Archive for August, 2007

Can’t Access a Windows 2003 Drive from a MAC OS X

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

What is with all these problems?!?!  So I’m playing around with my new iMac and I naturally wanted to access the shared directory of my 2003 Server.  I mean really, what is a 23″ screen without streaming porn, a-hem, Educational Material!  On a more serious note, trying to access any of my Windows shares caused a failure where it said, the Alias could not be opened because the original item could not be found.  Doesn’t ANYTHING work with anything else?
The solution that worked for me was to disable a Windows 2003 security setting regarding digitally signed communications.

Log into the Domain Controller
Open the Domain Controller Security Policy
Navigate to SECURITY SETTINGS / LOCAL POLICIES / SECURITY OPTIONS
Find MICROSOFT NETWORK SERVER: DIGITALLY SIGN COMMUNICATIONS (ALWAYS)
*!*!*!*!*!  Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding *!*!*!*!*!*

DISABLE THAT SETTING ! ! !

Give it a few minutes to sync everything up and then try the mapping again, it should work.

One other thing that might help is instead of using the Server’s name, try using the syntax

SMB:\\X.X.X.X   and it will pop up with a list of shares to choose from.

Good luck!

The easiest solution to this problem is to disable the default server setting of always requiring “digitally signed communication”. To do this, log in to the domain controller and open the DC policy editor. Look for “Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options” and change “Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)” from “Enabled” to “Disabled”. Leave everything else. This means that the server will digitally sign communications if the client is capable, but won’t reject a connection if your client is not.

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“Locate Link Browser” when you click on a URL in Outlook 2003

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Notice a relatively new problem when you click on a URL in your Outlook? Does it pop-up a window saying “locate link browser”? Pain in the ass? You bet!

Found this on the web and it worked like a charm!

Click START
Click RUN
Enter regsvr32 Urlmon.dll and hit ENTER

It should pop up with a successful message and it should never rear its ugly head again.

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MAC OS X and HP Laserjet 1022 Print Driver

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

For those of you that own a Mac AND an HP Laserjet 1022 AND would like to use them together, you may run into the same problems I have. Perhaps my troubles and tribulations can benefit your plight. Or, maybe I’ll just give you the answers you seek. Yeah, that’s probably better…

First, let me explain the problems I ran into. I just purchased my brand new spankin iMac. (OS X 10.4.10)  Lo and behold it was a glorious site, all new and shiny. But alas, I tried to print to my HP 1022 and was rebuffed. I was thwarted. It tasked me!!! Kaaaaaaaaaaahn!

Ok, the problem. My 1022 is not connected directly to the iMac. It’s USB connected to an Ethernet Print Server. When I went into my printer setup, I could input the IP address of the print server but couldn’t see the HP 1022 driver. I downloaded the “new” driver from the HP website - didn’t work. I downloaded the “old” Hp drivers from the Net as suggested - didn’t work. I downloaded the drivers from the CD, zippo, bubkas, nada, zilch. I tried moving files into the root “laserjet” directory, restarts, and everything else people suggested on the net. Goose Eggs. HOWEVER, if I plugged the printer directly into the Mac via a USB cable, WHAMMO, the printer was recognized and everything worked perfectly. Back through the print server, same problem. Wow is me….

Local printer - drivers work.

Network printer - drivers don’t appear at all.

After much searching, here’s what worked for me, immediately, without issue, no muss, no fuss, it diced, it chopped, it even julianed and I didn’t have to call before midnight. It was better than the bass-o-matic.

http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/foo2zjs

Three file downloads, several mouse clicks and when I went to select my printer model, I choose HP and then the (HP Laserjet 1022 Foomatic / foo2zjs ) Perfect!!!

For some of the printers there is of course a small caveat. Do not pass go, do not collect the $200, mileage may vary, limited to the vehicles on the lot. Some the HP printers require a firmware download every time they’re powered off/on.

Oh, and this process also supports the following printers:

Good luck!!

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