Google Chrome – Cannot play embedded .wmw or .mpg/.mpeg
KB ID 0000184 Problem I’m a big fan of Google Chrome, i’ts fast, and clean, and it does exactly what it says on the tin! I had noticed, I had a problem playing embedded video though. As I use this format on PeteNetLive it was my only gripe, (well that and syncing bookmarks, but I cured that with Xmarks). Took me a bit of searching but I got it fixed in the end. Solution 1. Download THIS (Yes I know it says Firefox –...
Google Chrome – Page Icon has Disappeared
KB ID 0000322 Problem You’re used to having a “Page” icon, and a “Spanner” icon in Google Chrome. But now it’s disappeared? Solution Don’t panic, the new version of Google Chrome has amalgamated both icons into one, all the tools from the old “Page” icon are now on the “Spanner”Icon. Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA...
Google Chrome – AutoFill stopped working
Enabling auto fill for web forms KB ID 0000326 Problem A recent update of Chrome (in my case to 6.0.472.59), turned off AutoFill, I use autofill to remember information for web forms a lot, so because I’m lazy I wanted it turned back on again. Solution 1. From with Chrome, Click the “Spanner” / “Customise and Control Google Chrome” Icon > Options. 2. Select the “Personal Stuff” tab >...
Google Chrome – Can’t Open jnlp (Java) files
KB ID 0000354 Problem It’s annoying but for some reason Google Chrome simply downloads .jnlp files rather than opening and launching the Java applications. You would think that associating .jnlp files so that they open in Chrome would fix the problem, but it does not. Solution 1. Go to the link that you are trying to launch the Java application from, and Chrome will download it, as before. 2. By default Chrome will list the...
Chrome (Linux) Installing x64 bit Flash Plugin
KB ID 0000385 Problem Did you know you can install Java and Flash with the Ubuntu Restricted extras pack? click here At the time of writing, Adobe have pulled the previous beta of x64 bit flash for Chrome, which is annoying because I am running it on my x64 Ubuntu 10.10 box. Solution To be honest more of a workaround than a solution, but you can get chrome to install the x32 bit version and it will run it as a separate...