Ugh. Another Windows error. Another Windows error that really doesn’t tell you what is really wrong; some (most) people aren’t nerds. Don’t worry, I’ve got your fix right here. This has to do with memory on your Windows XP system. Have you tried Hibernating or putting your system into standby after upgrading your RAM? If you have, keep on reading. Continue reading Windows Fix: “Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API”
A few friends of mine stare at me blankly when I mention Samba and SMB. In fact, sometimes they think it’s the same thing, when in fact, it’s not. I’ll talk about the differences between the two and walk you through setting up Samba networked shares. This will give you a nice introduction to Samba and also Linux, if you are not familiar with that, also.
The real question here isn’t why SMB, or why Samba for that matter? Well, first off, after I explain to you what SMB is and then explain what Samba is, you’ll see that this question I just asked was mildly stupid. The actual question here is “Why create network shares in the first place?”. This is a very basic, honest question, but it tends to turn a few heads. I’ll give you a scenario. You have 5 computers in the house; your laptop, your desktop, the kids have two computers, and your wife has her school laptop. So, your wife has school work and her latest favorite songs on her laptop, the kids have theirs, and you have all your applications and whatnot all on your laptop and desktop. What might seem like not that much data, turns into gigs of data. You have tons of music, school reports and research, ISOs and applications, Development related stuff, pictures from the past four years. You notice you are running out of space on your kid’s computers and you wife’s laptop is running a little sluggish. Now, this is probably highly due to the games and occasional pop ups that are clicked, but hey, why take up space on the systems, when everything can be centralized? Yes, that’s the word - Centralized. Continue reading Stepping Into Samba
Vongo is Starz’ approach to a “movies-on-demand” type of service. I currently use it and I love it. The only thing I think would make it better is, well, the obvious - more movies! Overall, I really like Vongo and I’ll tell you why. First off, it allows you to download and watch movies at the same time; this is amazing due to the fact that a 1.3GB movie can take quite awhile to download, even on a high-speed internet connection. Another thing I just love about Vongo is that it is on-demand and only costs $9.95 a month; this is a deal if you watch movies a lot. I’m not much of a T.V. person, but I do love watching movies. As there are many other cool things about Vongo, there is one thing that I though would come built into the settings, but isn’t; where to store your movie files. Let’s find out how to fix this small, but annoying problem. Continue reading Changing Vongo’s default directory for storing movies
So what exactly is the annoying error that the AOL Instant Messaging Client gives us, in which is so gallantly titled: “The AIM Service cannot be reached…”. No duh?! How do I fix it!? Please note: This is an an older piece of writing of mine, and is a little out-dated, but very useful information. Continue reading AIM Fix: “The AIM Service cannot be reached…”
A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, allows users to create a private network between two or more computers on the internet (or through your own network without being on the same workgroup or domain). For this lab, I will show you how to set up a basic VPN using PPTP for file sharing (mapping in our case) using MS’ Virtual PC (”VPC”). Continue reading Configuring a VPN w/ PPTP using VPC (Part 1)
Microsoft has a very neat, powerful program that allows you to run multiple Operating Systems (”OS”), through your single windows machine. It’s called Microsoft Virtual PC (”VPC”). VPC creates virtual network adapters and hard disks (with settings), using your main OS resources (such as CPU, RAM, mouse, keyboard, floppy, CD-ROM, etc.). This is a basic lab on setting up a single virtual machine, a single virtual hard disk, and local only network adapter using VPC. Continue reading Configuring VPC