Volume Shadow Copy Service error

Unexpected error calling routine RegOpenKeyExW(-2147483646,SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Diag,...).  hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied. You may experience this on a Windows Server 2008 R2.According to the research, the issue may be caused by an invalid entry inside the following registry sub tree. HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList Open the registry editor with regedit. Expand and local to the subtree, check if there is an entry that has a ".bak" value appended. If so, this may be cause the...

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Make your Firefox browser shine!

You may have installed countless add-on in Firefox to enhance your using experience, but if you want to get the most out of your browser, you really have to go deep into about:config. This page has almost every configuration Firefox has - hard to play with, take care. So, jump into the "about:config" page by typing it in the URL field. Here we go: Increasing ‘Save Link As‘ timeout period When you right click and select the ‘Save Link As…‘, the browser will request the content disposition header from the URL so as to determine the filename. If...

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Future IPv6 starts tomorrow

When the Internet launched operationally in 1983, its creators never dreamed that there might be billions of devices and users trying to get online. Yet now, almost three decades later, that same Internet serves nearly 2.5 billion people and 11 billion devices across the globe. And we're running out of space. Complete transition will take time. Some users may need to upgrade their home routers or possibly download updated operating system software to enable IPv6 in parallel with IPv4. If you're interested in when you'll get IPv6 connectivity (if you don’t have it already), we encourage...

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Hacker demanded $50,000 for not releasing stolen Symantec source code

According to email transcripts posted to Pastebin yesterday, and confirmed by the company, a group of hackers attempted to extort $50,000 from Symantec in exchange for not releasing its stolen PCAnywhere and Norton Antivirus source code. Hackers associated with the group Anonymous known as the Lords of Dharamaja leaked what appears to be another 1.27 gigabytes of source code from Symantec Monday night, what they claim is the source code of the Symantec program PCAnywhere. A 1.2GB file labeled “Symantec’s pcAnywhere Leaked Source Code” has been posted...

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