Windows – Cannot Delete Thumbs.db
KB ID 0000683 Problem Thumbs.db is a small hidden system file that gets generated when you view media in a folder, you know when you look at all your MP3 songs and you can see the album cover as a thumbnail? Or you can see what all your photos are as a tiny thumbnail before you open them, well thats what the thumbs.db file is doing. It’s a tiny cache of all that information so next time someone visits this folder it displays...
Google Chrome – “This webpage has a redirect loop” Error
KB ID 0000423 Problem I’m running Chrome 11.0.696.25 beta (At time of writing) and I’ve seen this error a few times, usually with Facebook, and it’s been more of an annoyance than anything else. I’ve seen it on my Windows 7 machine, and on my Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook. Solution 1. Launch Chrome and click the Spanner Icon > Options > Under the hood > Content Settings. 2. Select “All cookies and site...
Chrome – Deleting Cookies
KB ID 0000756 Problem It took me twenty minutes to find out how to delete a cookie for a single site today. All the information I found was for older versions of Chrome, that had the ‘Under the bonnet’ section. Solution 1. As shown open the browser settings. 2. Show advanced settings. 3. Scroll down to the Privacy section > Content Settings. 4. All cookies and data. 5. Here you can simply “Remove All” to...