I have been trying recently to troubleshoot a WordPress website that was not detecting available core and plugin updates. So I installed WordPress Debug Bar plugin and after enabling WP_DEBUG in wp-config.php I could open the Debug menu from the WordPress admin bar and see some errors being logged. At the wp-content/wp-debug.log file that I ...

If you’re having issues with your Windows 7 or newer, you should consider whether its installation has become corrupted (due to malicious software or hard drive errors). After doing a disk check (say by right clicking the appropriate drive under my computer and selecting Properties, then Tools tab and Error checking) and a complete virus […]

For some time now I was trying to update the BIOS of an older Dell Inspiron 3537 laptop from inside Windows (with the InsydeFlash application that the respective Dell update package employs), only to get a blue screen saying Invalid Firmware Image upon reboot and the BIOS update was skipped every time. Since that update […]

Sometime ago, I was receiving errors 0x8e5e03fa and 0x800703fa on several pending updates at Windows 10’s Update pane (found at Settings / Updates & Security / Windows Update from the Start menu). The updates history wasn’t showing many more details, but could see Knowldege Base article numbers (KBxx) for some pending cummulative updates. ...

I was setting up a new Lumia phone (with Windows Phone 8.1) and neither phone update, nor the (Here) maps downloads were working. When trying Settings / Phone Update, it was showing error 80072f8f and was pointing to http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp8/basics/solutions-to-update-issues to read more info. However that error code wasn’t ...

At http://www.askvg.com/fix-windows-10-insider-preview-build-10240-not-appearing-on-windows-update/ it writes: NOTE: If you previously had a new Windows 10 build installed in your computer and then reverted back to an older build, you’ll lose access to the new build and it’ll no longer be offered as an upgrade option. Deleting the ...

This is my answer at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31552082/vsix-installer-signaturedescription-could-not-be-created-for-the-signature-algo/ to the question on why some extensions fail to install at RC (Release Candidate) versions of Visual Studio 2015, showing error “SignatureDescription could not be created for the signature algorithm ...

Η ενημερωμένη έκδοση «ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2» είναι μια ενημέρωση για τα εργαλεία του Visual Studio 2012 που επεκτείνει το υπάρχον ASP.NET runtime με νέα χαρακτηριστικά, χωρίς να προκαλέσει κάποιο «σπάσιμο» στις υπάρχουσες εφαρμογές. Η ενημερωμένη έκδοση «ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2» θα εγκατασταθεί μέσα με μερικά λεπτά, χωρίς να αλλάξει τα ...

Η Microsoft έκανε διαθέσιμη την Community Technology Preview (CTP) έκδοση για το επερχόμενο VS και TFS Update 2.  Αυτή η έκδοση δεν αποτελεί μια σταθερή έκδοση.  Έχοντας την εμπειρία από την προηγούμενη έκδοση (Update 1 - VS 2012.1), η έκδοση δίνεται διαθέσιμη νωρίτερα ώστε να είναι δυνατόν να υπάρχει μια ενημέρωση για τα καινούργια ...

Qualys BrowserCheck will perform a security analysis of your browser and its plugins to identify any security issues. You can install it at https://browsercheck.qualys.com/   Another useful quick online tool (needs no installation) for checking that you do have the latest in web browser technology is Browse Happy, at ...

το αρχικό workarround που πρότεινε η MS έθετε κοινό custom error page όπου είχε χρονοκαθυστέρηση για να μην μπορεί να προβλεφτεί ποιό exception έγινε (page not found ή viewstate decryption error κλπ.) το τελικό fix στο Windows Update δεν χρειάζεται αυτό, αλλά προσθέτει HMAC signing και validation στα encrypted πακέτα (το σφάλμα αφορούσε όλες τις ...