Category: Software
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Canon scanner won’t scan – unknown error code = 19
This one had me stumped for a while. A Canon LiDE 110 scanner on a Windows 7 64 bit machine; worked fine while logged in as one user but not as another. When trying to scan, to any location or with any output format, it popped up with a message saying “Unknown error. Code =19”.…
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Online Backup
Any backup system only proves its worth when it’s needed. I’ve been using Carbonite for a while now and have needed to restore twice. Both times it’s been simple and quick to find what I need and get it back. First time was organising some photos on our main PC over the network from a…
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How to run 16 bit programs on Windows 7
A friend recently upgraded to Windows 7 64 bit from XP but didn’t want to upgrade his ancient version of Quickbooks (version 3, on 3 floppy disks!). After trying to run it on 7 in various compatibility mode options I established that it was a 16 bit program and Microsoft had removed the required functionality…