Ok... Your PC was FULL of viruses and spyware. Boo!!! But, You've managed to successfully remove them... Hurrahhh!!! Well, upon reboot you now can no longer get to the internet.. Boooo!!! Dropping to a command prompt and doing an ipconfig returns this wonderfully cryptic information: Windows IP Configuration An Internal error occured: The request is not supported. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help. Additional information: Unable to query host name. This … [Read more...]
Archives for 2007
Annual Stella Lawsuit Awards
This week's Friday funny takes a slightly different direction.... Don't know if these are real or not.. probably not... But here goes: Time once again to review the winners of the Annual 'Stella Lawsuit Awards.' The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck, who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired the Stella Lawsuit Awards for the most frivolous, ridiculous, stupid, but successful lawsuits in the … [Read more...]
Finding the Vista Telnet Client
From time to time I find that I need use of a telnet client... And, when I used Windows XP primarily, I would just drop to a command prompt and type the command. Well, that is not quite as simple in Windows Vista. By default, Vista doesn't include the Telnet client, but you can install it very simply by following these steps: 1. Open the Programs and Features Control Panel applet found: Start -->Control Panel -->Programs and Features 2. Select "Turn Windows features on or off." 3. … [Read more...]
Coldfusion 7
Well, Being as Coldfusion version 8 (aka Scorpio) has been released, I decided to try and get my server copy updated as well... However, being a CHEAP ... I decided only to move up to version 7.. I really couldn't pass it up. My server was running version 6.1 and I could have upgraded to 8 for ONLY $649.00.. But, Looking on EBAY I found a NEW... Still in the original package, plastic wrap still on the box, never opened, never used copy of the FULL version of CFMX 7.0.2. And, for ONLY $ … [Read more...]
MS Office Alternative!
I had a customer ask the other day if there was a "way" to get Microsoft Office without actually paying for it. Well, while there are "ways", none of them are legal nor are things I am willing to do. They only really asked about this because of the extremely high price of the new version. So, I decided to give a try to open office. If you are looking for a good, low-cost (no-cost), replacement for Microsoft Office.. Well, I suggest you give OpenOffice.org a try. So far I have found it simply … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – Annual Dementia Test – Part II
First Question: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in? Answer: (Answer in white text, highlight to see)--> If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second! Try not to screw up next time. Now answer the second question, but don't take as much time as you took for the first question, OK ? Second Question: If you overtake the last person, then … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – Ages of Man
Ages of Man You are in the middle of some kind of project around the house. Mowing the lawn, putting a new fence in, painting the living room, or whatever. You are hot and sweaty. Covered in dirt or paint. You have your old work clothes on. You know the outfit, shorts with the hole in crotch, old t-shirt with a stain from who knows what, and an old pair of tennis shoes. Right in the middle of this great home improvement project you realize you need to run to Wal-Mart to get something to … [Read more...]