Create a Password Protected PDF

I've been having a huge number of issues with sending secure files. Some institutions only accept protected PDFs.

This link show that it is actually really simple to do this in Microsoft Word 2013 or later. This really saved me since I don't have Adobe Acrobat and I could not find any docs on if it could be done in foxit reader

Remove Chrome AutoComplete

Quick note about removing Chrome Auto Complete Suggestions

This is needed for a few reasons

• Accidentally put in password for user name
• Incorrect information input
• Just find it annoying

Highlight it and then do a Shift+Delete

Original Source: Link

Must Have Accessories for Razer Edge Pro

Making a quick note of good accessories to grab if you missed all the actual accessories:

• Amazon Basics Tablet Stand 
• Logitech K810 Keyboard
• Razer Orochi Mouse 
• Intel 7260AC Wireless Card

WMI Provider Host CPU Usage High with Windows 10 Installation

I just upgraded a computer to Windows 10 and I get WMI Provider Host running between 15-25% CPU Utilization.

I fixed this issue by following this thread

The bottom line is:

1. Open Event Viewer from "Windows + X"
2. Applications and Service Logs > Microsoft > Windows > WMI Activity
3. Look for ClientProcessID in the Error Report
4. Find the process with the matching process ID under Task Manager > Services
5. Remove it

In my case it was "HP Wireless Support Assistant" and "HP Software Framework Service"

Planahead 14.7: Abnormal program termination (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)

May this be a lesson to future engineers working on critical applications. Always document your work especially right after crunch time. I ran into a problem with Xilinx Tools over a full year ago and managed to solve the issue. Skip forward to present day, I forgot I had solved the issue and then had to go through a huge painful process to re-solve it.

Problem: When I open a specific project ISE14.7 Crashes immediately only leaving the following message in the cmd window:

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Abnormal program termination (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)
Please check 'C:/Users/user1/AppData/Roaming/Xilinx/PlanAhead/hs_err_pid7568.l
og' for details
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When I check the log I see this:

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#
# An unexpected error has occurred (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)
#
Stack:
no stack trace available, please use hs_err_<pid>.dmp instead.

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Turns out, that the solution is to roll back to a different version of the tools, for me, synthesizing in 14.7 and implementing in 14.2 worked out fine.

Create a Desktop Icon to Rotate the Screen

So Windows 10 kind of breaks the Razer Edge's Drivers for auto-rotation sadly. I still want to use my tablet like a tablet, and I won't always have my keyboard to do ctrl+alt+arrow key. I made a desktop shortcut to do it.

For the shortcut (errrr .bat file) you need this program.

http://noeld.com/programs.asp#Display

Steps:

1. Open Notepad
2. Extract Display to C:\ or change the address in the script
3. Put this in notepad:

start C:\display.exe -device 1 -rotate 90 /toggle
exit

1. Save it as "anythingyouwant.bat"
2. Put that .bat on your desktop and click when desired
3. Rejoice! 

Grabbed the ideas from this link and just made it a batch script (http://superuser.com/questions/447155/how-do-i-set-up-a-hotkey-or-shortcut-to-rotate-my-screen-in-windows) if you are having issues, try running it in the cmd window first to see what it says

Windows 10 Upgrade for Razer Edge Pro

I'll just say this. I was tired of Windows 8, I really missed my start menu. Windows 10 brought it back!

I did a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on my Razer Edge Pro, and upgraded flawlessly to Windows 10 using their migration button in the task menu. As noted in the Razer Insider forum posts, the Auto-rotation feature will be disabled because Windows 10 won't be able to find the drivers for the sensors sadly.

One issue I encountered was with the Windows 10 installation itself I got error "Windows Update Installation Failure 80240020"

This was solved for me using this thread: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/windows-update-installation-failure-80240020/d695e827-9774-4e10-8972-df8d51a7bb51?auth=1

The summary is:

1. Locate the registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade]
2. It should exist, but if not, create it.
3. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value with Name = "AllowOSUpgrade” (without the quotes), and set the Value = 0x00000001.

I also needed to load the cmd prompt and do the auwuclt.exe/updatenow trick.