Fix for Outlook 2007 Trying to Load InfoPath (Error 1605)

Just ran into this situation after a client uninstalled & reinstalled Office 2007 Pro. When Outlook was opened, it complained twice about being unable to open InfoPath because it wasn’t installed.

I found multiple other complaints about this, but no solutions (though some suggested removing and reinstalling Office). A bit of digging with SysInternals’ Process Monitor, [...]

Article on Open Source vs. Proprietary EMRs and Stimulus

The July issue of Washington Monthly has an interesting article on the relative merits of open source (specifically VistA) electronic medical records and proprietary / closed-source systems (including mentions of Cerner and Epic Systems). It covers some of the advantages of having a good EMR system in place, particularly for hospitals and hospital networks.

It also [...]

Winlogon.exe at 50% or 100% CPU (Fix)

There are apparently a variety of things that can cause the winlogon.exe process on Windows PCs to consume all available CPU, but I’ve found few references to this cause – corruption in Offline Files, even when Offline Files is disabled on the PC, on the server and on the domain (via Group Policy). Depending on [...]

Compliment Comments and Spam

Because of a standard configuration of many WordPress blogs, it’s not uncommon to get comments containing nothing but a generic compliment. These frequently also have a site like google.com listed as the commenter’s website and/or an email address from China (.cn) or Russia (.ru).

These generic compliment comments are part one of a two-stage [...]