Friday, July 11, 2014

How to download and install an old version of Google Chrome on Windows 7

1) Uninstall Chrome

2) Go to: http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/google-chrome-22-0-1229-0

3) Install Chrome 22

4) Once chrome is installed, enter about:plugins in the location bar

5) Search for "Google Update" and click on disable

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Fixing Google Chrome on Windows with EMET

Sometime during the spring and summer of 2014, Google Chrome was conflicting with Windows EMET.  Sometimes, Chrome wouldn't display Flash pages, sometimes you'd get the "He's Dead Jim" message, sometimes you'd get the "Woah Google Chrome has crashed" message, and other times, Chrome would start but you'd just get blank white pages, even with the settings page.  The Chromium developers fixed it, but as of July 9, 2014, the stable and beta versions of Chrome are still broken.  Here's a simple fix: install Google Chrome Canary, which is a more cutting edge version, which is working fine for me.