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TIPS FROM THE TECHY volume 1

Greetings bloggees,   This next tip helps after you have already replaced recent printer hardware.   After the PC (Photoconductor) kit of the Dell 2330 Laser Printer is completely exhausted, you will get an error on your printer display that indicates the PC kit needs to be replaced.   For a quick history lesson of […]

Flowing Data challenge: Getting the News

  Over at Flowing Data, Nathan Yau sent out the challenge to visualize the Pew Research Center data about how people get their news. There are many excellent examples created that can be seen over in the Flowing Data comments (some very different, some improving on the original). My take does the following: Compares only […]

InterWorks participates in the Veeam Americas Kickoff 2011

This week, I attended the annual Veeam Americas kickoff event in Alpharetta, GA.  Normally, the event is for Veeam employees only and includes new hire orientation, sales/marketing sessions, presentations and training and lasts 3-4 days.  This year, Veeam invited a few people from the partner and blogger community, and I was lucky enough to be […]

Filtering Multiple Data Sources Using Parameters in Tableau 6

As your Tableau Software dashboards become more complex you’ll often find yourself needing to mesh multiple data sets from two or more sources. One limitation this creates is the inability to define global filters to control all worksheets throughout your workbook. While actions can be used to filter multiple data sets, their implementation and workflow […]

Create or Modify 32bit ODBC connection on 64bit Operating System

I recently ran into a problem with a new 64bit Windows 7 machine where needed a 32bit based ODBC connection modified for a 3rd party application. When I went to the typical location to modify the new ODBC connection in Control PanelAdmin Tools, the ODBC that was automatically created with the 3rd application installation was not listed. Here is a […]

Setting up Dell 2335dn printer’s network settings via controller panel

To setup the Dell 2335dn printer and give it a static ip address, you will need the printer powered up and connected to a a network connection via the ethernet port on the rear left side of the unit.   On the front operator’s panel:   1.  Scroll with the arrow keys and highlight SETUP, […]

Test jumbo Frames; How to Tell if the 9000 MTU is working.

Since iSCSI networks have been growing in popularity the past couple of years, more people have been trying to use jumbo frames to eek out a little more speed. This article is going to tell you how to test your jumbo frames after getting it configured.   The theory behind why raising the MTU will […]

How to Change the Registered Owner and Organization Name of Windows

How Do I Change the Registered Owner and Organization Name of Windows Scenario:  Either you have purchased a pre-owned PC or you have a PC which has exchanged hands somehow and Windows reports it is registered to a person and/or an organization which is not longer correct.  You want to change this information without necessarily […]

Restoring SmarterMail folder from Backup Exec

While troubleshooting missing inbox email for a client, I ran across these instructions to restore an email folder (Inbox) for SmarterMail. This client uses an older version of SmarterMail and these instructions worked perfect with Backup Exec. Restore the mailbox from Backup Exec to a temp folder such as C:temprestore Log into the SmarterMail web […]