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• Unable To Open URLs After Upgrading Windows XP x64 To Service Pack 2

  I recently upgraded my Windows XP x64 installation to Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 (for those not in the know, SP2 for Windows 2003 also applies to XP x64 since they are the same code base) only to run into an issue where clicking on any urls/hyperlinks from desktop applications (Outlook, Word, etc) generated the following error: "General Failure. The URL was (hyperlink name)." I use Firefox as my default browser, and it was definitely related to SP2 as this problem didn't show up until after the... Posted Mar 20 2007, 01:14 AM by Jayson Knight with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Technology and Internet, Tools and Resources, Firefox, Irks

• Huge Firefox Gripe -- Duplicating a Firefox Installation

  My new local domain is about 90% up and running, one of the last things I had left to do (add my laptop to the domain) I did earlier today; I didn’t care about my user settings on my other machines but needed to preserve those settings on my laptop…I’m still amazed at what a total pain in the ass it is to copy a user profile. In my case, it entailed the following: Add the machine to the domain. Login with my domain user account to get a default profile. Backed up my Outlook address book/rules/etc... Posted Sep 28 2005, 07:52 PM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: Tools and Resources, Firefox, Irks