Is Adobe reader protected mode on? Safe reading mode is a security mechanism in Adobe Reader for the user. When safe reading is enabled URL connections and attached PDFs with JavaScript functions or other type of injections cannot execute malicious attacks. However if you know that attachments and links aren’t malicious, and the PDF files … Continue reading FIX: Open URL links in Adobe Reader PFD by Bas Wijdenes
Category: Microsoft
FIX: Chrome touch screen not working by Bas Wijdenes
Touch screen not compatible in Google Chrome. This problem was present when I had an Asus Transformer Book as a personal tablet. After the Windows 7 update to Windows 10, touch screen no longer worked in Google Chrome. Back then Chrome wasn’t designed for touch screens when installed on Windows devices. Because of this chrome … Continue reading FIX: Chrome touch screen not working by Bas Wijdenes
FIX: Blurry display in Windows by Bas Wijdenes
A blurred screen in Windows? This post is originally from 2015 and has been used for upgrading to Windows 10. For more about that I’d like to refer you to Updated Content. I have updated the tutorial and separated the Windows 7 and 10 tutorial. ‘Change the Display size of text, apps, and other items‘ … Continue reading FIX: Blurry display in Windows by Bas Wijdenes
How to get multiple users in a PST file Outlook by Bas wijdenes
An old PST file that has to be opened again by several colleagues. It may be that a colleague leaves who has filled an old PST with e-mails that are still relevant. These PST files often have to be opened by several colleagues after the old colleague left. You then need multiple users in a … Continue reading How to get multiple users in a PST file Outlook by Bas wijdenes
FIX: Corrupted icons in Windows; Reset the icon cache
How can the icons in Windows be corrupted? Do you have Windows icons that no longer show correctly in Windows? It can happen that your icons are blurry because the icon cache has become corrupted. The icons are stored in a Windows Database file and are loaded from here instead of the directory where the … Continue reading FIX: Corrupted icons in Windows; Reset the icon cache
How to find your device model name and serial number in Windows
Get the Device model name. In the tutorial I explain how you can find your device model in PowerShell and in Command Prompt. Command Prompt commands can also run in PowerShell. PowerShell is a tool more powerful than Command Prompt. With PowerShell you can do much more than Command Prompt. each new product from Microsoft … Continue reading How to find your device model name and serial number in Windows
How to add a shared mailbox to Outlook by Bas Wijdenes
Introduction; Add shared mailbox outlook. In the tutorial I explain how you can add a mailbox to Outlook. This can also be a different user mailbox, or a room mailbox or something similar. Let’s add a (shared) mailbox to Outlook! There are 2 different tutorials, one is for the ‘techies’ among us, and one for … Continue reading How to add a shared mailbox to Outlook by Bas Wijdenes
How to change the display language in Windows by Bas Wijdenes
Display language in Windows, the basics. Some programs like Google Chrome look at the Windows language and use the primary display language and websites then look at your browser language again and base the language that you prefer. Nowadays they use your GPS location . I have adapted the tutorial for Windows 10 and the … Continue reading How to change the display language in Windows by Bas Wijdenes
FIX: Enable Chrome built-in PDF Viewer
Google Chrome Browser with the built-in PDF Viewer. As you can already guess, Google Chrome has its own PDF viewer. The disadvantage is that it is not always enabled, this is often because standard PDF viewers are already enabled such as Adobe or Foxit reader. In this blog post I will explain to you how … Continue reading FIX: Enable Chrome built-in PDF Viewer
FIX: Error recording AVI file using current compressor. Use default compressor?
CamStudio could not record the AVI file? To make sure we are talking about the same thing. I get this error message: CamStudio could not record the AVI file using current compressor. Use default compressor? Within CamStudio when I try to start recording. Let’s fix this issue and change the ‘Codec‘. This error happens because … Continue reading FIX: Error recording AVI file using current compressor. Use default compressor?