People at various times run into mysterious problems that have no apparent source but are eventually found out to be caused by the innocent use of a file named "aux.txt" or any one of the other reserved file names. It isn't realistic to expect that all users of such an ubiquitous system as...
My office pals are constantly creating lenghy file names and folders that surpass windows limits, which is causing problems when I perform or restore backups. Is there a way to just stop windows from letting a user write or copy a file which exceeds the limits imposed by the OS itself?. I´ve...
backup issues
backup solutions
cobian
data loss
errorprevention
file management
file names
file restrictions
file system
folder structure
office
path length
system configuration
system settings
technical support
user input
user permissions
windows
windows 10
windows limits
I ended processes such as lsm.exe and a prompt came up telling me what Windows has encountered a critical problem and that it will restart in one minute.
Even though the process has ended (and remains closed), Windows OPERATES PERFECTLY FINE AND NORMALLY. Why does Windows have to shut down...
automatic restart
computer shutdown
critical errorerror message
errorpreventionerror recovery
process management
process termination
system processes
system reliability
system stability
task manager
technical support
troubleshooting
user experience
windows
windows issues
windows performance
windows settings
Susan shares her insights on how to do quick and dirty UX testing to help your application be more successful. Susan (who works with great people on the UX team, including Corrina Black, Tsitsi Gora, and Arturo Toledo) has a lot of experience working on usability and spends a lot of time working...
application development
audience selection
cognitive walkthrough
communication
consistency
design process
design tips
ease of use
errorprevention
heuristic evaluations
silverlight
usability studies
user experience
user feedback
user interaction
ux testing
visual design
visual studio
windows phone
workflow