The easiest way to download flash .swf files is to use Firefox's built in Page Info / Media function.
You will need to be using Firefox for this tutorial. If you do not yet have Firefox, you can download it for free from http://www.mozilla.com/
When you are at the page of the flash file you would like to download right click anywhere on the page and select View Page Info . Alternatively, on the Menu Bar, select Tools and then Page Info .
When the Page Info box opens, click on the Media Tab Select (highlight) the file you want to save and then click the Save As... button and save the file in the location of your choice.
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Info, tips, tricks on how to do common (and not so common) computer tasks and solve basic computer problems. .
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Random Computer freezes ( BSOD )
When my HP Pavilion desktop computer was new in 2005, I installed a wireless card and hooked it up to my home network. Everything seemed to work well except every 2-3 days, the computer froze with a Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) Nothing showed in the error logs. Sometimes it took 4-5 days before it would freeze and sometimes it would freeze in 1-2 days. Randome length of time before it would freeze.
It took me quite awhile to troubleshoot the problem because I sometimes had to wait a week to see if the computer would freeze again or not (I could not force it to happen)
The culprit was the wireless card - the driver. While it worked, it would freeze when, I assume, it was refreshing the IP address. Once I updated the driver for the wireless card, no more BSOD . After four years, I can safely say the wireless driver solved the problem of the random BSOD problem.
It took me quite awhile to troubleshoot the problem because I sometimes had to wait a week to see if the computer would freeze again or not (I could not force it to happen)
The culprit was the wireless card - the driver. While it worked, it would freeze when, I assume, it was refreshing the IP address. Once I updated the driver for the wireless card, no more BSOD . After four years, I can safely say the wireless driver solved the problem of the random BSOD problem.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Adding A Twitter Tweet button and/or a Facebook button to your blog or web page
Adding a tweet button or a Facebook button is very easy to do. Here is the following codes. The only change you need to make is in red for the name of your web page or blog for the Twitter button. You do not need either a Facebook or Twitter account to use them. To add them into a blog, paste them into a HTML / Javascript gadget.
Twitter Button:
<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" text="Computer Tech Blog :" count="vertical">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Facebook Button:
<a name="fb_share" type="button_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>
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Twitter Button:
<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" text="Computer Tech Blog :" count="vertical">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Facebook Button:
<a name="fb_share" type="button_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>
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