The one laptop per child (OLPC) project should be gathering momentum in the coming months, and while it is without questions a noble cause – there is a rather big piece of the puzzle missing. The laptops have wifi which will enable the children using…
“Record 1 contained too many data fields” error when mail merging
When trying to mail merge a CSV file into Word (that had been exported from Civicrm) I kept running into the error code ‘Record 1 contained too many data fields‘. All I was doing was importing the file and mapping the fields, then once I…
Play DVD on SLED 10 (Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop)
For legal reasons Novell ships the SLED 10 with no DVD support so for my new laptop it was a disapointment. Well, Playing around with it I’ve now installed 3 programs that add DVD and Win32 support to SLED 10. You don’t need to install…
Reset HP 2550 Laser Printer Imaging Drum
Over a week ago my boss had her printer (HP 2550Ln) suddenly stop working. I checked the warning light an it was the Imaging drum that needed replacing. I looked around and did some research and got to the approximate price of £ 90-something for…
File Name Length Restrictions – Can’t Delete Files
I was trying to delete some archived files from our file server today but kept running into a “Can not delete this file” error. It didn’t give me any more details than that when I tried to delete the archived files. I tried to change…
Installing a network printer
Installing a network printer can sometimes seem like a big task but in reality it is not too difficult. What you need to do is go to control panel and then choose the printers option. Then select add printers. This is the part that can…