This is taken directly from a formerly confidential Seagate PowerPoint. Attribute Desktop Barracuda Nearline Lite Constellation CS Nearline Constellation ES Capacity & Max Z-Height 1TB: 20.2mm 2 Read more…
A blonde wanted to go ice fishing. She’d seen many books on the subject, and finally getting all the necessary tools together, she made for the ice. After positioning her comfy footstool, she started to make a circular cut in the ice. Suddenly, from the sky, a voice boomed,”THERE Read more…
Well, ‘solved’ is a bit misleading as these sorts of problems are unlikely to ever by truly resolved and while some of it just offensive, some of it is actually dangerous. Worse, these are getting very hard to spot. The old rules of looking for poor grammar or other obvious Read more…
UPDATE: August 5, 2014 See our updated explanation and screen shots: www.urtech.ca/2014/08/solved-how-to-disable-password-expiry-and-password-complexity-rules-in-office-365/ To disable Office 365’s Password complexity requirements and to stop your passwords from expiring every 90 days is not difficult, but must be done through command line as Microsoft has not allowed these settings to be customized through the Office Read more…
A BLOCKING MODE icon on the Samsung Galaxy S3 Notification Screen has replaced the DRIVING MODE icon and so you may wonder what BLOCKING MODE is and what happened to DRIVING MODE. DRIVING MODE is still available on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but it has been buried under SETTINGS > LANGUAGE AND INPUT > Read more…
A BLOCKING MODE icon on the Samsung Galaxy S3 Notification screens toolbar has replaced the DRIVING MODE icon and so you may wonder what BLOCKING MODE is and what happened to DRIVING MODE. DRIVING MODE is still available on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but it has been buried see urtech.ca/2012/08/solved-samsung-galaxy-s3-driving-mode-google-maps-notification-volumes/ BLOCKING MODE turns out Read more…
The “There is no software installation data object in the Active Directory” error appeared when I was attempting to add a new software package to a Windows 2008 R2 software deployment group policy but I believe it would be the same in Windows Server 2013. This was an odd one, Read more…
I have confirmed with Microsoft support that there is no GUI to change the Seattle graphic that Windows 8 displays when SWITCHING USER or on boot of a new PC. Further, I have not found any “tweakers” to adjust it yet, although you know they are coming. Until then it Read more…
This was an easy one to fix. All you need to do is delete the library file, add a new one and specify the folders that go into the library. If you are seeing this: then you should be: opening COMPUTER scrolling the left Read more…
Installing Windows 8 on an Acer Iconia Tab W500P or W700P is straight forward but will have a few minor issues. You have an important choice to make before you start, perfection or performance. I choose performance. Let me explain. If you choose Windows 8 32 Bit, you can get Read more…
If you just want to change the boot order (i.e. you want to boot from a USB DVD because you are wiping the device and want to install Windows 8, you do NOT need to go into the BIOS, just power up the unit and press the F12 key repeatedly Read more…
The Office 2013 admin kit is no longer a separate tool : The OCT is part of the Setup program and is the recommended tool for most customizations. The OCT is available only with volume licensed versions of Windows Installer-based Office 2013, Office 2010, and the 2007 Office system. To Read more…
The solution to activation error “We’re sorry something went wrong and we can’t do this for you right now. Please try again later. (0xC004F017 )” in Office 2013 is very easy to correct but far from obvious. What you need to do is:
The solution is quite simple: Go to your NETWORK AND SHARING CENTER Change the Network Type from HOME to PUBLIC Change the Network Type (yes, again) from PUBLIC to HOME This should create a second network. Thanks to: http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/21351-multiple-homegroups.html#post232625 Windows 8 does not allow you to change Network Read more…
Augmented Reality is exactly what the words say. Reality with something added on. That may not be the most useful definition if you are not already following the concept so let me explain further. Augmented Reality (or “AR” as it is becoming known) lets you see what is there but Read more…
Microsoft is apparently working on eye glasses which will allow “users” to access the internet AND view augmented reality (like what was in the line of site 100 years ago, or the weather forecast or wholesale prices of the item being looked at). This is similar, but far superior to Google’s Read more…