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Posts Tagged Troubleshooting

MKV videos slow as hell

Sep 24

Posted by mcfang in Software | No Comments

I noticed that the initial opening of mkv files was becoming increasingly slow and that it appeared to depend on the number of mkv files in the same folder.

The culprit? A setting in Haali Media Splitter.

To prevent the scanning of other mkv files when playback begins use this setting in Haali:

Options -> Input -> Try to open linked files -> NO

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Windows Registry permissions reset

Apr 4

Posted by mcfang in Operating Systems | No Comments

Windows Registry permissions can be mangled by third party applications such as Anti-Virus or Firewall applications attempting to give you more “security”. The downside of this is it can cause havoc when you try to install other software or drivers.

Thankfully it is easy, albeit time-consuming, to reset the registry permissions with just a few commands:

cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive%\ /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f

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Excel 2007 opening problem

Aug 23

Posted by mcfang in Software | No Comments

Symptom: upon double clicking an Excel document to open, Excel starts but does not open the document immediately. If you minimize the window then it will re-appear and then open the document.

Likely cause: bad addins, in my case it was PDFMaker.xla

Delete the addin from the following locations:

  • C:\Documents and Settings\USERID\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\XLSTART

Result: Excel opens document immediately.

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