Month: November 2005
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Connecting Mac OS X to a Win 2003 Server
Problem: When the Mac users connect to server, they can see the domain and the server, but the authentication process seems to fail with error: “connecting to smb:/[ip address]. An error occurred (error= -5000)” Resolution: Seems like you need to make a registry change on the Windows 2003 box. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer\Parameters The value of RequireSecuritySignature needs…
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How To Edit Files and Folders Right Click Menu Items
Removing Items A lot of programs you install will add themselves to the right-click menu of your files and/or folders. And most times, you have no choice in the matter and, as a result, your right-click menu can get very long with added items you don’t even use. The last person I was helping with…
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Windows XP performance tweaking guide
You are responsible for any changes made to your computer. Performance Increase through My Computer Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of use still don’t find it right away. So here it is: 1: Start > Right Click on My Computer and select properties. 2: Click…
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Tech jargon
Virus – Malicious program designed to damage data; usually spread via infected e-mail attachments Trojan – Malicious software disguised as harmless program Firewall – Software to protect computers against hackers Keylogging – Software/hardware to track keystrokes on a computer to gather passwords, credit card numbers Pharming – When fraudsters redirect net users from legitimate to…
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Remove duplicates in MS Outlook
When you import items into Microsoft Outlook and you add the contact as a duplicate, or if duplicate detection is turned off, there is not an option to remove duplicate items after you import. This article explains one method to delete duplicate items after you complete the import process. How to Delete Duplicate Items Use…