After installing XAMPP (which I have previously discussed) and navigating to the MySQL Admin page, I started getting an error that would pop up about every 20 seconds. The error message reads: "Access violation at address 10009F40 in module 'LIBMYSQL.dll'. Read of address 00000000." If I didn't close the message, a new pop up would arrive slightly lower and to the … [Read more...]
No Wireless Networks Detected After Reimaging
After using Symantec Ghost to re-image a laptop with Windows XP and a wireless card, for some reason, it will be unable to detect any wireless networks. The card is on and multiple wireless networks are available in the area (confirmed by another laptop of the exact same model that hasn't been re-imaged yet). This problem has reproduced itself on a Fujitsu and HP laptop with an … [Read more...]
AccessChk – Permissions Reporting Utility
I'm highlighting another SysInternals utility today with AccessChk. This little executable allows you to verify the permissions of directories and sub-folders easily. If you're having problems with a program not being able to write to a directory, a person unable to successfully launch an application, or any of the other hundreds of permission problems you can come across … [Read more...]
USB and TCP/IP printer ports not listed
In conjunction with using cleanspl.exe to remove printers, printer drivers, and clean the print spooler, you may run into some side effects. One problem I saw was the following error message when trying to install a USB printer: "Cannot install this hardware. An error occurred during installation. The specified port is unknown." Most likely what has happened, since this is a … [Read more...]
GParted – Open-Source Partition Manager
GParted is an open-source alternative to Norton PartitionMagic and Arconis PartitionExpert, meaning it can format your hard drives and partition them to your specifications. You can create partitions of varying sizes and file systems (NTFS, FAT, Ext3, etc.). GParted also lets you resize existing partitions. You could reduce the size of one partition to the minimum space … [Read more...]