Problem In Parallels, when you try to open a file from your Mac partition, it says “file not found”. Solution Check that the filename and all folder names it is contained within are not using an characters not supported by Windows such as an asterisks (*), quotation marks (“) or double spacing. For a list of unsupported… Continue reading File not found when opening files from Mac hard drive using Parallels
Month: May 2010
Olympus Dictaphone Manuals
A lot of Olympus dictaphones are provided without a physical manual which is not stored on the olympus.com website. You can download the manuals here: Olympus Dictaphone Manuals. This includes the Olympus DM450 and DM550 which are located near the bottom of the page.
Asked for password of a user in the _lpadmin group when using a printer
Problem When attempting to add/remove a printer, change printer settings or pause/resume a print queue it may ask you to enter a username and password of the _lpadmin group with the following message: “Type the name and password of a user in the “_lpadmin” group to allow [printer name] to make changes.” Solution Logon as… Continue reading Asked for password of a user in the _lpadmin group when using a printer
Boot Camp slow and takes a long time to defragment (FAT32)
Problem When running Windows using BootCamp it runs slow and takes a very long time to defragment with the hard disk formatted with the FAT32 file system. Solution Convert your Windows partition from FAt32 to NTFS.
Convert FAT32 partition to NTFS
This example assumes that the drive you wish to convert has the letter G assigned to it. Please replace G for the appropriate letter. Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator. Type “convert g: /fs:ntfs /nosecurity” without quotes and press Enter. You will see the following: “The type of the file system is FAT32. Enter… Continue reading Convert FAT32 partition to NTFS