Tag Archives: windows

Synergy and Text Expansion Programs on Windows 7? Don’t run as admin.

By Jason Navarrete | Published: May 18, 2012

Synergy is great. And text expansion/replacement tools are great (ie, PhraseExpress or AutoHotKey). And Windows 7…well I guess it’s alright as well. Synergy lets me share my mouse and keyboard between my Windows desktop, my Macbook, and even a linux machine (if I still ran one at work). It even synchronizes the clipboard betweeen screens. […]

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Windows Update Stalling/Stuck/Hang at “Searching for Updates”

By Jason Navarrete | Published: August 16, 2008

No time for introductions. I spent way too much time today trying for get Windows Update to work on a laptop.  When the “Searching for updates” screen would come on, sometimes the progress bar would be empty, other times it would run and run until it failed. I tried CCleaner and reinstalled the Windows Update […]

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