Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Just a strange problem I ran into recently with a client. They were using a Windows XP computer with multiple USB devices. Somewhere after about 300 inserts and removes, Windows gave the following error message
The system has reached the maxium size allowed for the system part of the registry. Additional ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
In the recent few month I have come more and more across personal laptops and desktops infected with various rootkits. The standard solution is to wipe the OS and reinstall. Recently an alternative may be a rescue CD with the antivirus software on it which is used to boot the ...
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
This is an interesting problem that my wife had at work recently. In a VBA-based program, the Left function suddenly stopped working with an error along the lines of "type data mismatch". Being that this is a native function to VBA, my first thoughts were that it was caused by ...
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
My wife's workplace is a through and through Windows shop running on Microsoft Access. As they have expanded, they have begun to bump against the inherent limits of a file-based database like Access. Currently, they are considered switching to a commercial server-based database such as MS SQL Server, but I ...
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006
The following was something I learned from a recent computer upgrade I did for someone else (from Windows ME to Windows 2000) - after installing Windows 2000 fresh, and getting all the drivers, there was still one unknown device left in Device Manager. Apparently it is a common problem with ...
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Sunday, August 20th, 2006
I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR WARRANTY FOR THESE INSTRUCTIONS WHICH ARE NOT AUTHORIZED BY HP IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS, YOU ARE DOING SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK
I recently troubleshooted an HP LaserJet 1100A all-in-one device for someone. The problem is that the ...
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Saturday, January 14th, 2006
After struggling to find WPA2 drivers for the Microsoft Wireless PCMCIA adaptor (MN-520) for a newly rebuilt laptop, I decided to post instructions as to where to find them. Especially, since this product has been discontinued by Microsoft and for some obscure reason removed them from Windows Update.
Anyway, to instal ...
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
A news story and this post are talking about Microsoft's new technology for securing private data:
Microsoft in the coming months will roll out test versions of its latest operating system—code-named Longhorn—and its newest browser, which includes new approaches users can take to protect their identities online, safely swap data, and ...
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Thursday, January 27th, 2005
Knoppix has become a favorite tool among system administrators for rescuing Windows systems. Larry Seltzer points to a Windows-based tool called BartPE which does a similar job but is based on Windows instead of Linux. You do need a copy of Windows to use it since it uses system files ...
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Sunday, November 28th, 2004
Larry Seltzer of eWeek mentioned in his blog last week that a new security hole has been discovered in Windows. Larry mentions in a followup post that whoever discovered this bug released more details (without waiting for a patch from Microsoft). This was also mentioned in the Internet Storm Center's ...
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