David Vielmetter

Adventures in stupid technology

  • Vista ReadyBoost and SD Memory

    I got a Sony VAIO with a built in SD Card and MemoryStickTM slot. Since I’m running VISTA, I thought I’d utilize one of these slots along with a large capacity MemoryStickTM or SD card as a ReadyBoost device. My dilemma: Although there are plenty of sites that tell you which SD cards will work…

  • Configure your email server properly

    A while ago I recently ran into a situation where email originating from one of my clients was being rejected by AOL and spammed by Yahoo and Hotmail servers (by spammed I mean email ended up in the designated account’s junk email folder). Over the years Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo and other mass email providers have…

  • Google Apps limits outgoing emails to 500 a day

    Before I start my rant, I’d like to mention that I’m still pleased with the overall functionality of Google Apps and I’ve posted to that effect here. That said, here are a couple of things I dislike about Google Apps & Google Apps Premier. Both have impacts on small business clients of mine. First Google…

  • Publish Outlook Web Access (OWA) using ISA 2006

    Want to let your mobile users check their exchange email but keep your server secure? Who doesn’t! ISA 2006 lets you do it and styles up OWA log in page at the same time. Here’s how.

  • Maximum Terminal server connections exceeded

    So I’m working on some guys’ server via RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) from the comfort of my couch and suddenly my wireless connection drops because the neighbor uses his Microwave from hell. After reconnecting I get the dreaded ‘Terminal server has exceeded it’s maximum number of allowed connections’ message.  Here’s how to get back in.

  • Products that contain bisphenol-a

    Bisphenol-a or BPA is a monomer for polycarbonate plastic. It chemically reacts with other liquid chemicals (monomers) to produce molecules of polycarbonate or epoxies (solid polymers). This has been revised from my previous post after receiving Kevin’s kind update below. Unfortunately recent studies have shown that when plastic containers with BPA are heated or chilled,…

  • Clients get error 0x8004010F from new Exchange Server

    Recently I worked on an Exchange Server 2003 deployment project. After the server was added to the existing Exchange environment, clients kept getting error (0x8004010F): ‘The operation failed. An object could not be found.’ on Outlook. This is how we resolved the issue.

  • Website stats that don’t suck

    In effort to help customers place their AdWords/AdSense better, Google has released the best website statistics package ever…and yes, it’s free. Google Analytics (GA) is probably the best free alternative to those costly site statistics hosting add-on packages. It utilizes an easy to use AJAX interface with live interactive graphs and maps. Here’s how to…

  • Automatically skip ads and burn shows to DVD

    A little while ago I did a segment on how to build your own dvr. Well, since then some users on the SageTV forums have created better customizations and add-on modules that allow you to not only auto skip ads on recorded TV shows, but also to burn them to DVD with the ads removed.

  • Replacing Toyota key fob batteries and more…

    My 2004 Toyota Corolla is a great little car. It consistently goes 38 miles on a gallon of gas and costs nearly to nothing to maintain. Recently though, there were a few things I’ve had to replace myself because the dealer just charged too damn much. The DIY maintenance procedures I’ll cover in this article…

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