Month: April 2010

Added updated .dat file from McAfee to a keydrive, so it can be moved to c:program filescommon filesmcafeeengine. If machine is stuck in “no taskbar” mode, that is because svchost.exe has already been quarantined. If you right-click on the mini-taskbar, you can open taskmanager, then open a command shell by creating a new task, then typing “cmd” (sans quotes) in the popup prompt. Once you have a command window, you can xcopy the .dat file. Reboot the pc.

Copy the file svchost.exe out of this zip file to a key drive. You can then copy it to c:windowssystem32. Reboot and you should be OK.

If you are on xp sp2 or greater, you should be able to tab-complete paths for your xcopy command. THis means you start typing, then hit the “Tab” key on your keyboard, to help autocomplete the path/filename you are looking for. if you don’t have tab, remember to put your path for c:program files… in quotes, since windows can’t execute a command that has a space in it without them being wrapped in ” “.

If you don’t know xcopy, here is a fast man page.

So I still vehemently hate L.A.

It seems like a lot longer than a week ago that I was still fighting the jetlag of spending a week in California. The trip was pretty rad. Did a lot of hanging out in LA – had some unbelieveable food at Nickel Diner and saw one of the best live shows I’ve seeen in a while – Vaude and the Villians (scope their myspace for some live aduo samples).

Went down to the beach, and stopped at a very awesome Hindu temple on the way back.

I caught up with some friends, old and new, and, overall had a pretty great time, despite the smog, traffic, cheap glitz, and styrtafoam people.

As a thank you to friend Nick, who put us up while we were in L.A., A. and I took him to Mozza, where I had some of the most delectible dishes I’ve had served out of a Batali kitchen, as well as the most expensive Manhattan I’ve ever purchased (note to self – do not order NY artesinal bourbons in CA). After L.A., it was a cross-state trek to Yosemite, where we saw giant trees, beautiful vistas, and had _anbother_ awesome dinner at the Tenaya Lodge‘s Ember Room (which I highly reccomend to anyone looking for a place to go to have an awesome meal near Yosemite).

So now, it is back to the whirlwind. I am trying to get a Red Hat cert next week, which is kinda stressing me out, and I am going back to school in September, which is defintiely stressing me out. A. and I have to move, somewhere between here and the end point that is fall, and I have the annual trek to Nowhere, Maine coming up soon.

Still jobhunting in the midst of all this.

Pics here – Yosemite is not up yet, but will be added to the set when it is.