Google Chrome Stuck Refuses to Update

The Google Chrome update is stuck refuses to install. Clicking on About -> Update refuses to update Chrome.

You may run into this problem if the Windows temp files directory is moved to a partition other than the default location.

The solution:

You need to force Chrome to update.

1) Quit Chrome and make sure no stray instances are running

OPEN a DOS box. Type cmd in the run box in the start menu. Copy and paste the command that begins from reg. exe and ends at /v cmd. Paste the entire line in the DOS box and hit enter

2) Run the following from a command prompt to get the magic incantation:

reg.exe query "HKCU\Software\Google\Update\Clients\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}" /v cmd

(use {4ea16ac7-fd5a-47c3-875b-dbf4a2008c20} if you're on canary rather than stable, beta, or dev)

3) Run the command obtained from the previous step. For example:

"C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\9.0.597.84\Installer\setup.exe" --rename-chrome-exe

Google's Mobile Platform is Here

Gotta love Mobile Technology.

Today, Google launched a new platform for mobile devices. What is interesting here is that the new Android platform is not just limited to cellphones.

It is quite possible that audio/video devices in cars, homes, hospitals are powered by the new platform.

The platform is built so that it can be dumped on *any* device. The possibilites are endless. I am typing this on Google's Chrome browser. Throw in Chrome on a mobile device and you have instant everything.

I am so happy that the days of proprietary *mobile only* browsers and webpages are coming to an end. WAP was just terrible. Cellphones are finally WiFi enabled.

All roads now lead towards high speed mobile processors and chips that can do photos, video and WiFi. I am leaving out 3G because 3G does not exist in most parts of the world and is still expensive.

It was about time that cellphone manufactures broke away from the closed business practices of carriers. Carriers are never happy with WiFi on cellphones because users would not need to use the slow and expensive GPRS services.

WiFi on cellphones is what we NEED.

http://www.t-mobileg1.com/g1-announcement.aspx

Google Talk Current Music Track Bug Workaround Fix

Google Talk version 1.0.0.104 (client) will crash under the following conditions:

1] Show Current Music Track is enabled
2] Winamp v5.5 is playing a music track

The following is a workaround fix:

Create an empty winamp.m3u file and drop the file into the C:\Program Files\Winamp directory.

Restart both applications.

Howto create an empty winamp.m3u file?

Right-click > New Text Document > Rename the file to winamp.m3u