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.

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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 [...]

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 [...]