http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog Solutions to your PC problems Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:27:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mozilla has released the third version of Firefox, and is aiming to set a world record for the most number of downloads in a 24-hour period. Being my browser of choice, I am as keen as anyone to see what Firefox 3 brings to the table. Many new features have been added, ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/06/18/firefox-30-released/ The second beta of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is due to be released before the end of October, said a manager in Microsoft's technical support group, who also warned web designers to start adding a new tag to their sites or risk those sites "breaking" when the new browser launches. "We ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/06/01/internet-explorer-8-beta-20-due-in-october/ For those of you using a BT Home Hub wireless router, you should be aware of a pretty big security hole discovered of late. Up until a few weeks ago, the default password being used on the router was "admin". This is a major security hole in itself. If ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/05/28/bt-wireless-router-insecure-by-default/ Don't want to buy the expensive Microsoft Office suite? A nice alternative is OpenOffice, but what is even nicer is version 3 which is due to come out in the very near future. Currently, version 2.4 is out now, but the new version of OpenOffice has been released for evaluation by ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/05/28/openoffice-3-beta-the-best-free-productivity-suite-just-got-better/ Ten high priority bugs have been discovered within Mozilla's Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1, three of them labelled "critical", but it won't be decided until next week whether to release the browser anyway or restart the final stretch by issuing a second release candidate (RC2). Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 launched ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/05/26/10-high-priority-bugs-found-within-mozillas-firefox-30/ I am trying to update my definition files for Ad-Aware SE 1.05 so that I am safer from adware. When I try to download the updates from within the software, I get the following message: Error retrieving update. How do I fix this? Ordinarily, I would suggest checking to ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/05/20/error-trying-to-install-updated-definitions-for-ad-aware-se-105/ Firefox 3 is one step closer to being launched; On Friday, Mozilla rolled out Release Candidate 1 of the revamped browser for developer and open-source communities to test. The latest version is based on the Gecko 1.9 rendering platform; Mozilla says the new browser will be more secure, easier to use, ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/05/20/mozilla-release-firefox-3-rc1-for-testing/ Thursday brought the unveiling of the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player browser plug-in, further advancing its series of latest graphical features such as 3-D animated effects with a beta version of Flash player 10 in an attempt to stay the best in its field. With no set final release date, ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/05/18/adobe-unveils-flash-player-10/ Update: Jesper has released a free tool to check whether you will be affected by the "IntelPPM" problem, and mitigate this before installing the service pack. What a hero! News around the Web indicates that some PCs are experiencing an endless reboot cycle after installing Windows XP SP3. It appears that ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/05/12/pc-keeps-rebooting-after-installing-windows-xp-service-pack-3/ I have a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 on my laptop. When I save files from Word, I can't open them on my PC, which has Office 2003. So, why can't Microsoft Office 2007 files be opened in Office 2003? The reason is due to Microsoft creating a new ... http://www.coventrycomputercare.com/blog/2008/05/11/why-cant-microsoft-office-2007-files-be-opened-in-office-2003/