20 October 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Pro’s and Con’s of the new “App Store”

Today Apple announced the new “app” store for OSX. The app store is the same as what we currently see on the IOS devices, a one stop shop for applications. What does this mean for developers? Lets take a look at the pro’s and con’s. Pro’s: Easier to monitor application downloads Easy avenue to push [...]

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15 October 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Password Protect an Excel File

Today I had a user want to send a spreadsheet with private information on it, and wanted a way to password protect the file. This is the quick and easy way to do so. In Office 2007 its very easy, here are the steps: Click on the Office Icon then go to Save as Right [...]

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15 October 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Terminal Server CAL Issue

Just had this issue with a Server 2008 Terminal Server box. The error was: “The remote session was disconnected because there are no Terminal Server client access licenses available for this computer. Please contact the server administrator.” Microsofts answer was get more cals but I tested the unit when no one was here and verified [...]

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12 October 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Tricaster AVI Codec Error

Tricaster AVI Codec Error

Recently I was using the NewTeK Tricaster HD I exported the video as an AVI so I could do some minor edits but to my dismay when I got to my editing station and tried to open the files I got an error message relating to the “SHQ2” video format. Since I was away from [...]

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19 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

A sys-admins guide to increasing productivity with the i-pad.

A sys-admins guide to increasing productivity with the i-pad.

With campus wide Wi-fi being rolled out I decided to pull the i-Pad out of the closet and try to replace my work pc with the small tablet. Being the Apple fan boy that I am I was in line day 1 for the i-Pad. I had to… it was magical! I used it heavily [...]

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