A repository of quick fixes for various issues that arise in the Windows XP, Office 2007 environment.
Windows 7 time off when dual booting Fedora Linux
I’m dual booting Linux (Fedora 11 with Gnome) and Windows 7. If I set the time in Windows, then boot into Linux, the time remains correct. When I boot back into Windows, the time is off by a few hours. After some reading, it seems that Linux is using UTC time and Windows is using [...]
Fixed: USB drive unusable, unformattable, and reporting 0 bytes capacity
Fixing a USB flash drive that pops up “Please insert a disk into drive X:.” when the drive letter is clicked, reports 0 bytes capacity in the properties, and cannot be formatted in Windows.
Cold cloning without the Enterprise VMware Converter Boot ISO
How to build a free VMware cold clone boot CD using MOA, the 180-day trial version of Windows Server 2003, and the freely available VMware Converter.
PHP pages return a 404 error on IIS
I was installing PHP 5 on an IIS 6 server when I ran into what turns out to be a pretty common problem. PHP appeared to be installed correctly, but browsing to any page with a .php extension returned a 404 Page Not Found error. While the steps below fixed this for me, I had [...]
Troubleshooting Xbox Live connection problems and Open NAT issues
Resolve Xbox 360 NAT issues by port forwarding or configuring your router to use bridged mode.
Building an IIS web server on a home LAN
This post explains how to set up an IIS 5.1 server on your home network for serving web pages, and then add it to your Workgroup so you can edit those pages from a different PC without the need for an FTP server and client. You’ll need a PC running Windows 2000, XP Professional, or [...]
Help Desk
A repository for troubleshooting responses to some common Help Desk calls regarding GroupWise, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Internet Explorer, and an assortment of other applications and hardware.
Halo 3 Service Record WordPress Plugin
This plugin allows you to add information from your Halo 3 Service Record to your WordPress blog.
Halo 2 Stats WordPress Plugin
Update 7/31/10: I no longer support this plugin and have removed it from the site. You can still download the code, if you like, but it needs to be updated before it will work correctly. This plugin allows you to add an XHTML and CSS Halo 2 Stats sig to your WordPress blog, which you [...]