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Solution for “Error code: 2147500037” while printing in Windows 7

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/20

Recently I got the messagebox below with “Error code: 2147500037”  when I used Windows 7 to print some settings (in this case the homegroup password, so I could store it in a safe place).

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Your homegroup password couldn't be printed
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An error occurred while Windows was trying to print your homegroup password. (Error code: 2147500037)
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OK
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It seems I am not the only one having this problem, and the solution was simple:
Windows 7 cannot print certain things when Internet Explorer is not the default browser.

Or in other words: this error message means: “Windows 7 cannot print this for you because it needs the default browser to be Internet Explorer“.
Was it that hard for Microsoft phrasing the message in such a way?

Changing the default browser is simple (some of the steps are in screenshots below): Read the rest of this entry »

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Control the VMware VMs from the commandline: vmrun – the successor of vmware-cmd

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/19

In the process of upgrading from VMware server 1.0 to 2.0, I found out that vmware-cmd.bat has been replaced by vmrun.exe.

The command-line options are different, and this link explains the vmrun command-line options in detail (well, much better than the vmrun.exe built-in help). The official documentation is available as a PDF.

One of the changes I had to make was from: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in *nix, Power User, VMware | 2 Comments »

ThinkPads beep during certain key combinations – found the cause

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/18

I’ve had an annoying beep on my thinkpad whenever I tried to write CD quickly.

It particularly shows when you press these three keys at the same time:

Shift+CD

Recently, I googled for the symptom to find out the cause.
Below are a few links I found, but this is the actual cause (thanks Kriston!): Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User | Leave a Comment »

sun Java JRE 1.6.0.20 direct download for Windows

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/17

Edit:

20110904: Not sure why this MSI file does not work any more, but the comment below is correct: the downloaded MSI fails.
I’ve left the text below as is, just in case someone figures out why it fails.

–jeroen

Got the direct download from the error dialog because the network connection got interrupted:

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Error – Java(TM) Installer
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Download Cancelled by User: from=http://javadl-alt.sun.com/u/ESD6/JSCDL/jdk/6u20-b02/jre/jre1.6.0_20-c-l.msi, to=C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\jre1.6.0_20\jre1.6.0_20-c-l.msi
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OK
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Always convenient having a direct download URL :-)

–jeroen

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Duplicate Shortcuts IE8 configuration dialog – Alt-N binds to “No” and “Next”. Are UI designers ever going to learn to be nice to keyboard users?

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/17

Duplicate Alt-N shortcut: No / NextFor every (re)install, IE8 is usually part of the installation.
So, for the upteenth time, I came across the dialog on the right.
This time Alt-N is bound to both the “No” choice as well as the “Next” button.

–jeroen; wishing UI designers would learn to pay more attention to keyboard users…

Via: 20100516-UI-Duplicate-Shortcuts-IE8 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

Posted in Development, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User, Software Development, UI Design | Leave a Comment »

Twitter hickup – “older tweets are temporarily unavailable” #fail

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/17

Where broadcasting fails.

Older tweets are temporarily unavailable.

via Twitter / Search – #osdorp.

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Zondag nog steeds off-line: Nuon | Mijn Nuon is niet beschikbaar van zaterdag 12:00 tot 22:00

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/16

Ogemak; en zondag. Spellen en communiceren blijft moeilijk, niet alleen voor een klein bedrijf als het mijne...

Spellen en communiceren blijft moeilijk, niet alleen voor een klein bedrijf als het mijne...

Van de NUON site:

Mijn Nuon is niet beschikbaar

Mijn Nuon is vanwege onderhoud tijdelijk niet beschikbaar. Het onderhoud duurt van zaterdag 15 mei van 12.00 uur tot zaterdag 15 mei 22:00 uur.

Onze excuses voor het ogemak.

Wij danken u voor uw begrip.

via Nuon | Mijn Nuon is niet beschikbaar.

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Wie legt De Telegraaf even uit wat “terughoudend” is? #ziekelijkenieuwsgaring #telegraaf #jolandevandergraaf

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/14

Wie legt De Telegraaf even uit wat “terughoudend” is? en Gespuis: Telegraaf interviewt Ruben in Libie.

Jolande van der Graaf - de 'Journaliste' die het stuk durfde te publiceren @!#$

image courtesey of HP/De Tijd

De Telegraaf (de “journaliste” rechts  – Jolande van der Graaf – publiceerde het !@#$) belt met het enige overlevende jongetje van de vliegram in Libië.
De jongen wiest toen nog niet eens de rest van zijn familie in het vliegtuig dood was.
Nu staat hij met naam, toenaam en foto’s in de krant?

(nee, een link naar het artikel komt hier niet, dat zou te makkelijk zijn)

Hallo!
Fatsoen???

–jeroen

Via: Wie legt De Telegraaf even uit wat “terughoudend” is? – The Amazing Retecool Goldmember
en Gespuis: Telegraaf interviewt Ruben in Libie

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.NET – Putting a base in the middle (Eric Lippert – Fabulous Adventures In Coding)

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/14

I always tend to recompile assemblies when something changes they depend upon.

But now I’m even more careful after reading Fabulous Adventures In Coding : Putting a base in the middle.
Especially his checklist is important.

When you use a newer version of an assembly you depend on:

(1) at the very least test your derived types with the new base type — your derived types are relying on the mechanisms of the base types; when a mechanism changes, you have to re-test the code which relies upon that mechanism.

(2) if there was a breaking change, recompile, re-test and re-ship the derived type. And

(3) you might be surprised by what is a breaking change; adding a new override can potentially be a breaking change in some rare cases.

–jeroen

Posted in .NET, C#, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0, Delphi, Development, Prism, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Windows 7/Vista: How to access Administrative Shares (C$, IPC$, …) via PaulSpoerry.com

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/13

A while after installing a new copy of Vista or Windows 7, I usually want to be able to access the administrative shares (like C$, Admin$, IPC$, etc).

On Windows 7 and Vista, those are by default not enabled.

To enable them, import this enable-windows-7-vista-server-2008-administrative-shares.reg file into the registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy"=dword:00000001

You need to reboot your system once after this registry change.

Or from a batch file as Administrator:

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v "LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Later I name the files like this:

enable.windows-vista-and-up.administrative-shares.bat
enable.windows-vista-and-up.administrative-shares.reg

–jeroen

via [WayBack] How to access Administrative Shares on Vista C$ | PaulSpoerry.com

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