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Windows 7: Change network gateway

Dan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:42:02 +0000

Recently started using Windows 7 64bit at work and I wanted to change my network gateway to use a different broadband line. I did the usual thing, went into the properties of my Local Area Connection, Properties of TCP /IPv4, Advanced, Default Gateways, Add. Added the IP address, perfect, has always worked before. Until now. 7 would just not accept it. Tried repairing the connection, restarting the PC. Nothing worked. I was starting to get frustrated!

There is quite a simple solution though. Just set your network card to use a static IP address and gateway and it works fine.

Easy.

Google Apps Directory Sync: AD passwords

Dan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:35:49 +0000

Trying to sync your Active Directory user passwords with Google Apps? Check out http://code.google.com/p/sha1hexfltr/

Works a treat.

Set up Goldmine with Google Mail

Dan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:16:23 +0000

Has your company switched to Google Apps and you’re wondering how to get your emails in Goldmine? It’s actually quite easy. (I say Google Apps, but this will work for personal use Gmail as well as Google Apps Mail).

First you need to enable IMAP on your Google Mail account (if it isn’t already). In Google Mail go to Settings. Then click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab> Check the radio button to enable IMAP.

Now set up Goldmine to connect to GMail. In Goldmine go to Tools> User settings> Preferences> Email. In the Getting mail section set the server to IMAP and enter address imap.gmail.com. Username is your email address, password is your password. Check the ‘Use encrypted connection (SSL)’ box.

In the Sending Mail section the SMTP server is smtp.gmail.com, return address is your email address. Again, check the ‘Use encrypted connection (SSL)’ box.

Done

Windows Vista/7: Blank screen after logon

Dan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:32:38 +0000

Recently had this problem at work after I had modified the log on script to add a new printer. You may have noticed in Windows Vista & 7 when you add a network printer a message box pops up asking you to confirm to install the printer driver.

Well our log on script is set to run and complete before the desktop loads, so because the desktop hasn’t loaded yet you never see the pop up message asking you to confirm to install the printer driver. So the PC just sits there with a blank screen waiting for you to click yes or no on a pop up box that you can’t see!

The solution? Log onto the PC using a local account or a network account that doesn’t have a log on script (maybe the network administrator), add all the network printers you need. Log back off and log on as normal. Solved!

Windows Server 2003: Windows update registry settings

Dan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:47:21 +0000

Want to change the Windows Update settings on your Windows Server 2003 but the options are greyed out? You can change them in the registry.

Go to Start> Run> regedit

Go to HKLM> Software> Policies> Microsoft> Windows> WindowsUpdate> AU

To turn off Windows Updates completely, change NoAutoUpdate to 1.

To select one of the other 3 options change AUOptions to either 2, 3 or 4 (Notify=2, Download=3, Automatic=4).

Close and you’re done!

O2: Can’t send text messages

Dan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:14:46 +0000

Just had your number transfered to O2 and can’t send text messages? Don’t worry, this is normal for the first 24 hours (although it should start working much sooner than this).

Check your using the right message centre number to send messages. You can find these numbers on the O2 support site.

Another thing you could try is getting someone to send you a text message, this might start them working for you.

Microsoft Expression Web: Editing PHP Files

Dan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:09:21 +0000

I thought I would give Microsoft Expression Web a go recently and was using it to edit some PHP files. Big mistake! I suddenly started getting PHP error messages that the headers had already been sent out, such as:

Cannot send session cache limiter – headers already sent

and

Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by

Very annoying! I couldn’t spot anything wrong with the files in Notepad or Dreamweaver. I was very confused. So I decided to open the files in my web hosts online text editor. Lo and behold, Expression Web had put some odd characters before the opening PHP tags on a couple of files! I removed the characters in the text editor and now everything is working fine again.

Moral of the story? Microsoft is rubbish!

XP Media Player DVD Codec

Dan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:45:38 +0000

After a free XP Media Player DVD Codec? Check out XPcodecpack. It’s free!

Goldmine Installation Error

Dan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:36:05 +0000

Trying to install Goldmine and getting the error message “another Goldmine installation is already running”? This is a very frustrating but easy to fix problem. All you need to do is make a small change to the registry.

Run regedit (Start> Run> regedit).

Go to HKLM> Software> Frontrange solutions. Delete the folder GMinProgress. Exit regedit.

Retry the installation.

Unlock Nokia N82

Dan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:45:04 +0000

Trying to unlock your Nokia N82? Let me save you loads of time scanning forums and money from scams on the internet, the cheapest and most reliable (and possibly only) way to get it done is to ask your network provider. Just hope they don’t charge you too much.

If you’re really lucky, they might do it for free.