September21
Every now and then when a windows auto-updates kick in, the immediate thing to follow, most often than not, is Google Chrome failing to start!!
I know I should probably turn off the auto-updates on the OS but hey, if its Windows OS, if it is from Microsoft and if it has the words ‘update’/'patch’/'hot-fix’ in it, Ill take em! Who am I kidding – I’ll have to take em!
So, here I am(that reminds of Bryan Adams and the soundtrack of ‘Spirit’ – which now makes me want to watch the movie for the 29304283 time!! Oh you gotta love collaboration of Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer !! ….and now back to the topic ->), on a rainy & humid Monday morning, as soon as I log-in, I see a balloon in my task-bar saying this PC is fresh off a Windows update!!
The first thing that comes to my mind you ask? “Oh crap! I hope Chrome works!!”
Not its not much of a surprise that I see Chrome just doing nothing when I click on the icon! Its as if Monday blues are spreading its powers onto my desktop too .. Oh well, here we go again:
- Browse to Chrome application directory at:
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome
- Renamed the Application folder
- Reinstalled Chrome again.
As expected, its bunnies and sunshine and rainbows again! Well..not really..its still Monday; and its still raining!! How I wish I was snuggled up warm in a blanket!
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October7
I am with cold and slight fever since this weekend and needless to say, it is so easy to be annoyed and irritable at the provocation of almost anything. Today, after some temporary relief from my off-the-counter medicines to be at work, my brain just clogged off of logic.
I am browsing/working/researching/Googling/just spending my time in Google Chrome. To be honest, this is second to iPhone that i have fallen for, without much deliberation. Anyway, i am in the middle of something and I need to desperately figure out what “Skeuomorph” means. I type it in the omnibox, at least thats what i intended to, and all i see Wikipedia page for it instead of search results.
Of course that would happen because i am in FireFox. I would be perplexed if i were in IE though! some stupid search results for domain names would have annoyed me even more! Damn it, how did i end up of FireFox? Dint we break up yet? Oh yes, Chrome is still iffy with few sites – Cant watch Family Guy on FOX On Demand and other very useful sites I’m sure.
I guess it might take some time for FireFox to be truly replaced. Then again, good job Chrome! If you got me hooked to you and got me wanting to break up with FireFox, you have come a long way – very easily, quite charming i say!
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September16
I just ran Windows XP SP3 updates that kicked in to be started yesterday..since the update, i am unable to launch Chrome. Well, first i thought i messed up something after i bought my new HDMI Gateway 22″ monitor, and then maybe not!
Even though i click on the shortcut/application that should launch Chrome, there is no process that runs on its name….then a little permutations and combinations of killing few processes worked!!
If you kill the process named “citivan.exe” (leave ctfmon.exe alone!), Chrome will launch normally. I am typing onto my blog from Chrome, so it works! Oh well, sneaky ways to chop off non-Microsoft products huh?
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September10
Since the debut of Google Chrome, internet is swamped with its cool features, reviews and what not. I don’t think this is going to cool off anytime soon. I do realize that Chrome is in beta and to complain is too early 
I am just being me, so here are few pointers for improvement in future updates maybe?
-Export options: Well, just as we can import bookmarks from FireFox/IE, it would be great to export as well – at least until we have everything needed updated on Chrome.
-A gazillion add-ons/extensions like in FireFox: We all know how how millions are addicted to FireFox and other browsers alike. I personally cannot live without Fox marks, Sxipper, Google notebook, Scientific calculator sitting on the status bar! Ill stop the list just with these to avoid digressing too much. OK, maybe not gazillion or millions, i am lazy to lookup the stats, Google yourself!
-Some sort of integration with google accounts (Gmail/Calendar/Docs) directly onto the interface of Chrome?
Thats for now, i am sure there are more to come..for now i am pretty much happy with whats already included: love the tabs as separate process each with its own resources, clean and simple (shiny!!) interface, and its from GOOGLE!!!
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