2010
01.22

Oracle Client on Windows 7

While installing the Oracle Client on Windows 7 64-bit we encountered an error regarding the Operating System Version.

We were able to modify: win64_11gR1_client\client\stage\prereq\client\refhost.xml

WAS




Added…above




And the install continued.

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2010
01.05

Our customer has a Dell PowerEdge 830 with no RAID controller. We added an adaptec 1420SA and 2 SATA Hard drives. Then when we installed the Dell Open Manager we started seeing this message:

Device:SERVERNAME 1.1.1.1, Service Tag:xxxxxx, Asset Tag:, Date:01/05/10, Time:09:36:07:000, Severity:Warning, Message:Alert message ID: 2166, Controller warning. The RAID controller firmware and driver validation was not performed. The configuration file is out of date or corrupted. C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm/cfg/, system, Controller 0 (PERC 2 Family)

What we tried:
1) renamed the file C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\cfg\adapver.cfg – just changed the message above to “The RAID controller firmware and driver validation was not performed. The configuration file cannot be opened. C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm/cfg/adapver.cfg”
2) edited the file – couldn’t make sense of it – so we tried changing lots of values with no change in the message.
3) uninstalled ‘Dell OpenManage Server Administrator’
4) re-installed ‘Dell OpenManage Server Administrator’ version 6.2 from dell’s website

What worked:
1) edit this file C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\stsvc.ini
2) find this section:
; Enable/disable the firmware and driver version check at startup of the Systems Management Data Manager.
DepCheck=Off
NRSDepCheck=On
3) Change DepCheck from On to Off as you see above.
4) To confirm – restart the ‘DSM SA Data Manager’ service.

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2009
12.13

Q: Word 2002 had a document loaded with images.  But when the page was printed there were no images.  We printed to a print-preview and they still didn’t show up.

A: Simply double-click on a picture, click on the Layout Tab and check to see if the Wrapping Style is “Behind Text”. We changed it to “Tight” and BAM!

20091213_Word2002Picture

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2009
11.17

Server 2003 SQL 2005 Enterprise could not modify or execute Maintenance Plans without seeing this message.

‘Agent XPs’ component is turned off as part of the security configuration for this server.  A system administrator can enable the use of ‘Agent XPs’ by using sp_configure.

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2009
11.06

Apple iPhone

I had a BlackJack1, then a Blackjack2 both windows mobile phones. I used quite a few 3rd party windows mobile apps to make the phone work how I wanted it when I had my own Exchange 2007 server. Call Firewall, Windows Live, Yahoo, Google Maps (with Latitude).

A few months ago I retired my Exchange 2007 server and moved my domain’s email to google’s free hosted apps service.

My next task was to make my Windows Mobile phone work with Google’s service just like exchange. I got it to connect but wasn’t pleased with the functions or interface. Then last week Google released active sync. So I went out and got an iPhone. I provided my username and password and it downloaded my contacts and one calendar. As expected I attached to Google’s servers via IMAP for email.  Then, after some research I was able to sync all 5 of my calendars, including one of the wife’s.

And the best part is all the calendars are in different colors.

Likes:

  1. Calendar with Google’s multiple calendars
  2. photos
  3. camera (much better than BlackJack2)
  4. multi-touch
  5. maps
  6. Tweetie (AMAZING)
  7. Google’s reader site looks great on the iPhone
  8. navigation
  9. keyboard – I swore to everyone I wouldn’t like it, but I do know

Dislikes:

  1. You can’t seem to move an event between calnedars neither from safari nor the iPhone calendar app.
  2. I can even see a different calendar from a different hosting service.

Some App’s I’m Using:

  1. Public Radio (C89.5)
  2. Facebook
  3. Beejive – multi-platform IM client
  4. Tweetie
  5. OrbLIVE – So I can stream music & shows while away from a PC
  6. TWC
  7. Wordpress – so I can update this
  8. Pandora – more streaming music
  9. Flixster
(Original Post Date 20090224)
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