Verdana is a sans-serif font used by the Cucku application graphical user interface (GUI). The following variations of the font are installed on most Windows machines: Verdana (regular); Verdana Bold; Verdana Bold Italic and Verdana Italic.
The Verdana font set is part of Microsoft TrueType fonts. These are installed as part of Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft applications. You can purchase Verdana from: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/default.mspx
Other sites also off free downloads but use at your own risk. e.g. http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/
If the Verdana font (regular) is missing from your machine you will get an error starting with the stack trace that follows.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
Message: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
Data: System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal
InnerException: System.ArgumentException: Font 'Verdana' does not support style 'Regular'.
at System.Drawing.Font.CreateNativeFont()
You can visually check the fonts folder in Control Panel (c:\windows\fonts) to see if Verdana is installed or not (note that the file will be called 'Verdana' and not 'Verdana Regular'.
To fix the problem you need to download the Verdana (regular) font on your machine. In Control Panel select Classic View and Right Click the fonts folder and select Install Font. Then browse to the downloaded fonts file and install it.
posted by Mark on Sunday, February 28, 2010
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Cucku Backup 2.11 is now available for download.
2.11 solves a compatibility problem with the current beta version of Skype (4.2). You should install Cucku Backup 2.11 before upgrading to Skype 4.2.
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posted by Rob on Monday, February 08, 2010
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At Storage Visions last week Deepak Joseph presented some new research from the Consumer Electronics Association. One of the survey questions asked why people don't backup their computer:
This data is pretty close to a Harris Interactive report (PDF) commissioned by Maxtor back in 2005. The biggest shift is that more people don't see the need for backup and fewer think that backup is too expensive.
The ~50% of people that don't backup at all is a worrying constant in these kinds of studies. It's a massive failure that the consumer electronics industry has failed to educate their customers. Not to pick on Microsoft, but I've written about backup in Windows 7 being crippled and a second class citizen to other security needs in previous posts.
(Thanks to the CEA for allowing me to reproduce this slide. Contact research@ce.org for more information on CEA research).
posted by Rob on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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I'm a panelist on the Cloud Storage for Consumers and Enterprises session at Storage Visions 2010 conference on the 6th of January:
C2: Cloud Storage for Consumers and Enterprises
Distributing content as well as on-line back-up and disaster recovery are driving demand for remote storage. This session exposes the storage requirements and trends for on-line content delivery and remote storage. Learn about new business opportunities and how they’ll impact the growth and use of storage in this growing market.
If you're not attending Storage Visions I'll also be at CES on the 7th and 8th. Get in touch if you'd like to meet up at either conference.
posted by Rob on Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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Update February 8, 2010: We've just released Cucku Backup 2.11. This update works around the incompatibility in Skype 4.2 beta. If you experience Error 104 "Message: Failed to register application with Skype" after installing Skype 4.2 then you need to install Cucku Backup 2.11.
Skype released a beta version of 4.2 yesterday. The beta currently causes a crash in Cucku Backup, specifically an Error 104 (unhandled exception) when attempting to communicate with a backup partner.
We're investigating this problem now, and I'll update this blog post as soon as we have any news. For the time being please don't install Skype 4.2 if you're using Cucku. If you have already installed 4.2 then uninstall Skype and reinstall Skype 4.1.
Update December 12, 2009
The problem seems to occur when Cucku and Skype have administrator privileges. This means the crash is very likely to happen on XP. On Vista it will happen if you're running both Cucku and Skype as admin - with User Account Control enabled this will only be the case if you run both with elevation.
We've narrowed the crash down to a change in enumerating streams and have filed a bug report with Skype - SPA-699: Beta 4.2 - COM Exception accessing SKYPE4COMLib::Application.Streams after success Application registration and creation.
I'll update again when we have more information.
Update December 14, 2009
If you already have Skype 4.2 installed then downgrading is more complicated than just removing 4.2 and installing 4.1. Follow the instructions below to get Cucku working with Skype again:
- Exit Cucku and Skype.
- Uninstall Skype 4.2.
- Run an admin (elevated on Vista) command prompt.
- Type Regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Skype\Skype4COM.dll" and hit Enter.
- Reboot.
- Exit Cucku if it ran automatically.
- Delete the file "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Skype\Skype4COM.dll".
- Install Skype 4.1.
- Run Cucku again.
If you need more help with this contact support and we can guide you through the process.
posted by Rob on Friday, December 11, 2009
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Amit Agarwal says:
Cucku is a new backup program cum web service that attempts to take the best parts of each form of backup. First, Cucku lets you easily backup your important files and folders to your own hard drive and to portable drives you own. Then, in a unique twist on traditional online backup services, Cucku lets you store an encrypted copy of your files on your friends' and family member's computers through the internet using Skype.
This gives you the best of both worlds - the accessibility of a backup on a local drive with the additional security of a remote backup, all the while letting you keep your data on computers of people you trust instead of a datacenter.
Read the full review: Backup Your Files to a Trusted Friend's Computer using Skype.
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posted by Rob on Thursday, October 08, 2009
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We just launched a profile on Vator.tv - the Voice of the Entrepreneur:
Follow Cucku, Inc. on Vator.tv
Vator.tv is running a competition together with The Funded to find ten startups to pitch to investors and media. You can help by voting for Cucku at Vator.tv.
posted by Rob on Thursday, September 17, 2009
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