Resolving a Persistent spoolsv.exe Error/Crash

Today I was troubleshooting a couple of network printers. One of them, I believed, had an incompatibility with “Standard TCP/IP” printing, via RAW communications. I tired other printer port options, including the HP TCP/IP port. I found out later on that the printer itself (a multifunction copier actually) did not have printing capability enabled. In [...]

Obama Yuks It Up Over the Collapsing Economy

Now, I’m no fan of the American auto industry either, but for much different reasons than Obama. Obama sees the auto industry as a whole as evil greedy capitalist pollution profiteers, and clearly takes joy in overseeing their demise. He sees the collapse of the American auto industry as a success of his ideals.
I, on [...]

MuchTall.com: In With WordPress, Out With PHPNuke

I’m finally taking the plunge into WordPress. I’ve moved all of the accounts (minus passwords), categories, stories, and comments over from the old PHPNuke site. I have yet to pretty up the theme, but I just couldn’t wait any longer. PHPNuke was just too difficult to maintain, and worse, was prone to spamming from bot-created [...]

Recovering a PPPoE password from an Actiontec M1000

If you ever get into a situation where you can’t find the password used on your Qwest DSL account, and you have an Actiontec M1000 router (or similar), give this procedure a shot:
- You can find your account username on the Quick Setup page, listed as "PPP Username"- Set your router admin password if you [...]

Cisco: Error opening tftp://url (Undefined error)

Though I still know my way around, it’s been a while since I messed with a Cisco router to any great degree. But today at work I had to configure a Cisco 1750 to reply to one of our offices. I like backing up configs before I blow away a router, just so that I [...]