Category Archives: Windows

Windows 2008 Disappearing Printers Trick

Posted on 8 March 2011 by Andrew Fraser

Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 both hide printers that use the same port as another printer. But the printers aren’t really gone, they just take a little more effort to see – details at http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2010/03/02/windows-7-where-are-my-printers.aspx Your friends will be … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Firewall for SQL Server and FTP

Posted on 23 December 2010 by Andrew Fraser

Windows Server 2008 R2 has a strict firewall by default. It will not let you run FTP (client) from the server and get files from other servers/sites It will also not let you run “SQL Server Management Studio” from your … Continue reading →

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Windows 2008 remote database connections

Posted on 25 October 2010 by Andrew Fraser

Windows Server 2008 by default has a firewall that does not allow remote database connections. Fix is at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175043.aspx

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Install latest version of Oracle ODBC

Posted on 17 June 2010 by Andrew Fraser

To install latest version of Oracle ODBC: Go to http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/ to download: Instant Client Package – Basic Instant Client Package – ODBC Unzip both of them into the same folder (e.g. c:\oracle). Add that folder name into the PATH environment … Continue reading →

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Oracle Installer on Windows crashes without adequate TEMP space

Posted on 13 March 2009 by Andrew Fraser

Oracle installer on Windows can fail to run, crashing out without a useful error message. I found fix was to change the temp directories in a command window set temp=d:\junk set tmp=d:\junk and then run the installer (setup.exe) from that … Continue reading →

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Fix for windows ftp filling up c: drive space

Posted on 13 March 2009 by Andrew Fraser

Windows ftp can fill up C: drive. This happens either putting or getting files, even if you try putting/getting them to a drive other than C:. This happens because the ftp file is written to temporary area first by ftp, … Continue reading →

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Which PC Memory Module type (SDRAM, DDR, or DDR2) do I need?

Posted on 9 November 2007 by Andrew Fraser

Adding more memory to PCs is a cheap and easy upgrade method. But there are different types of PC memory modules available – SDRAM, DDR, DDR2 – and computers are limited to being compatible with one type only. So you … Continue reading →

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