iPhone 3GS is Now Dead. Black Screen.
July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I recently purchased an iPhone 3GS to replace my original first generation iPhone. You see. A buddy of mine invited me on a kayaking trip on on Saturday, July 03, 2009. After about 30 minutes of being on the water, my friend began to splash water on me. Consequently, my beloved first generation iPhone suffered [...]
Mac OS X Tip: How to Capture a Screenshot of a DVD Movie
December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Assumptions: You have already inserted the DVD media into the DVD-RW drive. Method 1: 1. Download and install VLC media player for Mac OS X (Universal Binary or Platform Specific Package) from <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html> 2. Open Finder then navigate to /Applications 3. Open VLC.app then click on File > Open Disc… 4. Select DVD then click [...]
Microsoft Office Word 2007 Tip: How to Avoid Printing a Document Properties Sheet
November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Details: In Microsoft Office Word 2007, if an additional sheet of paper is printed with document properties specific to the file that you are printing then do the following to remedy the issue. Resolution: 1. Open Microsoft Office Word 2007 then click on the Microsoft Office button then “Word Options” 2. Select “Display” in the [...]
Mac OS X Tip: Disable (Hide) User Accounts by Changing their Login Shell
November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.x), you can disable (hide) user accounts by doing the following… Assumptions: You have created 3 user accounts. For our testing purposes, we will create the following 3 user accounts. – user00 with administrator privileges – user01 with standard privileges – user02 as a test account with either of the [...]
A Procedure for Slipstreaming Windows XP SP3
April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Purpose: Slipstream (integrate) Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) onto a base (or previous service pack) version of Windows XP (Home or Professional). Note: In order to ensure success with the slipstream process please perform all steps within this post on a computer running Windows XP (Home or Professional). Otherwise, as of April 27, 2008, [...]
Create a Bootable Windows Vista Installation USB Flash Drive (UFD)
February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Prerequisites: 1. Obtain a Windows Vista product DVD (any edition) 2. Purchase a USB Flash Drive (UFD) with a storage capacity of 4.0GB or more 3. Install Windows Vista on a local computer. Alternatively, you may boot from the Windows Vista product DVD and utilize the command prompt from the recovery console to format the [...]
Mac OS X and NTFS Write Access Support
February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
Have you ever been interested in writing data to NTFS formatted partitions from within Mac OS X in a very simple, efficient, and elegant manner? The ability to mount and read NTFS volumes has been available in Mac OS X for quite some time, but Mac OS X users have wanted and still need the [...]
Share a Drive in Mac OS X Leopard
February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
With the latest software update available from Apple for Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.2), you now have the option of sharing your disk drive(s) with remote computers. Simply open System Preferences…, then click on Sharing. If you want to enable/disable DVD or CD Sharing, select the aforementioned service and check/uncheck the checkbox labeled On.
Compaq System Recovery and Code Purple
December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Approximately 3 years ago, I purchased a Compaq Presario desktop computer. The system originally came with a 120.0 GB hard drive partitioned into two volumes. The primary partition had been formatted as NTFS and the second much smaller partition as FAT32. Windows XP Home Edition resided on the first larger partition and the Compaq System [...]
Microsoft Word Does Not Display More than One Page of Text
October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Details: A user needs to type more than one page of text in Microsoft Word. However, text on the bottom portion of the paper appears to disappear as soon as it is typed. That is, text does not flow from first page onto subsequent pages. If you look at the bottom portion of the document, the status bar [...]