SOLVED: Why is INSERT, EQUATION EDITOR Greyed Out in Word 2007
… and the answer is, because you are working the old 1997-2003 .DOC format. Save your file as a 2007/2010 .DOCX format and all will be well.
SOLVED: Fatal Error C0000034 During Service Pack 1 Install on Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2
If you see the error C34 (below) on Win7 when installing SP1 there is no need to panic: What you need to do is tell Windows to install Service Pack 1 by itself and what that means, is you need to tell it NOT to install other updates at the Read more…
Free Security Software – Updated This Week – AntiVirus, RootKit Cleaner
Kaspersky TDSSKiller 2.5.0.0 was updated this week and is a popular free tool that will enable you to detect and remove an installed rootkit. Complements your existing security software. Talking of security software, Comodo Internet Security 5.4 was updated this week, along with Comodo Firewall 5.4 and Comodo Antivirus 5.4. Read more…
SOLVED: How to Slipstream / Inject IE9 Internet Explorer 9 Into an Existing .WIM or RTM Version of Windows 7
Unlike SP1 for Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9 is relatively easy to add to an offline image through command line: Please ignor the line wrap on some of these commands. It is is bold, it is all one statement. Download your version OS’s Version of IE 9 HERE. Create a folder Read more…
SOLVED: How to Slipstream / Inject Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 Into An Existing Offline RTM Build .WIM
Wow, there is a lot of misinformation out there. Here is how I did slipstreamed Service Pack 1 into Windows 7 (and this should be the same process for Server 2008 R2). These instructions require you to have WAIK – Windows Automated Install Kit, which you can get HERE. PREWORK Read more…
SOLVED: Cannot View or Make Changes in Active Directory “Because an internal error occured” 467 Database Corrupt
If you tried to view or make changes in your Active Directory but see errors like: or You have two ready choices: Restore from Backup, which means rebooting into Active Directory Restore Mode, restoring your Windows System State and praying that all goes well, or; Try to repair your Active Read more…
SOLVED: Your Searches Might Be Slow Because The Index Is Not Running
Windows Server 2008, R2, SBS 2008, R2 and SBS 2011 do not install the indexing service by default so you end up with very slow searches and errors / alerts that look like: and your desktop searches from Windows 7 and Vista, of network shares will be very slow. You Read more…
Facinating Video on Money and Motivation In the Workplace
In addition to the “motivator / hygiene“ theory stuff many of us learned about in University, this presenter explains two additional and fascinating concepts: Over pay actually reduces performance Letting people work on their own corporate projects works for knowledge workers (but not labourers) and especially so, if you require staff Read more…
Seven Clean Childrens Jokes That Are Actually Funny
1: Little Girls and Big Whales A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah Read more…
NAS vs iSCSI vs DAS vs Fiber Channel vs Internal Storage – A Simple Explanation
UPDATED: November 2016 If you are confused by SAN, NAS, DAS, iSCSI, FC… and want a simple explanation, then this is the post for you! INTERNAL STORAGE = Disks in the Box The classic. A bunch of disks inside a standard (usually Windows) server, configured in whatever RAID you want. Read more…
Windows 95 Could In Theory Install on the Memory that is Integrated On The CPU!
New CPU’s have between 4MB and 8MB of Cache Memory on them and that is all that Windows 95 required to run (and you did not even need a CD rom): System requirements for installing Windows 95: 4 megabytes (MB) of memory (8 MB recommended) 386DX or higher processor (486 Read more…
SOLVED: What is the 100MB System Resevered Partition on All Windows 7 Boot Disks?
If you look at your “DISK 0” in DISK MANAGEMENT on Windows 7 you will see a hidden 100MB NTFS partition. This partition is created early in Windows 7 installation process and it contains Boot Loader and system tools. The idea being that if the partition you are using for data Read more…
SOLVED: Project 2003/2007/2010 Does Not Calculate Work or Duration Correctly
MICROSOFT PROJECT DOES NOT CALCULATE DURATION PROPERLY If you have ever had the pleasure of working with Microsoft Project you will likely be quite happy with it until you start changing the RESOURCE UNITS percentages (in the TASK INFORMATION pane). If you make changes you will find that it often Read more…
Up & Running Calgary Updated Logo
Up & Running Calgary Logo At Up & Running we are always working on new ideas but our logo has not changed in 10 years to reflect that. Today we are more connected that ever and the PC as a symbol is less useful than in the past so today Read more…