HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_STF_Scale_Min
DWORD – iexplore.exe = 64
I had an issue with a multiple page print. Since the pages were being shrunk, the pages were beginning to get merged on the print out. Headers on the following pages would print on the previous page.
Categories: Windows.
Online syncing services have allowed me to almost entirely forget about USB memory sticks and significantly reduced my use of clunky external hard drives even though I regularly work on different computers on both Mac and PC platforms. An added bonus is that I can also access my files on my iPad and Android Phone.
Multiple Computer Sync and Online Sync – Dropbox
This is the ideal solution for me and Dropbox really fits the bill for this. Dropbox has added the ability to remove sync folders so I don’t have to sync archive folders on a working laptop. This is great and would be a simple solution if I could afford more space. However, unless the cost of service gets a lot cheaper, Dropbox as a sole solution will not work for me. This is why I have been looking for good ways to leverage the other free services out there.
Online Storage Only – Box.net
Yes, there are things that I would like to be universally accesible, but that I do not need to actually have stored on each device. These types of files include Manuals, Files for other people to download, project files for recently completed projects, E-books, & non-current media. Basically, I put files that I may want easy access to, but not necessarily local access in my Box account. This is especially good for e-books. They take a lot of space, but I can only read so many at a time. Still, almost my whole library is available to me anywhere on any device.
Online Sync Only – Microsoft Live Mesh
Whatever does not need to be on the cloud. The great thing about not syncing to the cloud is that space is not really an issue. My 2oGigabyte Lightroom Database does not need to be stored in the cloud. I am not going to recommend that anybody else use sync services for Lightroom, but from time to time, being able to switch Macs and open a database is important to me. Basically, almost anything that needs a Windows or OSX to use can be offloaded to the Online Sync Only category. Large project folders can be put here. I will not be needing the large photos and movies stored online, only on a computer that will be editing them. This is where I am getting a lot of storage savings. Stuff I cannot use on my phone or tablet and is not really practical to download from the cloud. Live Mesh allows me to sync via LAN or over the internet bypassing cloud storage. Live Mesh also allows you to sync folders with other users. What about online backup for these files? I use Crashplan for backup and I backup everything.
Working with multiple computers and sharing files has never been easier or as cost effective. Dropbox would really do all of this for me in one package, but setting up 2 more accounts and managing a few more folders is not a big deal. Dropbox is great service that I would love to subscribe to, it’s just that the first tier isn’t enough and the 2nd tier is too costly in light of what other serviced are available. Box gives me 50Gigs of free storage, I currently use Crashplan for backup and I bought 20GB of additional cloud storage from Google for $5/year.
Sugarsync and Spideroak are 2 more services that I am trying out, however their initial free offerings just aren’t large enough for me to switch anything over at this time. Dropbox has made it incredibly easy to expand my free storage with referrals and at this point I would not be able to get 13Gigabytes of free storage as easily.
Categories: Internet.
I installed Cyanogenmod 9 to my HP Touchpad this morning. Took about 10 minutes and there were no issues.
Although there are issues with this alpha, the touchpad offers much more with Android than with webos.
Enter this into the browser javascript console.
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Categories: Google.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID\******\*****\Device Parameters – FlipFlopWheel
I got used to the inverse scrolling in OS X Lion and I wanted to get the same thing in Windows 7. I like this solution because it doesn’t require additional software.
Categories: Windows.
I had the most difficult time with Verizon Access Manager because of this issue. Evidently it doesn’t uninstall cleanly. Another place to look if you get the “A newer version of this software already exists on this volume.”
/private/var/db/receipts
If you can’t find this folder, in Finder press Cmd+Shift+G and type in the path. Find the publisher, in the case of Verizon Access Manager it’s SmithMicro, and delete all the application files.
Before I upgrade to Parallels 7, I thought I’d give VMWare 4 a try since it’s going for an attractive price right now. So far though, I’m missing parallels. The Windows 7 install is way slowing my Macbook Pro Core i7 with 8GB Ram.
ioreg -l | grep IOPlatformSerialNumber
I like to add | pbcopy so I can paste it into something.
ioreg -l | grep IOPlatformSerialNumber | pbcopy
Categories: Apple, CommandLine, Mac.
dsconfigad -protocol smb | afp | nfs
We had an issue where user accounts couldn’t mount home directories. It was because the protocol was misconfigured.
Categories: Active Directory, Apple, CommandLine, Mac, Windows.
dsconfigad -groups “DOMAIN\localadmingroup,DOMAIN\Domain Admins,DOMAIN\Enterprise Admins”
This is the command I run in ARD. Run as Root. This command overrides whatever is already configured, that’s why Domain Admins and Enterprise Admins are included. If you have other AD groups that are already configured, you’ll have to add those here too because this will overwrite those groups.
Since I run it often, I save it as a task in my ARD sidebar. I just edit the groups before I add computers to the task.
I have a “Temp” task in my sidebar that I like to use. That way I can take my time reviewing and tweaking the whole task and computer list. I can also save it.
Categories: Active Directory, Apple, Mac.
