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resetting nvram pram on mac

Try starting while holding the Command-Option-Shift-Delete keys all at the same time and see if it will let you startup/install. Do you have any external drives you could install Tiger on first? If the above doesn’t work, try this: 1. Start Mac and hold Option-Command-O-F keys 2. When the grey screen gets loaded type reset-nvram […]

Transferring the FSMO Roles via Ntdsutil

To transfer the FSMO roles by using the Ntdsutil utility, follow these steps: These steps works for transferring roles from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012. Log on to a Windows 2000 Server-based or Windows Server 2003-based member computer or domain controller that is located in the forest where FSMO roles are being transferred. […]

Build your Own NAS

Here’s my build your own NAS cookboook: 1) Get a Celeron 430 processor, around £50 2) Get a Gigbyte GA-945GCMX-S2 motherboard, around £55 3) Get 512MB of DDR2 memory, about £15 4) Get a 64MB or more USB memory stick. You might have these lying around, you can probably get one for a few bucks […]

Find hidden network adapter in Device Manager

Error message when you try to set an IP address on a network adapter. When you trying to set the IP address on a network adapter, you may receive the following error message: The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of […]