http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/ Stuff that I might care about... en-us 2035-01-01T05:55:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/011897.html -------- PLEASE READ -------- In 2005 I began playing with own blog options. I tried Telligent, maintained by ISP godaddy.com, then replaced it with free Web Wiz software from the U.K. Great tools, but I don't want my website pinned... Miscellany & Fun tapli005 2035-01-01T05:55:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/022156.html I sent this email to team-members of the Helpdesk/Inventory Project on Monday, after my first day of the Microsoft 2072A class on SQL Server 2000 Administration, taught by Jim Ferguson at New Horizons in Edina: We just finished my first... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-25T08:11:39-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/022082.html This is a great little blurb on Kerberos security, from MIT: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/dialogue.html... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-24T09:59:23-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021839.html Target __ Mac __ PC __ Staff __ Public Path: K:\IMAGES\STAFF\GHOST\[filename].GHO Description: Staff XP baseline image for [target hardware] Start date/Date uploaded/Appr date/Appr by/Creator's initials Who worked on the image? What’s in this version? --sample data -- Started on [brand/model]... Forms & Templates tapli005 2005-05-17T13:56:21-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021837.html I saw this in the sample pages of a demo server: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat... Miscellany & Fun tapli005 2005-05-17T13:46:13-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021758.html Is it a coincidence that in this, the week Darth becomes Darth, I wiped my older GX100 at home and installed XP sp2? I was already running XP on my newer eMachines. This makes my basement a de facto Windows-only... Cases & Comparisons tapli005 2005-05-16T10:44:39-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021752.html When the Bio-Medical Library staff first developed Windows 2000 configurations last year, we enabled two local accounts. w2kuser is the account housing user applications and settings. w2kuser was intended to be used mostly in User or Power User mode, to... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:37:28-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021751.html In July 2002, I used Access 2000 to merge some BIOM ORDER tables with thirteen columns and over 19,000 records. Access is easier to use and more accurate for this than any Excel formula I tried. Some steps might be... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:29:35-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021750.html This is about University of Washington's autoclave, as tested in 2003 on a test PC and on my own (then). It seems to work great, despite being beta. We looked at it based on a tip from another SysAdmin. Autoclave... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:27:32-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021749.html These instructions assume that the target computer has been configured for dial-up testing by Systems. The preparation of a computer for this includes starting with a standard staff Windows image, installing a modem and its driver, connecting it t the... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:25:16-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021748.html In the course of upgrading or moving Eudora, we sometimes find configurations that do not comply with our current Biomedical Library standards. One problem arises when attachments are reset to reside in the standard directory c:\Eudora\attach, but old messages still... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:22:24-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021747.html Biomed Library Access Services now runs a Ricoh copier/scanner/printer. This document explains driver setup for the Ricoh 1232c for Windows 2000 on Bio-Medical Library staff PCs. Other uses of the Ricoh system may be described elsewhere. To install the 1232c... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:18:52-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021746.html The DataEase application used by some Tech Services staff is actually delivered via a Novell Application Launcher (NAL) process from the Wilson server. Check with SysAdmins regarding current Novell login parameters. Once logged in, the icon for Dataease should appear... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:13:48-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021745.html Notepad, built into Windows, has several limitations that make it unsuitable for use with Aleph for printing call numbers on spine labels. The primary limitations are Notepad's inability to remember Font, Page Setup and Margin settings between Notepad sessions. NoteTab... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:11:44-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/tapli005/stuff/021744.html For testing purposes I have found it convenient to install the free Apache 2 web server software atop Windows 2000 and XP. Apache 2 normally run as a service atop Windows, and almost any tech knows that adding services to... Tech Support tapli005 2005-05-16T09:10:14-06:00