Updmgr.exe is spyware. It is put out by KeenValue software. The software can be found at c:\program files\common files\updmgr\ . You have to love misleading program directory names. Anyway, you can try stopping the updmgr.exe process by firing up task manager and ending the process. To do this, right click on the taskbar at the [...]
Archive for March, 2006
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InPhase Tapestry Holographic Media
March 29th, 2006 
admin You always see folks holding what looks like plastic cards in science fiction movies. The plastic cards are memory devices that hold gigantic amounts of data. They slip it into a console on the computer and bring up specs of entire spacecrafts and other such things. Well, InPhase technologies is moving us one step closer [...]
Death and Taxes
March 27th, 2006 admin If you aren’t aware of the awesome website DeviantArt, you should check it out. It’s a great clearing place of great web art. They have screensavers, wallpaper, etc. An artist named Mibi has created a piece of artwork, which you can turn into a poster, that shows how the government spends our tax money. It’s [...]
Apple Darwin Web Conference
March 24th, 2006 admin I have been looking around for a good, open-source solution to provide some friends of mine with web conferencing ability. This would be a great case for technology. They live in different parts of the country and are involved in regular meetings for a non-profit organization. I told them that I would look into a [...]
PaulTech Shopping
March 23rd, 2006 admin I would like to introduce my tech shopping site. The link is listed on the right. I think the prices are pretty competitive. You can find hard drives, games, iPods, routers, flash drives, etc. From time to time I will try to highlight particular products that I have personally used and found helpful. In any [...]
OS X Missing User Accounts – Help!
March 19th, 2006 admin Ok, so I’m working on a friend’s G4 notebook and I want to install KisMac – a mighty fun app I must say! Google it – allows for some wireless fun on your airport card. Anyway, so I ask him for his admin password so I can install some things. And lo and behold – [...]
Xbox360 Mod / Hack
March 17th, 2006 admin One of the things that hardcore gamers look for is a nice hack. They love to be able to back their games up and control their gaming console. Xbox360 enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting a way to do this on their “precious.” Hackers in the Xboxhacker forum sound very close to altering the firmware to [...]
Tornado Attack Vehicle
March 14th, 2006 admin Well, it’s that time of year again – tornado season. The central plains have already seen their share of tornados just this past week. We have learned so much about tornados and yet we have so much to learn. We’re pretty good at tracking them once they’re on the ground. But what if we could [...]
Seagate Wireless Hard Drive + 4
March 9th, 2006 admin At the Intel Developer Forum, Seagate is poised to unveil its newest USB wireless HD. The drive is a 2.5 inch drive and can connect automatically to your searching device or use a number correspondence that is entered manually on the computer. All I have to say is I hope security is thought out really [...]
Print Spooler Subsystem App Error
March 4th, 2006 admin I bet you feel like that picture – don’t you? If you are encountering this error, you will be tempted to just reformat your computer. It will drive you insane. Let me try to steer you in the right direction. You may not have heard about the .shd or .spl file extensions and you may [...]
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