Lenovo laptop with SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED error

I have recently seen the message below on a Lenovo B50-80 laptop which was running Windows 8.1: Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart.  We’re just collecting some error info, and then we’ll restart for you. If you’d like to know more, you...

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Delete all files with specific extension in a tree of folders

In Windows using the command prompt you can delete all files including [1] in their name by using: DEL /F /S /Q /A “C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\*[1]*” Replace the /Q with /P if you want to be asked for confirmation on each file Be careful that you...

Outlook 2007 gives certificate error for Gmail IMAP email

If you get the error from Outlook 2007 which says “The server you are connected to is using a security certificate that cannot be verified. The target principal name is incorrect” when you collect your email via IMAP, you have a button which says View...

Email attachment sizes

For large files, email isn’t ideal.  That said, there are no real set rules for email attachments’ size. I think that it is reasonable to assume 5 MB will always go through without any problem, and 10MB usually will too. Google’s Gmail service allows upto 25 MB,...

Recent Places shortcut on task bar

Once the Windows Explorer Properties window opens, empty whatever is in te Target field and copy/paste this in: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe “%userprofile%\Links\RecentPlaces.lnk”

Windows Explorer paths

Default setting: %windir%\explorer.exe “Recent Items” directory can also be found in the directory structure by following this path: C:\Users\{name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent My Computer %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe...