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This is a quote from the verge - "Microsoft is closing its Mixer service on July 22nd and plans to move existing partners over to Facebook Gaming. The surprise announcement means Mixer partners and streamers will be transitioned to Facebook Gaming starting today. Microsoft will no longer operate Mixer as a service in a month from now." That being said, I use to stream to Mixer. Not a Partnered Account, but almost 600 Followers. Not too shabby.Even though I have not streamed to Mixer for about 6 months, I chose YouTube. With everything that is going on, I will have to try Facebook Gaming, now that Mixer's Partners will be moved over. That's great news for my Partnered Mixer friends.

*****Windows 10 "Annoying" Update Assistant*****

What to do -- I found this article ( https://goo.gl/xqUbjJ ) on Microsoft's knowledge base on how to deal with the new Windows 10 "Annoying" Update Assistant. Let me know if any of you have questions about this annoyance. I'm sure I could help!

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Windows Bad Image - Photoshop CC

Opening a photo in Photoshop CC on Windows 10 would generate this error – Windows Bad Image. The fix that worked for me was reinstalling Photoshop into a new directory. I tried to reinstall it into it’s old directory but the error would return. When finished restart your PC, done.

Note: There are many variants of the Windows Bad Image Error. Search Google see for yourself. For me Photoshop was my culprit. Let me know if we could help.

Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible. [Fixed] 🔧

There are a few different ways to fix this issue. I will talk about what worked for me. Here is how it starts, you open Firefox only to experience a pop-up saying: Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible.

Here is how I fixed it on Windows 7.

Press the Windows Key + R and type %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox into the Run box and hit enter. Delete your profiles.ini file. The next time you open Firefox a new profiles.ini file and a new default profile will be created. This fix may or may not work for you, but this is what worked for me. I hope this helps.

Post your questions or comments below.

My other hobby is Steel-Tip Darts. I went searching for Dart supplies on Google and found these 2 links to dartbrokers.com. Both at the top of the page being Advertised by Google AdWords. After confidently clicking on them I was redirected to an online Pharmacy. Can you say, Hacked...Ouch! I've already reached out to them so they know their landing pages have been hacked. Now let's see how long it takes them to fix it.

BAD_POOL_HEADER - [Fix]

The BAD_POOL_HEADER error is usually associated with the way Windows allocates memory/RAM to it's USB / Media connected devices and applications. Device drivers are usually the most common cause. Other causes including hard drive disk write errors and bad sectors that only surface intermittently. RAM = Random Access Memory errors would be suspect for memory pool issues overall.

The Fix 🔧

Shut down your PC and disconnect all external USB devices except the mouse and keyboard. Turn your PC back on. That should do it. However.... You must only plug 1 USB in at a time to systematically troubleshoot which USB device is the culprit.

Prevention 👨‍💻

Make sure your Windows OS is up to date as well as the drivers for all your connected USB devices.

In rare cases, if the above does not work, try replacing your computer's system memory / RAM.

FYI -- There are a few other fixes for the BAD_POOL_HEADER, but they rarely need to be addressed. If this fix does not work for you, please leave details in the comments below and we will help you work on it in our support group.