Final Fantasy XIII freezing on Xbox 360

My Xbox 360 started freezing up last night while playing Final Fantasy XIII. The problem is particular to that game, but it seems like a GPU issue.

Fixing Word 2007 add-in issues with a registry merge

How to troubleshoot Word 2007 add-in issues and quickly restore functionality via a registry merge file.

Fixed: iPod touch 2G unbootable with a blank display

How I fixed what appeared to be a truly bricked iPod touch 2G. It showed zero signs of life: the screen remained blank and the device would not power on.

Help Desk – XP and Office 2007

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 [...]

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.

Fixing the flickering in an external LCD connected to a laptop

How to resolve the horizontal flickering that appears on an LCD screen attached to a laptop.

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, [...]

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.

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.