We recently replaced a failing hard drive on an iMac. After the drive was replaced, we had problems connecting to it through Remote Desktop. We always got an error message about authorization failure. I am pretty sure the username and password were entered correctly. The problem persisted even though I restarted the Remote Management several [...]
Low-Cost Android 4.0 7 inch Tablets Comparison
I use an Asus Transformer at work. It is one of the company’s higher end models. It has a Tegra 2 3D processor, which is great for gaming. However, I do not use it for gaming that much. I found that, because of the mini-HDMI output, it is easy to use it as a media [...]
Password Protecting Apache Web Pages on Mac OS X Server
I previously configured Apache server on Linux to use a password to protect some pages. However, when I tried it on a Mac server, I had a lot of trouble when trying to get it to work. I double-checked the .htaccess file and made sure the syntax was right. I later discovered that the problem [...]
Automatic DNS Registration for Samba Server on Linux
I configured our Linux servers to offer Samba service. The Samba servers were joined to our Active Directory, so that users could use the Windows machines to access the Samba servers without authentication. This worked quite well for several weeks, until the day my users reported that they could no longer access the Samba servers. [...]
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Mac OS
COMPUTERNAME Environment Variable Under Mac OS X
We use ScreenConnect to provide remote support for our users. It has clients for Windows and Mac, which you can pre-install on the machines. When you create the clients, you can specify the client to retrieve COMPUTERNAME when run. That way, you can easily identify the machine when you work with ScreenConnect’s Host page. While [...]
Windows
How to Update Video Card Driver on Windows
The most popular post on kombitz is how to fix the OpenGL error when running Angry Birds. The fix is to simply update the driver for the video card. However, a lot of readers do not know how to do so. I decided to write this post to provide some pointers. Here is a list [...]
Mac OS
Flashback Removal
The most talked about news for Mac is the spreading of the infamous Flashback trojan. There are manual instructions on how to detect and remove the trojan. However, they are not very user friendly. My colleagues have recommended two tools that are easy to use. Etresoft: http://etresoft.org/freeware/MalwareChecker.zip Kaspersky: http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2012/Kaspersky_Lab_Offers_Kaspersky_Flashback_Removal_Tool
Windows
3TB Hard Drive on Dell Precision T5500 Problem
We got a Dell Precision T550 with two 3TB WD hard drives to be used as a storage server. After I installed Windows 2008 R2 on it, I found that the 3TB drives were recognized as 764GB drives. I found one article on how to fix this problem by installing the latest Intel Rapid Storage [...]
Windows
Command Line to Enable Network Connection on Windows
A user has reported that she could not connect to the wireless network anymore: the wireless connection appeared to be disabled. I first asked the user to check the wireless switch on the front of the laptop and make sure the switch was turned on. This was first suggested because the switch can sometimes be [...]
Windows
Command Line to Enable Remote Desktop Remotely
I often use Remote Desktop to log on to a remote Windows machine and perform some admin tasks. The only problem is that this is not enabled by default. If your users do not have the admin privilege, they cannot turn it on for you. You may have to physically go to the machine yourself [...]
