JacobyTech Blog

a blog about tech stuff – mostly.

  • SSL for free?

    Setting up free certificates: http://www.h-online.com/security/features/SSL-for-free-step-by-step-906862.html https://www.startssl.com/

  • How to fix windows update error 80072EFD in Vista SP1

    I was working on a computer with a bunch of viruses / malware on it (it had no A/V previously) and a bunch of things were messed up. No firewall, no windows updates, network stack wouldn’t start, etc. etc. One of the things on my list was to get windows updates to work again, and…

  • OTL Tutorial

    http://www.smokey-services.eu/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=2frosic96siqf4a7vb6ag7mu94&topic=68251.0

  • Windows 7 Imaging Fun!!! not.

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/939ab4aa-deab-4e6c-8883-5c7e8389737d

  • Determining the type of Windows XP Installation Disk

    If you have a windows XP installation CD / DVD, and you’d like to know if it’s OEM, Retail, or Volume Licensed, take a look here to find out: http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.html I’ll try to hunt down the same info for Windows Vista, and 7 as well. Another resource: http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Product_IDs

  • Force showing of known file extensions

    In the registry go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\explorer\Advanced\Folder and then there is a sub key Hidden with 3 subkeys, NOHIDDEN, NOHIDORSYS, SHOWALL. The default value for all these 3 is (0), and the checked values are (2), (0), (1) respectively. The next subkey of Folder is HideFileExt, and the checked, unchecked, and default values are (1),…

  • Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 Prerequisites

    http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/08/28/452209.aspx

  • Fixing a LaserJet 4 printing pages after a print job

    Separator pages? http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&prodSeriesId=25487&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=25487&objectID=bpl01375 Or, try printing a demo page and see if it does it there Or, Select LaserJet4 Plus driver and see if that helps. Or, try setting lines to 60 and nothing more. It’s a page printer, if there are 64 lines or more, it will put things on a second (blank) page.…

  • Interesting Windows 7 Black Screen Problem

    I’ve read many things about the “Windows 7 Black Screen of Death” or “KSOD” before, but out of everything I’ve read, I’ve never seen this. Today, I was setting up one of numerous Dell Vostro 1520 Laptops with Windows 7 Professional Pre-Installed. First of all, just by turning the thing on and installing a few…

  • Hello world!

    Hi, I’m working on getting my site back up…  Should be soon, as long as I can import all my backups. Wish me luck! -Ryan