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Error when opening a Office Web Apps (SkyDrive) notebook in OneNote

This article deals with the folling error message: “To open this notebook, your computer must be running a supported version of Microsoft OneNote and a browser that supports opening files directly from the Office Web Apps.” I am relatively new to Microsoft OneNote (now part of all Microsoft Office 2010 suites) and totally new to Microsoft Office Web Apps. The Office Web Apps service was introduced by Microsoft a couple of weeks ago, and holds great promise for sharing information. Personally, I...

MS Outlook error when clicking on a hyperlink

For the umpteenth time today, my Outlook 2007 gave an error when I click on a web link: Today’s error followed the installation of Microsoft Expression Web Studio 4. I like using Firefox as my default web browser, and it appears as if the installer messed up some setting related to the default web browser. The problem appears related to an error that I reported earlier. As I mentioned, this is not the first time this has happened on my computer. The following fix works for me: Close Out...

Fixing the CPU-hungry Bind name server

I administer a number of web servers, mostly CentOS and RedHat Enterprise Linux with cPanel and Web Host Manager. A while back our primary name server (a CentOS server with cPanel & WHM) gave problems when restarting the name service (Bind). The problem seemed like one of insufficient capacity. I was a bit surprised that this could be because we were serving only about 5,000 DNS zones, but nevertheless went ahead with an “upgrade”... In my infinite wisdom, I used the /scripts/ulimitnamed sc...

The mystery of the disappearing TortoiseSVN icon overlays

Using a 64-bit version of Windows 7, I noticed that some of my programs did not display the TortoiseSVN icon overlays and lacked the SVN context menus. A bit of sleuthing revealed the (somewhat) obvious: 32-bit application require the 32-bit version of TortoiseSVN to display to integrate with TortoiseSVN. According to the TortoiseSVN website, one can safely install both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions side-by-side. The 64-bit version will provide the necessary services to 64-bit applications (in...

Web links not working in Outlook

The other morning (following a massive Windows update the night before) I was greeted with an error whenever I clicked on a link in email. Outlook simply said “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.” I promptly consulted my good friend Google for advice, and found a couple of relevant suggestions. The cause of the problem appeared to be related to the default browser setting in Windows (by the way, I use Firefo...

How to use Windows Live Writer with WordPress

In my limited dealings (to date) with WordPress, one thing quickly become abundantly clear: the formatting of posts using the built-in editor leaves a lot to be desired. The editor itself seems pretty good, but WordPress somehow messes things up. You can format your text all you want, and the next thing you see is that WordPress has removed paragraph breaks! Frustrating to say the least. Enter Windows Live Writer... Windows Live Writer offer a convenient way of editing your posts right from yo...