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Posted by [[Neo]]
January 18th, 2010
Today we experienced a new-to-me error code on our HP 4240n LaserJet printer that read “49.ff09 Service Error”.
After much searching on the internet, I found a couple different sites talking about the 49.xxxx Service Errors and what others had done in their troubleshooting efforts. Most of the links I came across mentioned something about reseating the memory stick and JetDirect card. I tried both those solutions, with a printer reboot several times. The only way to clear the error message is to reboot the computer also.
I also tried restarting the Print Spooler on the Print Server, but that had no effect. In fact, that is where I noticed the problem. Sometimes the printers in that location showed up as Offline on the Print Server. And every time I tried to print something from the printer, it worked fine (i.e. configuration pages); but it did not print coming from the Print Server doing a simple Test Page.
We narrowed down the problem to be a Communications error…nothing could communicate with the printer. That leaves the Network Path to the printer, and the JetDirect card as possible culprits. I replaced the network cables to all the printers connected to the switch in the area, and that didn’t solve it. So I plugged the printer itself directly into the wall, and that DID solve it.
Solution
Our solution was a faulty network switch. So just because the printer throws an error related to it’s parts or firmware in some cases, it might not have anything to do with the device – it may just not be able to function in a manner similar to a hardware malfunction.
Hope this helps some folks with their HP Service Error message.
I came into work today, and was met with some people telling me that our site had been blacklisted. It took a lot of runaround, and everyone denying involvement, but it sorta worked itself out. So what exactly happened?
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I’m sitting here at my desk, and a package is delivered to me, for my boss, from Dell. But my boss is gone this week, and since it’s from Dell, and I’m the IT Admin, I open it up.
Turns out, there is a Dell Solar Charger for mobile devices in there.
Dell Solar Charger
I spent a good 45-60 minutes on the internet searching Dell.com and talking with the Tech Support to figure out how this got here, and where I could get my own. Why? Because it’s the closest thing to a wireless power supply that I can get right now that would let me charge my phone anywhere. And (after being stranded in a bad part of Dallas, TX, at 2am, with a dead phone and sitting outside a sex-toy shop/tattoo parlor) I need to be able to charge my phone – anywhere.
This is my first review of a technology product, and I’ve only had it for about 3 hours, but there are some things I already have to say about it. Read the rest of this entry »
Update…
Unfortunately, LogMeIn figured out they forgot about that page, I guess when people started reading this post and hitting it on their servers. They have removed the text status as well as all the others, and I can’t figure out why they would do such a thing.
I’m also not sure what they’re offering as an alternative either. So if you know, please leave a comment below. Thanks.
Depreciated Process…
A while back, I started a project called tsn.lcl or tsnlocal, but gave up on it when my electricity bill hit $400 in a month.
Today, I decided to fix up the domain name and get it back on the internet – at least to remove it from GoDaddy’s Parking Page – where they’re making money, not me, off of it.
When I got it published I noticed that none of the Hamachi Web Status images worked anymore, and that the link to such an image, redirected to their login page for your Hamachi Management Dashboard. However, upon further investigation, I found that there was not only an Image version of those status instances, but also a text version.
I really wanted to show the online status of all my machines again, so I wrote my own php script to parse that text data, and created some simple images to show on the website based on the returned status.
So here’s the code so you can do the same thing… Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by [[Neo]]
August 21st, 2009
For a while I have been using AT&T’s Xpress Mail to get email, calendar, and contact access from my work PC to my AT&T Tilt phone. But this past week, I kept getting a “Cannot Find Server” error on my Xpress Mail desktop client.
I searched the forums over on AT&T’s website and lots of people were having the same problem, and have been since July or so. However, no one was able to figure out a solution for it, nor could they get help from AT&T with it, who apparently didn’t even know there was a problem.
Well, I gave the thread a week to see if anyone had any more information, but there was none. So I decided to see if reinstalling the desktop client would do anything to help…
IT DID!
If you’re having this problem, go download and reinstall the desktop app by logging in here. Once you do that, just re-login to your desktop client again, then go to your phone and re-register it to your desktop client, and you should be good to go.
I tried to register on the forums to post this message, but I couldn’t get my email address verified because the link they sent me always comes back as invalid.
Frankly, I’ve never been impressed with AT&T’s support or their help on anything, and I’ve always found the solution for them – either while on the phone with the tech support person, or before I even call them about it. Their phone/data service is acceptable, but their user support eats ballsack.
