Windows: Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet Explorer Close unexpectedly

Problem: Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Internet Explorer close unexpectedly on a regular basis in Vista. Crash report lists gdiplus.dll_unloaded as the module. Solution: 1. gdiplus.dll_unloaded is in conflict with Apple iCloud, uninstall the iCloud program and reboot the machine, this will correct the regular crashes. 2. If you want to maintain iCloud, open … Continue reading

Minecraft Server won’t start and returns an error in Linux

When you go to start Minecraft using “java -jar server.jar” or whatever you chose to name server.jar you receive the following error: “java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: net/minecraft/bundler/Main has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 55.0“ This … Continue reading

WordPress – Error: Could not connect to the server. Please verify the settings are correct.

When you attempt to run the WordPress core updates you receive the following error: “Error: Could not connect to the server. Please verify the settings are correct.” Check and see if only two settings are available, “FTP” and “FTPS”. A more secure option is SSH2 which is supported by most Apache systems but this option … Continue reading

WordPress Critical Error on Installation

During a WordPress installation, you receive a critical error after entering the database information and click next and the server is running PHP 8.0 or higher. Example Error: “wpdb->query()\n#3 {main}\n thrown in /var/www/html/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 2056” In order to fix this error, open/edit setup-config.php. Its located in the /wp-admin/ directory. Beneath the line that says, … Continue reading

mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? []

After upgrading to PHP 7 or higher you may encounter the following error: ========================== General Error SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ] mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? [] An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists. ============================= The reason for this is the mysql … Continue reading

Fix: No Sound / On-Board Sound disabled after installing new Video Card with HDMI

This was a frustrating error that I found numerous possible fixes to on-line on various forums which involved installing the latest nightly builds and completely flushing out my drivers and rebuilding them. None of this worked, which led to hours of frustration. Finally, I tried a very old fix that I used to use for … Continue reading

Yoast SEO version 4.3 plugin conflicts with RocketTheme RokBox 2.50.7 on WordPress 4.7.2

The Yoast SEO version 4.3 plugin conflicts with RocketTheme’s RokBox 2.50.7 on WordPress 4.7.2 Updated: 3/14/2017 Symptom(s): The Yoast SEO plugin installs without error and sets up correctly, however, when you go to use the “Readability” or “Analysis” features they do not respond.  Additionally, all posts will state that the Readability feature and the SEO … Continue reading