to be put down!


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Wireless adaptor for the BT Home Hub 2.0

Those that have one will be very familiar with the BT Home Hub.

As you are probably aware, the latest very is the black sleek look “BT Home Hub 2.0″ broadband router.

However, some of you that have machines positioned a distance from the hub, where cabling is not an option are probably wondering what wireless adaptor is right for the “BT Home Hub 2.0″, and well you’re not alone.


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Hello and welcome to the fixr website.

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