Category Archives: Computers

Urih.com has online resource viewer for executable files

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Maris

One of very interesting online tool we launched in urih.com is online resource viewer for executable files. We call it – Portable executable online viewer. This new (online) tool can be used like any old (offline) tool to view images … Continue reading →

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Strange HTTP GET requests from IP 150.70.x.x and IP 62.24.x.x

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Maris

Recently I started to notice that one of our sites gets strange HTTP GET requests from two IP ranges: 150.70.x.x and IP 62.24.x.x. The short version of this goes as follows: we have web service when users can submit results … Continue reading →

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Windows API PlaySound error / silence

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Maris

Today stumbled at strange behavior of Windows API function PlaySound in combination with SND_FILENAME flag. There are two scenarios: No sound is played, and PlaySound returns success (TRUE) in combination with SND_ASYNC; No sound is played, and PlaySound returns failure … Continue reading →

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Error while receiving Verisign Authenticode certificate

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Maris

Today when I was downloading/receiving Verisign Authenticode certificate I got the following error window: ————————— VBScript ————————— Error: 1AD occured, your certificate may not be co`rrectly installed ————————— OK ————————— Then I was redirected to the page with the following … Continue reading →

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Call to OpenFileDialog or SaveFileDialog hangs or freezes

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Maris

Today I was debugging a very strange issue when call to OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog hanged, froze, never returned… At first I thought the problem is, that call is made from SysTray (Notification area) hidden window. However, digging deeper things got … Continue reading →

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Strange file named “剐䍏塅ㅐ〰匮卙” in C:\Windows\System32\drivers

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Maris

Today, looking in directory C:\Windows\System32\drivers, I found strangely named file “剐䍏塅ㅐ〰匮卙”. First thought was: it is driver form LG PC suite… I remember, that some files have Korean characters in it. However, looking closer, I found, that file is digitally … Continue reading →

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Another free Syslog Daemon for Windows

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Maris

Jan 13, 2011 I wrote about Free Syslog Daemons for Windows. I just found another one, also from MikroTik, and it is free too. The Dude for Windows has one less known feature – it can capture Syslogs sent via … Continue reading →

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Windows Update leads to spam site (hus.parkingspa.com/hc3.asp) today

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Maris

Today when trying to update one of my Microsoft Windows – Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and clicking to More Information link, it led my browser to SPAM site (DO NOT VISIT IT!): http://hus.parkingspa.com/hc3.asp – DO NOT VISIT IT! It happens … Continue reading →

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Right click context menu on wrong side afer installing Service Pack 1 for Windows 7

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Maris

Today after updating my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with Service Pack 1, I noticed, that almost all Right click context menus (for example on Desktop) are on wrong side – left side of mouse pointer instead of right side. It … Continue reading →

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Stress test my Video card to reproduce driver crash

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Maris

One of my video cards kept crashing and showing various artifacts. Usually this happened when playing youtube.com videos or using DirectX. Video card was GIGABYTE nVidia GTX 460. When crashing, Windows temporary disabled both monitors / displays and, then balloon … Continue reading →

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