Category: Life hacks

I faced the problem for the first time 2 years ago on Windows 7 computer with Internet Explorer 11. After launching skype a blanc window appeared. There were no input fields for entering user name and password. Searching for the answered in the internet revealed some interesting facts:

• skype relies on Internet Explorer engine for displaying the login window
• it plays no role, wether IE is your default browser. You may use Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc., but skype still embeds Internet Explorer and obviously accesses its settings

The login problem was fixed by creating a skype shortcut on the desktop and editing the starting parameters:

"C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /legacylogin

Quotes are important! The starting parameter /legacylogin used to force skype to call the “old fashioned” login window instead of the window based on Internet Explorer. However, in the current version of Skype 7.34 this workaround seems not to work anymore… And again searching and verifying various solutions. At last I found out, that it is possible to start skype directly with username and password parameters!

"C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /username:YourUserName] /password:YourPassword

Hopefully, this workaround continues to work after the next skype update.

On my MacBook Pro I have VMWare Fusion with Windows 10 installed. It worked quite well until I started getting following error message:

 

/dev/vmmon konnte nicht geöffnet werden: Es existiert keine Datei und kein Ordner dieser Art. Stellen Sie sicher dass das Kernelmodul “vmmon” geladen ist.

It is the same as the the english variant

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.

First, I thought it could be an error after upgrading the MAC OS from Yosemite to Mavericks. However, it turned out to be a conflict with Oracle’s VirtualBox, known as Oracle VM VirtualBox. VirtualBox is a free software for running virtual machines, i.e. same purpose as VMWare. I didn’t realize, that it was installed on my MAC. It might came with some other Apps, that were previously installed. Like Android emulator “Andy” or some other.

So how to fix the issue? Just uninstall VirtualBox. Follow the steps below:

• Download VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool at http://www.virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Installer/darwin/DiskImage/VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool
• Open the Terminal
• Browse to the directory where you downloaded it, e.g. your “Downloads” folder
• Run it with admin permissions: sudo sh VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool

The system restart is not required, your VMWare Fusion should work from now on properly. If you need VirtualBox in the future for other apps, you can install it again from Oracle’s website.

If your antivirus software like AVP reports a threat through Adware Gerneric7.CASB and is not able to treat it itself, don’t become desperate. Generally, it is possible to remove this nasty Trojan yourself. However, this way is complicated and not safe for your system, if you are not a virus expert. Adware Generic is able to rename itself and also rename other important system files, so that you can accidentally corrupt useful applications.

In order to remove Adware Generic7.CASB just use a free tool AdwCleaner. It is a small program, which is even not required to be installed. It knows almost all kinds of adware and can repair your PC in a few moments.

• First, start AdwCleaner and run the scan of your computer.
• After AdwCleaner finds adware, press “Clean” button
• Adware Generic7.CASB will be automatically removed from your computer. You will be prompted to restart your PC.
• After system restart you can view the log file and wonder how deep Adware Generic7.CASB set in your operation system. That’s all.