Avast 7 Update problems

Hi all,

This post is about update problems with avast 7. I have been using avast from past 8 yrs and believe me I have been fully satisfied with it. Not a single instance of malware infecting my computer in-spite of numerous tests that i do daily (now a days i have shifted testing to vmware mostly).
Anyways recently Avast was auto updated to 7, and I started recieving update errors, they just failed without providing me with enough information. I thought it might be because of proxy support, but it worked on a different PC perfectly. I wanted to repair it but got error

"Error accessing data files in ***** (Avast folder name)"
(Likely that files are locked to prevent infection by malware)
And on running the full setup apart from above error i got error "(Setup failed error ****)"


To solve the problem use avast uninstall utlity provided at http://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility

and reinstall avast to solve the problem. Although i am still facing issues with mail shield. Will report back if I get solution from avast team.

Thanx for reading:)

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VLC 2.0

Hi all,

This post is VLC player 2.0's review.

VLC Player 2.0 was just released a day ago and i can see the clear benefits in video quality. Also better usage of multicore systems have lead to faster video rendering without stressing the graphics card much. Unfortunately VLC no longer supports 400 % volume by default. Also sound quality is a bit poorer than previous version at-least it seems to me. They have removed this functionality. The subtitle sync can be improved and  be taken up to the mark of GOM player.

Finally I need 2 things

1. 400% volume with improved audio quality
2. Better Subtitle Sync Facility. 

 That all for now. Will soon catch up with more reviews as i use VLC Player.

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Internet Connection Sharing, some issues and solutions !

Hello,


I am writing a blog post after long time, hope you enjoy it.

I recently faced a small issue in Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate. I wasn't being shown the "Turn On internet connection sharing" prompt when creating WIFI adhoc network. I assumed that somehow ICS has been disabled. But it was just the opposite. If you set the set "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection" option in Adapter properties, then ICS is enabled by default and no new prompt is required. Hope this resolves the issues that isn't there. :) :P . I couldn't find a blog or write up on the same so i summarized the contents here.

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