Office:Mac 2004 support has been extended

In my best Gomer impersonation: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise… Microsoft has officially extended supporting Office:Mac 2004 to January 10th, 2012.  They are stating that this will now offer a seamless transition between 2004 and Office:Mac TBD(2010 presumably). For users who rely on the VBA support that is found in Office 2004, this will allow a seamless […]

Indigo 4.1.1 Released

4.1.1 is now available for download. In addition to the major 4.0 improvements and 4.1 features, this update includes: Added remote link management capability for INSTEON EZSwitch30 module. Fixed bug that caused benign \”unknown command bytes\” error to be logged. Fixed bug that caused \”Report error on receiving corrupt commands\” preference to be ignored with […]

SCSITaskUserClient – Invalid Arguments? I\’m not arguing here…

Have you seen these messages in your console log? 10/5/09 9:04:37 PM kernel SCSITaskUserClient – Invalid arguments: scatterGatherEntries = 1, requestedTransferCount 0, transfer direction is 0 10/5/09 9:04:38 PM kernel SCSITaskUserClient – Invalid arguments: scatterGatherEntries = 1, requestedTransferCount = 0, transfer direction is 0 10/5/09 9:04:39 PM kernel SCSITaskUserClient – Invalid arguments: scatterGatherEntries = 1, […]

Why is a Racoon nibbling on my Macintosh?

I think I need to start to put some Racoon feeders out, because I keep hearing some odd noises…  Coming from the console…. 10/8/09 6:48:56 PM racoon[240] IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Aggressive-Mode message 1). 10/8/09 6:48:56 PM racoon[240] IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Aggressive-Mode message 2). 10/8/09 6:48:56 PM racoon[240] IKEv1 Phase1 AUTH: success. […]

Timing issues with 2412U insteon powerlinc modem

Folks, One small issue that I have seen with the 2412U is that receiving modules may lockup if you turn on/off the same device too quickly.  I have my X10 Chime plugged into a ApplianceLinc (firmware revision 2.8), since my 2414U lost X10 functionality. (Please note, that this loss of X10 functionality is a known […]

Prevent Non-Admin users from Changing Wireless networks

By default, in Mac OS X Leopard, any user can adjust the wireless network settings and connect to any available network. This may be convenient for most situations, but many users might wish to restrict non-administrator users from changing these settings. Users should follow these steps: Log in as an administrator and go to the […]