Method #1 General note that might make things easier for other people if they don't know this keen trick. Right-click on an Internet Explorer 6 shortcut while holding down Shift, go up to 'Run as...'. Use an admin log in (local or your own) and then use the IE window to go to My Computer or C: or Control Panel or Desktop and you can have Admin privileges without having to … [Read more...]
Installing a Scanner on Windows Server 2003
When installing a scanner on Windows Server 2003, it is necessary to start and make the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service 'automatic' as it is 'disabled' by default. Otherwise you will just get an error related to not finding any imaging devices. Right-click 'My Computer', go to Manage. Click the [+] next to 'Services and Applications'. Click 'Services'. Scroll down to … [Read more...]
Vista and iTunes finally play nice
Apple Inc. has released the latest version of iTunes at 7.1.0.59 You can download it from Apple directly. Update: After testing it out for a while, it seems the playlist updating issue is fixed but the display starting up black is still present. The greatest thing gained from this version of iTunes is the greater stability with computers running Windows Vista. I've … [Read more...]
Why U3 doesn’t include us
What is U3? U3 is a proprietary system mostly backed by SanDisk so that applications can be executed directly from a specially formatted USB flash drive. This system essentially allows you to take certain portable apps like Firefox or OpenOffice with all of your customizations and preferences with it. It's a novel concept. The U3 standard involves writing applications to the … [Read more...]
Windows and non-letter sized printers as default = pain
At work I stumbled my way into a problematic situation that was as unique as it was complicated. Given its uniqueness, I couldn't find any solutions online or even much discussion about this problem before. Hopefully this post will save anybody from being in my exact situation because there is now at least one location on the web discussing this problem of having a non-letter … [Read more...]