Archive for the 'techy' Category

iPhone 1.1.4 Upgrade to firmware 2.0 unlocked

If you are wanting to upgrade your unlocked iPhone 1.1.4 or below DONT upgrade yet. There is no way to unlock the iPhone after this has been completed. If you have upgraded and are looking for a way to downgrade then please see my previous post here
I will post as soon as the pwnage [...]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

MMC - Active Directory

After a server crash at work I came across this error when trying to access active directory users and computer
MMC cannot open the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\dsa.msc. This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later version of MMC. This may [...]

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Wanting to start your own blog??

Question….
Are you wanting to start your own blog but dont know where to start?
Dont want to pay for hosting?
I have just come across a great little website www.tumblr.com it allows you to sign up within 10 seconds, doesnt ask for verification emails and all that rubbish that other sites do. then you can have your [...]

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Compaq Presario F500 XP Drivers

If you have a presario f500 and are wanting XP on it, use the drivers below…
Download the Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio from the following weblink
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32646.exe
Dowload Conexant High Definition Audio Driver from the following weblink
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp34001-34500/sp34386.exe
Download NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Graphics Driver from the following [...]

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Change the SSH Listening Port Leopard 10.5

If you need to change the firewall port on SSHD for MacOSX Leopard 10.5
Follow the instructions below
Open Terminal and as edit the file /etc/services (as root)
sudo pico /etc/services

Scroll right down to the bottom and add the line
secret-ssh portnumber/tcp # secret SSH port

portnumber being your desired port number, when this has been added press [...]

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Pingoat

Pingoat is a service that is great if you are a blogger, basically all it does is pings or notifys a number of services that keep track of weblogs and publishes them. When the ping is sent it will let the services know that your weblog, webpage has been updated and they will start to [...]

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

iPhone or iPod touch car dock DIY

If you use your iPhone or iPod in the car and don’t really want to buy a dock, like I wouldn’t I just leave mine in the door // ends up getting scratched that’s probably why i am on my 3rd iPod already!
Then follow this little guide on how to make one using the [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Folder List Quick Look plug-in MacOSX

I was browsing the internet looking for Mac tweaks and came across this one, not had chance to try it yet, but will be doing as soon as i get home, i picked the info up from http://www.flickr.com/photos/t_trace/2060171212/ 
When you are browsing through Finder, you can hit your spacebar or click the "Quick Look" button to [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Reset A Users Password OSX 10.5

Boot into single user mode (press Command-S at power on)
Type fsck -fy
Type mount -uw /
Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist
Type dscl . -passwd /Users/username password, replacing username with the targeted user and password with the desired password.
Reboot

This allows you to reset the password in single user mode without booting from the install media.

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Fast User Switching MacOSX 10.3.x

From the Apple menu, select System Preferences… .
In System Preferences, from the View menu, select Accounts.
On the bottom left side of the window, click Login Options.
On the right side of the window, check the box next to Enable fast user switching.
On the sheet that drops down, click OK to save the change.
The name of the account [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008