You use Directory Utility to join a Mac to an Open Directory in Leopard. It’s convenient because you only need to use one application. When I tried to add a new iMac running Snow Leopard to our Open Directory, I found that there is no Directory Utility in /Applications/Utilities . The utility is hidden in [...]
Movie Maker on Windows 8 Error: Movie Maker Can’t Start
I have used Windows Movie Maker on Windows 7 to make photo slideshows. It worked quite well. With a few clicks, you can produce professional quality slideshows that you can burn to DVDs. When I tried to run the program the first time, I got this error message: Sorry, Movie Maker can’t start. Make sure [...]
Angry Birds on Windows 8: OpenGL 1.4 Renderer Not Supported
I had trouble running Angry Birds on Windows 7 a few years ago. After my workstation was upgraded to Windows 8, I have not tried to install the game until today. The game was installed using Intel AppUp. I first installed Intel AppUp and that went well. The installation of Angry Birds also went smoothly. [...]
Android: Mobile Data Got Enabled Automatically
I recently purchased a Pantech Burst Android phone. It’s a nice budget phone with LTE capability. When I set it up initially, I noticed a strange thing about it. I disabled mobile data at home because I have Wifi access. However, the mobile data feature got enabled automatically when the phone woke from sleep mode. [...]
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Windows
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Problem
It has been several years since Microsoft introduced Office 2007. However, a lot of people still do not want to upgrade because of the interface issue. For users who do not want to switch, I install a program called Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats so the Office 2003 users [...]
Promotion
One Free MP3 Download Everyday from VolumeVote
VolumeVote offers one free MP3 download everyday. Each download is available only for a day. You might want to subscribe to their RSS feed so you don’t miss any good song. While you are there, don’t forget to vote for your favorite song on the home page. The top rated song will be available for [...]
Windows
Acrobat Preview and Thumbnails not Working in Windows 7 64bit
I usually do not have preview pane activated in Windows Explorer, so I did not notice the Acrobat preview under Windows 7 64bit is broken. Further investigation shows that not only the preview doesn’t work, the thumbnails do not work either. The issue is actually over 2 years old. It happened ever since Microsoft introduced [...]
blog
Screenshot of Kombitz Version 2
I am planning to use a new theme for the blog. As usual, here is a screenshot of the old kombitz version 2. The new theme is working quite well. It should be done in a day or two.
Software
Any Video Converter – “Can not load output profile data” Error
I got this error when I tried to run Any Video Converter: Can not load output profile data from the configuration file “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\AnvSoft\Any Video Converter\profiles_v2.xml”, please check the installation and try again later. I checked the profiles_v2.xml and it’s not in the folder. So, I tried to copy the file from the program folder (C:\Program [...]
Computer Hardware
Intel Matrix Storage Console 8.9 and iaStor Event ID 9 Logs
When I built my i7 workstation, I used the Intel ICH10R controller to build a RAID 5 RAID. The RAID runs fine for 5 months. I have run into a lot of troubles with the RAID starting since one month ago. It started when I first noticed my RAID got degraded. While I was trying [...]
Windows
Boot Camp 3.1 Update Available
Boot Camp 3.1 Update is available for both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows. This is a must-have update if you use Boot Camp 3.0 on Windows 7. This is from the download page: This update adds support for Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate), addresses issues with the Apple trackpad, turns off the [...]
Windows
Microsoft 2010 Feb Patch BSOD Problem – KB977165
Quite a few people have reported their Windows computers got BSOD after applying this month’s patches. This thread has some of the reports. The exact cause is not known yet. However, people have reported to get their machines back to normal by uninstalling the patch KB977165. If you have access to your Windows XP CD [...]
Programing
PHP XML Problem – Hyphen in the Element Name
I have been playing with PHP and web services lately. As I did not learn PHP from the ground up, I just tried to assemble my code base upon the examples I gathered. One problem puzzled me for a long time. I didn’t figure out what the problem is until I rewrote the program in [...]
