Time Machine Fix

The error you may see is “Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.” This can be fixed by following the below. From your Mac, connect to the network share that houses the sparsebundle....

Lexmark Printer Issues – Fuser errors

If you’re just bought a new Lexmark Laser and are getting firmware or fuser errors, it may not be DOA.  Try powering from a different outlet in your office or home that’s on a separate breaker first before you return it or call for service. Had two issues,...

Convert Windows Vista or Win7 Contacts to OSX

If you’ve recently purchased a Mac, the process of converting windows files to the OSX address book is a poor process, particuarly if the Windows machine is no longer running. Don’t sweat it.  If you can get the files, located in various folders to the...

Enough of being a sloth

Ever notice how things change slowly, suddenly you wake up and realize that you’re grossly out of shape and things hurt.   Torn shoulder from falling on some ice…knots constantly in chest and back from sitting too long…, you know the feeling.  BP...

Mac OSX Command Line Trash

After seeing the link at http://www.interworks.com/blogs/ckaukis/2010/02/11/simple-command-line-trash, I decided to do this… a couple other notes…   Enter  “sudo nano /bin/trash” without quotes, enter your password Enter the following two...

Macro to Remove Hyperlinks in Excel

Removing Hyperlinks in Excel 1. Start the VBA Editor – Press ALT + F11 2. On the left, double click your worksheet or workbook and copy and past the following: Sub RemoveHyperlinks() ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.DeleteEnd Sub 3. Click save. 4. Go back to your...

Change Owner in Windows

How Do I Change the Registered Owner and Organization Name of Windows Scenario:  Either you have purchased a pre-owned PC or you have a PC which has exchanged hands somehow and Windows reports it is registered to a person and/or an organization which is not longer...

Get Service Tag from Command Prompt in Windows

The Problem: You need a service tag quick, fast, and in a hurry. You’re armed with nothing but a command prompt.   The Solution: Open up that command prompt, and type in “wmic systemenclosure get serialnumber” — that’s the magic spell...

Untangle – Track Updates without doing update

Using the Untangle firewall, you may want to know of updates available but not have them automatically applied.  I wrote a quick script to do just that which daily, emails you the result.  It gets the latest version of the of the script from the server and updates...