Fix It: Windows Backup Failed Trying to Read from Shadow Copy

14 June 2013 | Computers | 12 comments

Backups are Good!You get Windows Backup all set up, and it’s working fine.

You are happy.

Then one day, you get to your puter and you have a lovely error message that reads, “Windows backup failed while trying to read from shadow copy on one of the volumes being backed up.”

You try everything, and it just won’t back up your stuff any more. It keeps giving some error about a failure because it cannot read a shadow copy on one particular volume.

Not to worry, because the solution is pretty simple…

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How to Remove Java Console Add-ons from Firefox

26 March 2011 | Computers | 1 comment

Most likely, you have at least the Java runtime environment installed on your puter. And, if you’re using Firefox, you may have some strange add-ons installed that just won’t go away.

With every Java update you install, yet another “Java Console” add-on may be installed. The problem is, all you can do is disable them. There is no way to actually uninstall older versions of this add-on. Worse yet, you don’t even really need the add-on in the first place!

So, if you have multiple Java Console add-ons sitting in your Firefox, how do you get rid of the darn things?

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