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Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Printer Not Working

16 Comments | Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Remote Desktop Connection does not redirect your local printer to the remote computer. This common RDC problem can be easily solved by…

HOWTO: Add A Domain User as an Administrator in Windows XP

1 Comments | Friday, August 7th, 2009

Network User As Local Administrator This HOWTO explains how you can add any user on your networks domain as a local administrator on a Windows XP PC. It also explains the difference between a Domain User and a Local User for your information. Typically a domain user is a user who has a user profile [...]

HOWTO: Excel – Detect an Empty Cell

1 Comments | Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Validate in Microsoft Excel if a cell is left empty or blank using this simple piece of macro code in the built in Visual Basic interface

Cannot Close Outlook Window

2 Comments | Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

After opening an email in Outlook the window won’t close again. You can only close it by forcefully exiting the program through task manager. Solution here.

NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

101 Comments | Monday, August 3rd, 2009

After switching on your computer or after restarting Windows XP you receive the error NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart on a black screen with white writing when trying to boot into Windows.

Can’t open www.hotmail.com

0 Comments | Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Problem Description When you enter the URL www.hotmail.com into Internet Explorer you get an error page and the URL changes. You have no problem accessing Hotmail from another computer such as your office or a friends. Common Symptoms You enter www.hotmail.com into your browser and you get the error “The page cannot be displayed” The [...]

iTunes background has gone PINK!

1 Comments | Monday, August 3rd, 2009

SOLUTION: iTunes background colour has changed to pink or purple since you last upgraded. This may also be caused by changing your display settings. Read More…

HOWTO: Set The Default Program To Open Certain File Types in Mac OS X (EG: jpg, gif, etc)

13 Comments | Monday, August 3rd, 2009

This HOWTO article describes the simple process of setting the default application on your Mac that opens any file type. This is also called ‘file association’. You’ll mostly want to open pictures such as jpg, gif, etc with a certain program but you can apply this solution to almost any file type such as Microsoft Word documents, etc.

HOWTO: Print To Your Mac’s Printer From Windows Using BonJour

5 Comments | Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Print across your local network from Windows to your Mac’s local printer by installing Apple’s BonJour for Windows. BonJour allows you…

HOWTO: Set The Default Program To Open Certain File Types in Windows (EG: jpg, gif, etc)

0 Comments | Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Description It can be quite annoying when you double click a file and it opens a program you don’t want or expect. This HOWTO article describes the simple process of setting the default program that opens any file type. You’ll mostly want to open pictures such as jpg, gif, etc with a certain program but [...]

HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 3)

2 Comments | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Description This is Part 3 of a 3 part tutorial on HOWTO set up both your Windows PC and your Apple Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Microsoft Windows PC from your Apple MAC. If you’ve landed here by mistake and are looking for Part 1 or Part 2 then [...]

HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 2)

2 Comments | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Description This is Part 2 of a 3 part tutorial on HOWTO set up both your Windows PC and your Apple Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Microsoft Windows PC from your Apple MAC. If you’ve landed here by mistake and are looking for Part 1 or Part 3 then [...]

HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 1)

4 Comments | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Description This HOWTO explains the steps involved in setting up both your Windows PC and your Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Windows PC from your Mac. One of the big challenges user’s experience when in a mixed Mac & PC environment is the task of sharing files over [...]

Stop ‘Open File – Security Warning’ Appearing

0 Comments | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The Open File Security Warning appears in Windows XP when you double click a file (usually of type EXE, BAT or VBS but could be others) on a network share. This step by step guide explains how to quickly and easily get rid of it.

Desktop icons all have blue highlight box around text

83 Comments | Monday, July 27th, 2009

Windows XP desktop icons text labels used to be transparent but now seem to have a blue background or blue highlight. To solve this…

HOWTO: Share your Mac OS files with Windows over the Network (Part 3)

5 Comments | Sunday, July 26th, 2009

A three part article detailing step by step how to share files & folders located on your Mac with one or more Windows PC’s on the same network.

HOWTO: Share your Mac OS files with Windows over the Network (Part 2)

2 Comments | Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Description This is Part 2 of a 3 part tutorial on HOWTO set up both your Windows PC and your Apple Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Mac from Windows. If you’ve landed here by mistake and are looking for part 1 then click a link below. HOWTO: Share your [...]

HOWTO: Share your Mac OS files with Windows over the Network (Part 1)

6 Comments | Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Description This HOWTO tutorial explains the steps involved in setting up both your Windows PC and your Apple Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Mac from Windows. This is part 1 of 3. This HOWTO explains how to access your MAC files from a Windows PC. If you are looking [...]

Microsoft Outlook: Not Receiving Mail

2 Comments | Sunday, July 26th, 2009

This problem with Outlook Mail is commonly caused by a setting in Microsoft Outlook that leaves your mail on the server after you’ve read it and has therefore filled up your mail box.

Windows Setup: Setup did not find any hard disk drives…

139 Comments | Saturday, July 25th, 2009

SOLUTION TO: When you reach the Welcome Screen of Windows XP Setup and choose to install Windows you are presented with the error “Setup did not find any hard disk drives…”