SFC prompts for the Window XP install CD

When running a SFC /Scannow Windows may prompt you for the windows XP Installation Media if it can't find the source.

You'll either need to put the media back in the source location or you can adjust the registry to point to a new source.

Copy your I386 folder to somewhere and then adjust the registry as following
In this example I’ve copied the I386 folder to c:\i386

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
Check the following keys.
Installation sources = c:\i386
ServicePackSource: = C:\
SourcePath = c:\

I am 'so' going to blog this when I get home.

Ok, so I sometimes fix printer faults.. you know remove paper jam's ex cetera. Well today I was fixing a LaserJet 9000MFP and found a lot of paper jammed in the fuser. when i inspected this paper after removing it the paper had dark burn marks all over it. this concerns me as i thought there might be a risk the printer catching fire if the paper were to get hot enough. So i sent the following e-mail to HP.

Subject: LaserJet 9000MFP
Message: I recently cleared a paper jam from the above MFD. I had to pull out paper from the fuser area. While inspecting the paper that i removed from the printer i noticed the paper was very yellow (burnt colour). My question is if paper jam in the fuser area occurs is there a risk of the fuser and paper causing a fire?

To my amazement HP replied the same day. But as you'll see below the response is written in HP Engrish.

Thank you for contacting HP Email support. My name is Aerosmith V and I will be assisting you regarding the HP LaserJet 9000MFP.

From your mail I understand that you want to know is the paper jam in the fuser may cause any issue in your printer.

I need to inform you that if the paper jam is continuous then it will produce the fuser risk, Might be possible it damage the fuser.

To avoid the fuser temperature please update the printer firmware with the help of mentioned below web link.

http:**link removed**
[NOTE: In case the web link(s) does not open up, kindly copy and paste it into the address bar of the web browser on your system and click on GO.]

Check how it works and let me know the result.

Please update the case at your earliest convenience, we would be glad to assist you.

For any further inquiry, kindly let me know the 10 or 12 digit Serial number (like CJK35121L4 or 7039FOPH6242) and 6 or 7 digit alphanumeric Product Number (like DP613V) of the product with which you have the query. This will help us assist you in better way.

Thank you and have a wonderful day.

What a way to avoid the question.. It still doesn't answer my question will this printer catch fire?

Joe's Farewell

A fitting farewell to David Jones needs a suitable environment in which to say goodbye. There's nothing like the tradition of Windsor (or should i say the New Windsor). So come one and all to yee old Windsor Pub to cheer a goodbye drink and welcome the next step in some bloody direction (perhaps a step in the Y axis direction).

Non-inspirational quotes

Top 20 Sayings we’d like to see on those office inspirational posters:
1. Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all people who opposed them.

2. If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos…then you probably haven’t completely understood the seriousness of the situation.

3. Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security.

4. Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.

5. Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

6. A person who smiles in the face of adversity…probably has a scapegoat.

7. Plagiarism saves time.

8. If at first you don’t succeed, try management.

9. Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.

10. TEAMWORK…means never having to take all the blame yourself.

11. The beatings will continue until morale improves.

12. Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

13. We waste time, so you don’t have to.

14. Hang in there, retirement is only fifty years away!

15. Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker

16. A snooze button is a poor substitute for no alarm clock at all.

17. When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.

18. INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY.

19. Succeed in spite of management.

20. Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment.

Simpsons Movie

Ok they really need to cut down on the Simpson's ad's otherwise like most good movies there going to spoil everything before we even get to see it.

Big Ass Computer

Microsoft Surface Parody

WebJetAdmin 10.0

I hate to admit it but i'm actually excited about printers. we'll not just one printer but managment of a fleet of printers. working where i do we have to perform admin on over 100's of printers. trying to manage them indivually is a time consuming and costly process.

This is where WebJetAdmin comes in. This tool allows me to manage all the printers at my workplace from the one central console.

there is a new version of the tool available shortly (20th june)

http://h20325.www2.hp.com/blogs/enterpriseprinting/archive/2007/05/25/3485.html