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CD/DVD drives in Windows 7 and code 39 error
A collegue’s desktop computer has twice lost touch with its DVD drive. The drive is OK, it’s recognized by the BIOS, it even booted from a FreeBSD DVD when told to do so. Yet Windows 7 refused to display the drive. The Device Manager utility complained about a missing driver service and something about a […]
Read More → CD/DVD drives in Windows 7 and code 39 errorAbolish bad legacy systems
It’s amazing how easy it’s to lock oneself out from doing anything usable in Microsoft Windows. This particular operating system should be more careful of protecting its handling of executeable files.
Read More → Abolish bad legacy systemsError message when attempting to run PTC’s Mathcad 14 on 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Have you just installed PTC’s Mathcad 14 on 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Professional only to receive the strange and not so informative error message “Unable to create 12.0 engine factory” when trying to run the software?
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