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Entries Tagged as 'OS & Servers'

Windows XP Error Reboot loop

August 30th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Got this error a couple of times already on Windows XP. The system goes through the startup and then shows a blue screen for 1/2 second and reboots. I’ve then been to a few forums in order to get it fixed so I decided, for personal reasons to post here the route that worked [...]

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Tags: OS & Servers · quick & easy tips



Free Vista and Sharepoint compatibility help by Microsoft

August 5th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Free, unlimited installation and compatibility support has been made available for all worldwide customers using Windows Vista SP1 until March 18, 2009. Telephone support is available worldwide. Chat and Email support is available in US and Canada only. Why mention this on a SharePoint blog?? Well, if you are having any compatibility issues with Vista [...]

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Tags: Applications · Citizen Journalism · OS & Servers

Installing OS X without a functioning optical drive

July 28th, 2008 by dansnell · 1 Comment

I recently gave my old powerbook to my sister in law. I had a lot of information on it and so I planned to transfer all my files and do a clean install. One problem the dvd drive on my old powerbook is broken. It would continually spit the installation disk out. Fortunately I have [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Laptops · Mac · OS & Servers · Tutorials / Training · quick & easy tips



OpenSuse Linux 11.0

June 30th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

openSuse 11.0 was released this month and from user’s feedback it seems to be a good update of this distro by Novell. I’ve been using Suse Linux for a while now and it’s a very robust Linux distribution, strong on the server side but also on the desktop side.
This new version comes with more [...]

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Mac OS System Error Code 1712

June 27th, 2008 by Bill Hutchison · 6 Comments

The Mac OS X System Error Code -1712 is a bit of an ambiguous one as all that it means is that the application has timed out.
We got Error Code -1712 when we tried to run Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection on one of our staff’s Macbook.
To diagnose this error in more detail we opened up [...]

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Splashtop - Instant-on Linux on Asus Motherboard

May 20th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Asus is to go mainstream with Splashtop on its Motherboards.
Spashtop is an instant-on Linux OS that manufacturers can implement into their motherboards giving the user an option to instantly use internet and skype without having to boot up a full OS.
Up to now only top-end Asus motherboards had this feature but after good [...]

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Tags: Hardware · OS & Servers · Technology