Archive for September, 2009
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security causes Symantec Backup Exec jobs to take a long time to run
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin, Software on September 30, 2009
There are probably a bunch of reasons why backups may bog down, but in my case it was an upgrade I did to my AntiVirus protection that messed things up. OS: Windows Server 2003 Std SP2 Software: Symantec Backup Exec 12.5, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 6.0 Standard, WaterFord MailMeter 4.0.0 (428) One of the [...]
You receive “Can’t update. Database or object is read-only” error message when you export to Excel in Access 97
It isn’t clear why this error happened. I blame a MS update. What started happening is I would get that error when exporting Select Query results to Excel 97 format under Access 97. It didn’t do it for every query in the database, and I could make a table with the query and then export [...]
Vista RDP disconnect issues – disconnects from internet
Objective: Connect via RDP from a Toshiba Satellite L550 with Vista Ultimate SP2 and RDP 6.0 to a newer Shuttle XPC with Windows XP SP3 and RDP 6.0 Issue: RDP connects, but immediately or shortly thereafter hangs and disconnects. Internet connection is also affected, dropping down to “limited” with no access. Background: Brand new laptop. [...]
Sharing website content via Social Networks like Facebook (A Short Guide For Webmasters)
Posted by Mitch in Social Networks on September 20, 2009
So you’re interested in sharing your webpages on Facebook and other Social Networks…great idea! Especially Facebook…they’re on track to be the #1 Social Network! Sharing the content you have on your website isn’t hard, there’s two main steps and you’re well on your way. Step 1: Get an AddThis Social Bookmarking toolbar for your website. [...]
HP My Display Portrait Displays License Status: “Bad License File”
System: HP m8010y with Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit Display: HP w2207 (Supports Pivot) Sometime after installing all available updates a couple months ago, I started getting a funny silver and green dialog box on startup. It is called License Status, and the box itself indicates that there has been a Version Changed and that you [...]
I don’t want the Inside of my GIF to be transparent
Program: Macromedia Fireworks 8 I was editing an image today and I copied what I wanted to a transparent background and then saved the image as a GIF with transparency. It took the white that was inside my image and made it transparent as well as the background, which was NOT what I wanted to [...]
First impression of Blackberry Tour
I like the BB Tour. No, scratch that…I love the BB Tour! My previous phone was the Verizon VX6700. What a piece. It was bulky and dated looking, laggy, battery sucked. I had to have it replaced twice. The first time it froze on a phone call and killed the Windows Mobile OS completely. The [...]
Blue Ant z9i pairing instructions
I had to pair a Blue Ant z9i to my Blackberry Tour and after turning on Bluetooth and clicking on Search on the BB it still wasn’t finding the Blue Ant despite it being in the proper mode (or so I thought) as laid out in this quick start manual here. When you turn the [...]
Email Send Rates
Posted by Mitch in Email Campaigns on September 8, 2009
This is just an entry Note to myself about the various Send Rates for some email services. I have been running into some issues sending mail to GMail and others so I figured I would document my efforts to understand their limits. The notes below are for sending USING a webmail account…I mostly Send TO [...]
ParetoLogic Privacy Controls advanced questions
A client of mine wanted a secure solution for getting rid of their browsing history, recent documents, etc. The solution is ParetoLogic Privacy Controls 2.1.0.17 (DB 1 – 9/13/2007) I won’t do a full review of the software because that would be a waste of time…If you want to see what it does, then goto [...]