I got a call last week from a firm I had been in contact with, but had not done any work. One of the principals had gotten a viral infection: Antivirus XP 2008. I assisted with the removal of it, but got a call about 15 minutes after I left that the “Blue Screen” was still there. When I got back on site, I saw what appeared to be a Blue Screen...
Read MoreIf Lewis and Clark had MAPIs Like These, They Would Still Be in Missouri!
Imagine if you will: You have a user who hates Office 2007 You purchase and install Office 2003 3 months later, when you go to create a new personal folder in Outlook 2003, you get an “Unknown Error” As it turns out, the MAPI32.dll that comes with Office 2007 is not compatible with previous versions of Office, but when you uninstall Office...
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This is a test post with MarsEdit software. Let us see if it works!
Read MorePerhaps Ted Kaczynski Wasn’t so Crazy After All….
This last weekend, I spent the entire time in a different time. I rode horses….as the main form of transportation. I saw wild pigs….10 feet away And, I was in a completely cell-free, internet-free, almost tv-free land (although the Olympics were on several times, but those don’t count). I even brought up a laptop…and it stayed in my...
Read MoreI Guess That is Why it Wasn’t Called “Backup Exact”
I have two clients that both exhibited the same problem. While Backup Exec would work, there would be consistent alerts about hotfixes not installing. And, for both clients, the same fix would have to be done: Find out the version of BE they are running Go to the Symantec support site Search for that version + “service pack” Download the...
Read MoreLife…is Complicated
It seems to me that right around the time Windows XP came out, computers were almost…simple. Printers worked, and could be installed in 10 minutes. Setting the IP address of a machine could be done in 5 minutes without a restart and three clicks. Scanners needed a PhD to install, but at least they weren’t ending up in every machine known to...
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