Archive for May 2008

Western Union and Money Order refunds…   3 comments

My first non technical post (I think) I don’t think they really want you to easily get a refund on a money order. You have to sign a copy of THEIR affidavit saying that you purchased it if you don’t have the original receipt. They’ll tell you to call 800-999-9660 and request one. Well, I [...]

Posted May 29, 2008 by mmdmurphy in tips

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Remote desktop and Windows XP Service Pack 3

http://www.smallbizserver.net/Articles/tabid/266/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/242/Default.aspx Short version – open Internet Explorer, Tools, Programs, Manage add-ons, and re-enable Microsoft Terminal Service Active X control. I haven’t verified this yet, but sounds right to me. Also found this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380808(VS.85).aspx

Posted May 27, 2008 by mmdmurphy in tips, windows

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andLinux

Stumbled across a review somewhere of andLinux…. Kind of a play on words, like you can run Windows “andLinux”… Well, guess what? It works! I want to spend more time with it, and the laptop I am running it on has 2 gig, so I gave it 512 meg to run in. Kind of worried, [...]

Posted May 11, 2008 by mmdmurphy in freeware, Linux, tips, windows

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iTunes Behind Corporate Firewall

OLD POST 2008 & I never did get it to work… Ok, your turn. I work at a big company, and I want to listen to music using iTunes… Possibly subscribe to some podcasts. I’d say don’t bother telling me I am wrong and suggesting another player… Catch is it keeps prompting me for my [...]

Posted May 8, 2008 by mmdmurphy in ipod, tips, windows

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Video Capture – Part 2

Guess I should clarify… What I had posted as video capture isn’t strictly speaking video capture. I dug a Pinnacle DVC 170 USB (aka Dazzle Platinum) out of the drawer and installed it. Found my copy if Pinnacle Studio 10.5 quick start and installed it – lots of error messages under Vista. Found a 10.8 [...]

Posted May 4, 2008 by mmdmurphy in tips, Video, windows

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