Windows XP Doesn’t Remember Settings in Explorer

December 30, 2009 | Posted in: Blog, PC Support, Technology, Tips & Tricks, Windows

I ran across this gem recently when I had some folders in Explorer that were set up to show in the Details view, but some worked and some did not. What I found out is by default, Explorer in Windows XP will remember the customization settings for up to 400 folders. When you exceed that limit, it will no longer retain the settings. There are a couple of ways you can fix this issue…

.NET Framework Error on Login & Services not Starting

October 6, 2009 | Posted in: Blog, How To's, PC Support, Technology, Windows

I have had a few laptops running Vista (Enterprise version) in my care that have experienced this problem lately. The user boots up their machine and logs in, then they receive an error from the .NET Framework, which is the first symptom of this particular issue.

Permission Denied When Uploading Files Through CGI

September 18, 2009 | Posted in: Blog, How To's, Perl, Web Development

I have a Perl script that one of my clients uses to upload files. It is a script that I created and has been working flawlessly for a couple of years now. Today I received a call saying that this client is no longer able to upload files.

Problem Printing From Vista to XP

August 3, 2009 | Posted in: PC Support, Technology, Tips & Tricks, Windows

I ran into this problem the other day while trying to print from a laptop running Windows Vista to a PC that was running Windows XP. The XP machine had a USB printer that was being shared and was visible on the network. I installed the shared printer through the Add a printer function as a network printer on the Vista machine and it installed without error. When I tried printing something to the newly installed printer nothing happened, no error, nothing…

Downtown Tampa LEGOmania

June 19, 2009 | Posted in: Non Tech

While doing some business in downtown Tampa a while back, I came across something very interesting but also exciting for an ex-LEGOmaniac. In the lobby of the Regions Bank building there was a miniature reconstruction of most of downtown Tampa made entirely of LEGOs. The reconstruction was an exhibit from the Glazer Children’s Museum.

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