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Scrivener Crashing

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Attempting to open Scrivener and having the application closing on you, the common way to fix this is adjust the file permissions follow the instructions below to repair.

  1. Open a Terminal (Applications/Utilities) 
  2. Typesudo chmod -R 0755 /Applications/Scrivener.app
  3. Press Enter
  4. Open Scrivener again.

Note: This fix has also been able to work on other OSX Applications that have problems launching.

How to link your Guild Wars 1 account to Guild Wars 2

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Follow the instructions below to link your Guild Wars 1 account to Guild Wars 2

 

  1. Go to Guild Wars 2 account page
  2. Login to your Guild Wars 2 account
  3. On the left hand side click Link Accounts
  4. Enter your Guild Wars 1 details and click Ok

 

Note: Once  you have completed the link you should then get an item in your inventory (in Guild Wars 2) that will teleport you to Hall of Monuments.

How to leave the Microsoft Security Essentials Customer Experience Program

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Follow the instructions below to leave the Customer Experience program for Security Essentials

  1. Open Microsoft Security Essentials
  2. Click on the low arrow (next to the Help on the right hand side)
  3. Click Customer Experience Improvement Program
  4. Check I don’t want to join the Customer Experience Improvement Program
  5. Click Ok

Windows 7 RC to Retail Upgrade

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  1. Extract the contents of your Windows DVD onto a folder you can easily get to onto the release candidate machine.
  2. Navigate to: sources
  3. Right click on cversion.ini and select Open With: Notepad.
  4. Search for: MinClient build number and change it so it is a digit less than it was before.
  5. Save and run the windows setup from the folder to do the upgrade.