FreeFixer.com now using Google Trends

Google recently announced the Trends Gadget. Here's you can it in action on FreeFixer.com:



Seaport.exe is a legitimate file from Microsoft.

Here's two additional examples of the gadget in action.
freddy46.exe and reader_s.exe

Spotify Invites for Sale

Sigh, some people are selling Spotify invites:

http://www.tradera.com/Spotify-Invite-NU-2st-Invite-till-basta-musik-tjansten-auktion_91492107
http://www.prylbanken.se/annons/musik_cd_lp/spotify_invite_saljes/421779/
http://www.allaannonser.se/saeljes/filmer_musik/spotify_invite.html
http://www.kopingtorget.se/index.php?action=show&show_id=1458&show_torg_namn=vasteras
http://www.eskilstunatorget.se/index.php?action=show&show_id=1846
http://www.fuska.nu/forum/trad.php?id=1810079

I've got 2 invites. Send me an email and I'll invite you. 100% free, like it was intended to be. (You have to live in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France or Spain.)

Why does Windows create fragmented files by default?

This is wierd. My external drive got lots of free space and is completely defragmented:



Now, I'm backing up my VMware virtual machines, by copying the VMware files to the external drive. These are a bunch of 2GB files which should fit without any problem in the free space of the drive. But for some reason, these files get fragmented:



And it's not just two three fragments, it's 10.000+ fragments!



Why?

Toolbar galore after installing popular applications listed on Download.com

This is how Internet Explorer might look like after installing the 20 most popular Windows applications listed on Download.com:

Firewall Blocked Spotify?

I've been running Spotify for quite some time now. It's a great application for streaming music. However, today the Spotify client refused to log in with the following error message:

An error occured
A firewall may be blocking your Internet connection (error 110). Additionally you could try to change the currently used proxy settings.

The thing is, I have not modified any of my firewall settings. Spotify aside, there's no problem with any of my other applications that need an internet connection. Browsing works fine, using SSH works as usual, etc.

Temporarily disabling the firewall did not help either. Anyone else having the same problem?



Update:
ChrZZ kindly suggested in the comments that resetting my Spotify password should solved the problem. I visited http://www.spotify.com/en/password-reset/ and followed the instructions, and this solved the problem.

Are you also getting the "firewall may be blocking" error? Does resetting the password solve the problem for you too? Please let me know in the comments below.

Update 2:
In the comments Mr Anonymous suggests that all you need to do is to uncheck the "remember me" checkbox. Did this solve the problem for you?

How to enable the security tab in Windows Explorer

The Windows NT family of operating system allows you to set various permissions on files and folders that controls what operations users are allowed to perform. For example, you might want to set up a folder on your computer and allow some users to modify the files in that folder, while other users are only allowed to read the file data. These permissions are editable from Windows Explorer, by right-clicking on a file or folder and selecting the security tab:



However, on Windows XP Home and Windows XP Pro the security tab is hidden be default if your computer has not joined a domain. To enable the security tab:

1. Click on Start
2. Choose Control Panel
3. Click on Folder Options
4. Select the View tab
5. Uncheck "Use simple file sharing"
   

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