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 [...]
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 [...]
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Administration Tools Pack
February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Administration Tools Pack is now available for download from Microsoft’s Download Center. It was released on January 14, 2008. The previous version, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Administration Tools Pack, was released nearly 3 years ago on April 28, 2005. The Administration Tools Pack allows administrators to install [...]
Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008
February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 is now available for download from Microsoft’s Download Center. It was released on February 21, 2008. The previous version Windows AIK was released over a year ago on February 13, 2007. The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate [...]
Users are Now Required to Enter a Password Hint During the Initial Setup of Windows Vista SP1
February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
“Users are now required to enter a password hint during the initial setup of Windows Vista SP1. This change was made based on feedback from top PC manufactures that many customers frequently do not remember their password and because the administrator account is turned off by default on Windows Vista, these users do not have [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Switching Between Mac OS X and Windows Vista: Incorrect Display of System Date and Time
November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
If you have recently starting using both Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.x) and Windows Vista via bootcamp on your Intel-based Mac, then you may have noticed the incorrect display of the system date and time when switching between operating systems. After switching between OSes, if you don’t maintain an active internet connection, then you may [...]
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 [...]