Disable Firefox Extension Install Timer

Whenever you install an extension for Firefox, Firefox makes you wait for about 5 seconds before you can click the install button. Its somewhat of a mechanism to protect you from malicious websites...and in some cases protect you from yourself.

You can disable this timer, but remember to be very careful.

• In the URL field, type in about:config and press enter.
• Search for security.dialog_enable_delay.
• Double click on this entry, and set its value to 0.

You then can install extensions without having to wait.

Video Games aren't Toys

Yup. That's right. According to Best Buy, video games aren't toys. My mom gave me a coupon for Best Buy which was good for 10% off any single item. This coupon was only good for items in certain categories. The coupon had a variety of categories that it was good for. While it didn't explicitly say that video games were included, it didn't explicitly say that they weren't included. They did list "Toys" as being eligible. With that, I did a search for "Toy" on Best Buy's website. What I came up with was a list of video games.

I do know that someone else had the same experience a few months ago, and I wasn't quite sure if I was going to have the same experience that they did, so I gave it a shot. I should have known better that even though someone else had the same experience a few months ago that Best Buy wouldn't have done anything to correct this issue. To me, its a bit deceitful, but hey, thats the Best Buy quality of service that we've all come to expect.

Well, Best Buy, one less customer for you for good.

VMware Infrastructure Client could not establish the initial connection

After upgrading VMWare Virtual Center to version 2.5, I received a message that read

• VMWare Infrastructure Client could not establish the initial connection

To correct this error, you would need to log onto the VirtualCenter server and make sure that VMWare VirtualCenter Service is running. After I started this service, I was able to connect to the VirtualCenter Server to maintain my guest OSes.

Delete Files that are in Use in Windows

If you try to delete a file, but the file is in use, you will likely get an error message that reads

The action can't be completed because the file is open in another program.

What this boils down to is that you need to figure out which process is using the file. A good utility to figure this out is called Process Explorer. Process Explorer is basically Task Manager, but all juiced up on steroids.

Process Explorer is really a powerful tool, but figuring out which process is using a file is actually quite simple.

1. Click the Find menu at the top and select Find Handle or DLL.
2. In the windows that opens up, type in the name of the file that you want to delete and then click Search.
3. Below, a list will show which processes are using that particular file.
4. You can then close that particular application/process and try the delete again.
5. Optionally, you can find the process in the process list, kill that process tree, then delete the file.
   

Microsoft Outlook Error Code: 0X8004010d

Microsoft Outlook will throw out an error that reads

An unknown error occurred, error code: 0x8004010d.

I was able to generate this error when I was trying to mount a PST file. The problem ended up being that there was very little to no free disk space available on the same volume as the PST. Once I cleared up some space, I was able to add the PST with no additional problems.

If you're having problems deleting files because they are in use, you can follow this guide on figuring out which processes are using files.