Installing OSX Drivers for a Konica Minolta Bizhub C452

Download OSX Drivers:

• OS X 10.5 (and everything before it)
• OS X 10.6
• OS X 10.7
• All Drivers

Unzip Archive
Install Driver
Set Up Basic Printer Settings

• Go to the Apple Menu and choose System Preferences
• Click on the Print & Fax preference icon near the end of the second row
• Click on the lock at the bottom and supply your admin login and password to unlock the preferences
• Click on the + icon below the printer list to add a printer
• In the Add Printer window do the following:
  • Click on the IP tab at the top
  • Protocol: Line Printer Daemon - LPD
  • Address: Put in the full DNS name of the printer (listed below in Setting the Printer Hardware Options)
  • Queue: Leave this blank
  • Name: Put in whatever makes sense to you
  • Location: Put in the room number of the printer (which is in the DNS name below)
  • Print Using: change this to Select Printer Software:
    • Choose KONICA MINOLTA C452 PS from the list and then click on the OK button
  • Click on the Add button

Configure Driver Settings

• Go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences
• Click on Print & Fax
• Double-click on the printer in the list
• In the resulting window, click on the Printer Setup icon at the top right
• In the resulting window, click on the Driver tab at the top
• Set the Function Version, Paper Source Unit, Finisher and Punch Unit, using the info below for each printer:

• Function Version: 3
• Paper Source Unit:  LU-204
• Finisher: FS-S27 + JS-603
• Punch Unit: PK-517 (2/3-Hole)
• Check: Hard Disk
• Uncheck: Secure Print Only

Reference: https://computing.si.umich.edu/confluence/display/SIC/BizHub+C452+Installation+on+Mac+OS+X

Adobe Acrobat X Pro (10) won't start or launch - Windows

1. Make sure you are connected to the internet.
2. Launch a regular  CS6 product other than Acrobat or Flash Builder (for example: Photoshop, After Effects, Premier Pro, InDesign, Flash Professional, Illustrator, Dreamweaver.)
3. Click on Help->Deactivate .
4. Deactivate the application. Quit application.
5. Launch a regular  CS6 product other than Acrobat or Flash Builder (for example: Photoshop, After Effects, Premier Pro, InDesign, Flash Professional, Illustrator, Dreamweaver.)
6. Accept Eula.
7. Register trial by signing in. Let the app launch.
8. Quit and relaunch the app. Wait for UI to come.
9. Click on License This Software button on the UI.
10. Click on Sign in .
11. Serial number screen will come
12. Enter the serial number in the serial number screen and click Next.
13. Quit app and relaunch the app while connected on the internet .

After this if you launch Acrobat it will launch and run forever without trouble. In case you still face a problem, try relaunching the other CS6 app once more and then launch Acrobat. 

Originally from: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4491141 

ICMP Ping Blocked on Windows 2008 Server

On some default installs of Windows 2008 Server, ICMP [ping] is blocked by the Windows Firewall.

To enable ICMP traffic:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name="File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)" new enable=yes

To disable ICMP traffic:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name="File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)" new enable=no

MySQL Remote Connection Error on Windows 2008 r2

By default, Windows 2008 r2 blocks incoming connections on port 3306.  To get around this problem, do the following:

• In MySQL, allow access for user@host (root@% for root access from anywhere)
• As administrator run the command: 
• c:/> netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="MySQL Server" action=allow protocol=TCP dir=in localport=3306 

Now you should be able to connect remotely to your MySQL server on Windows 2008 r2

Easy Rotator JQuery Slider Builder

http://www.dwuser.com/easyrotator/

Overcoming the 2TB partition size limit in Windows 7

I recently acquired some Hitachi Deskstar 4TB hard drives that I wanted to use in a desktop system that would be running Win 7, however the motherboard did not support UEFI which means I could not boot from a GPT formatted partition (which would support partitions greater than 2TB).  Through some research and a lot of bashing my head on my desk, I cooked up this solution.

What you'll need:

• o Drive larger than 2TB
• o Acronis True Image 2012 Home Boot Disk (You're resourceful, go find it)
• o Seagate Discwizard (download) *coveat - you must have a spare Seagate or Maxtor drive
• o MiniTool Partiton Wizard (home version and boot disk are free) - OR - Parted Magic (open source)

Steps:

1. Install Win 7 on disc, allow setup to do its thing - OR - clone existing drive to >2TB disk
2. Inside windows, install Seagate Discwizard *-You will need to physically connect to mobo or via usb adapter a Seagate or Maxtor drive for install to work
3. Boot machine using Acronis boot disk
4. Choose Tools and then select Extended Capacity Manager - follow prompts to extend capacity of system disc
5. Now reboot into Windows
6. Run Seagate Discwizard making sure a Seagate or Maxtor drive are connected to your machine
7. Choose Add New Disc and locate the partition you just created.  In the Model Number column, you will see the model number of the drive preceded by AVD. 
8. Click next -> Initialize disc in MBR layout -> Click next -> Double click gray status bar of unallocated drive -> Choose formatting options you desire (default settings are fine if you want to use the entire drive) - Click accept -> Click next -> Click proceed and let it do its thing

When Discwizard is done, your OS should recognize there is a new disc present and autorun it.  You can verify you've done everything right by looking at your disc layout in windows Disk Management.  You might see there is some extra space left over as unallocated space.  You can then use the partition tool of your choice to expand either the system partition or the newly created partition to use up this extra space.  Be aware, windows backup in Win 7 will not allow you to backup discs larger than 2TB - so if you're planning to use it for backups, don't expand your system disc past an acceptable limit.  I used MiniTool to accomplish this as it can do it from within Windows and did not require booting the machine off a boot disc, which is what Parted Magic does. 

If you've gotten this far and you're not quite sure what I'm saying, check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the videos listed in one of Seagate's Forums.  In this example, they use Discwizard for everything, but unless you're working with a Seagate drive as the >2TB drive, some of the steps won't work, ie: Discwizard won't allow you to extend the capacity of a non-seagate/maxtor drive, even if you have one attached to the system.  I've used this method on two separate machines now, one a fresh Win 7 install and the other a cloned drive from a smaller hard drive.  In both instances, I have had complete success with zero data loss.

MySQL Workbench: Copy Table Structure and Data

Right mouse click the table you want to copy and choose, "Send to SQL Editor -> Create Statement"
Select all and execute the statement (lightening bolt icon)
In SQL statement, change table name
Then execute the statement:

INSERT INTO `table2` SELECT * FROM `table1`

Installing Coldfusion 10 on Windows 2008

When installing CF10 on 2008, you may receive on error message telling you that ASP.NET, ISAPI Extensions and ISAPI Filters needed to be installed.  Despite having these roles installed, the CF10 installer may still tell you they are not.  The little bit of information this error message leaves out is that CGI needs to be installed as well.  Once you have ASP.NET, ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI Filters AND CGI installed, the error message should go away.