ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

XP Error – Rthdcpl.exe – Illegal System DLL Relocation

It seems a recent Windows Security Update (KB928843 MS07-008) may cause an issue where the Realtek HD Audio Control Panel may not start after it is installed. If you are getting the error below: Rthdcpl.exe – Illegal System DLL Relocation The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the DLL … Read more

The Online Coldfusion Meetup Group

If you live in an area without a local User group… I do… then I would suggest signing up for the: Click here to check outThe Online Coldfusion Meetup Group! The next meeting will be about: “Attack of the Spam Bots” RSVP now Jake Munson, creator of CFQuickDocs, will discuss various methods for preventing spammers from attacking your forms. CAPTCHA … Read more

Windows Defender, Vista and the 0x80240029 Error

I noticed today that my windows vista computer had not received the updates that I knew had been released. My automatic updates are on however, now some of the windows “extras” were no longer showing either. I then noticed that the new “Windows Defender” Spyware program was showing an error that it's defenitions were also out of date. I tried … Read more

Usless Post..

Here's a Useless post for everyone.. I found a site: http://www.sp-studio.de/ that will let you create your own South Park character. Pretty good time waister. Here's mine for the day.. This guy reflects my general mood when waking this morning. What do you think?

Screen Capture… The Vista Way…

Way back when… I blogged about easy screen capturing in windows… Well now there is Microsoft Vista and the methods I listed in the blog no longer work. But luckily… It's still easy… Super Easy I say! With the introduction of Microsoft Vista there is a nifty new utility called the “Snipping Tool”. [More]

Friday Funny – Teller Troubles

I've done it!!!! A Friday Funny on Friday again!! Woo Hoo!! Enjoy! MALE VS. FEMALE AT THE ATM MACHINE A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads: “Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below … Read more

New to MySQL

Well.. This is just a test entry. I have converted my DB over to MySQl and and working out the bugs from the conversion. Most likely this will get deleted. TEST