Casalemedia and tracking cookies
October 2, 2007 by admin
Filed under Internet Protection, Troubleshooting, Windows
I had not heard of Casalemedia before today but now I have a reason to write about it. I have been a long time believer that if someone could target me with ads on the internet that were of interest to me I would be much more intereted in the ads themselves. Of course I [...]
Launching attachments from CHM files
September 21, 2007 by admin
Filed under IT Skills, Troubleshooting
One of the nice noew “features” of Windows Server 2003 is how the new enhanced security has broken the ability to launch attachments from compiled help files, also known as CHM files.
I had the opportunity to learn about this problem when I needed to move an application that we internally create content in that shows [...]
Where has Tweako been all my life
May 22, 2007 by admin
Filed under Desktop Computer, Troubleshooting
One of the reasons that I love Lifehacker is because you can look down a page of stories for the day and find a nugget of knowledge that you have always been looking for. Well I found another site like that but it has even more.
Recent Content : All | tweako
Tweako is a site that [...]
10 Reasons it does not help to be a computer guy
May 3, 2007 by admin
Filed under IT Skills, Troubleshooting
I laughed when I read this article as it is really true and I cringed as well because also it is very true
10 Reasons It Doesn’t Pay To Be “The Computer Guy” · LifeReboot.com
I love being the computer guy but it is true that everyone thinks that you can fix everything which is not at [...]
Ultimate Computer Prevention Checklist
April 4, 2007 by admin
Filed under Troubleshooting
What’s the support pro of 2007 and beyond to do for preventive maintenance on user machines? Here’s a checklist of 29 things you can do to keep your users happy and online.
1. E-mail your computer users. Let your clients know in advance what will be happening on the preventive maintenance visit. Users [...]
Oci.dll could not be loaded
March 22, 2007 by admin
Filed under Troubleshooting
Oracle and the Oracle client is irritating to me to say the least. I support a few apps that speak to an Oracle 9i database and have not had a lot of trouble with them that checking the databases does not seem to solve, I consider myself lucky.
Twice though in the last couple of weeks [...]
Using Windows Event Viewer to diagnose problems
March 9, 2007 by admin
Filed under Troubleshooting
IThe event viewer is one of the greatest tools that you have for diagnosing software problems and finding the fix for them. If you have used the event viewer in either Windows NT, 2000, 2003 or Windows XP then you know that it is a great application to rely on when troubleshooting an issue on [...]
Don’t mix your Antivirus
March 7, 2007 by admin
Filed under Troubleshooting
I got caught today trying to be a bit to cute on the company network.
I am a big fan of AVG Antirvirus at home and on everyone I knows computer and I decided to do the same on my new Dell D620 work laptop. Everything has been working fine for a week but of course [...]
Daylight Savings Time Change
March 3, 2007 by admin
Filed under Troubleshooting
For anyone working within a large business we are all aware that Daylight Savings Time (DST) will be starting four weeks earlier this year, that is March 11. If you admin a smaller network or even just a bunch of workstations then this is a great opportunity to do some hosekeeping that you have put [...]
Citrix Metaframe Tuneup Tips from Citrix
November 22, 2006 by admin
Filed under Troubleshooting
The title sys it all. Here is a document that goes step by step through all of the tuneup tips for Metaframe servers that Citrix recommends.
Citrix Metaframe Tune up Tips












































