Upgrade your HP printer firmware with this one weird trick! (technicians hate him)
Sorry for clickbait title. Anyhow, if you have HP Printers and need to upgrade the firmware, you can actually download the firmware and then submit it to the printer via the “print job” form in the printer web interface to upload and update the firmware. This is easier than trying to use the “firmware sender”…
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Samsung PM951 SSD Driver for XPS 13 models
The Samsung NVMe Driver for Dell XPS 13 Models can be found at this link. File name is sp71553.exe. A mirror of the file can be found at here as a zip file.
Deleting a Calendar Event created by a now-deleted Google Apps User
I’ve recently ran into an issue with Google Apps where a number of staff had recurring events in their calendar that were created by a now deleted Google Apps user. I didn’t have any luck finding a resolution to this, but it was suggested I contact the BetterCloud support team (who we use in work…
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Dell XPS 13 9350 disconnecting from external screen powered via USB C
Some Dell XPS 13 9350 laptop models have a Dell Wireless 1820A 802.11ac WiFi card. This can cause interference with the USB C port (even if the latest Thunderbolt firmware/driver and machine BIOS is installed). The resolution to this is to view the properties of the wireless card and turn down the power output to…
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Toxikk – “Ambiguous Package” Error Message on Game/Server Start
When launching Toxikk you may receive an error message similar to the one below: To resolve this, delete the toxikk/udkgame/content/maps/cruzade and toxikk/udkgame/content/cruzade folders. Then restart the game. (hat tip to “Chatouille” on the Toxikk Discord channel)
OpenVPN throwing error on El Captain
Attempting to connect using an OpenVPN Client can result in a rather cryptic error message: “JSONDialog: Error running jsondialog”. This is due to System Integrity Protection being enabled in the latest version of OSX as an anti-malware measure. This is also called “rootless” mode. Reboot your Mac Hold down Command-R until you see the…
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Start Menu/Calendar not working on Windows 10
This can be sorted with some Powershell trickery. Don’t know what causes this however have seen it at least twice. Copy and paste the following into a PowerShell window. Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
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