Thursday, November 1, 2007
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Took photos of the clinical pharmacy and OSACA hallways and bulletin boards for Susie and for archival purposes. UPS issues with Eric. Added Partners in D link to our homepage for Susie and Mary Anne. E-mail problem troubleshooting for Chris: "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook, Cannot open the Outlook window. The set of folders cannot be opened. Errors have been detected in the file [filename]. Quit Outlook and all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox repair tool (Scanpst.exe) to diagnose and repair errors in the file...." Resolution: rename the offending OST file so that it has a .BAK extension. Restart Outlook while connected to the network so that the OST file is rebuilt using data stored on the server. Problem solved. Acrobat and RealPlayer updates for Chris's laptop. Began ensuring that Windows Firewall is turned off for all computers on which we have Sygate firewall installed. Handed off the original Mac Mini to Eric for the digital asset management project. Error when attempting to copy Firefox 2.0.0.8 into the Applications folder on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.4.10: "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items." Probelm happens both while domain admin and while local admin. Logged in as local admin, ran Disk Utility, repaired disk permissions. Solution: Delete old Firefox from the Applications folder first, then copy the new Firefox in. Error when attempting to burn files to dvdrom using InCD within Parallels: "CD Writing: Windows does not support this CD-RW format. To use this disc, choose the task "Erase this CD-RW", which will format the disc so that Windows can use it. Archived data to dvdrom. Restarted into Boot Camp beta to try dvd burning. While attempting to copy files to the DVD (via InCD), I received: "Error Copying File or Folder: Cannot copy [filename]: Files on this CD-ROM drive are read-only. You cannot copy or move files over to this CD-ROM drive." Workaround: I copied all the files already on the dvd to a temporary folder on the hard drive on my computer. Restarted in OS X. Erased the dvd. Burned the files onto the dvd using Burn in OS X. Lunch: roast turkey dinner, soda. Met with Cindy 1-on-1. Met with Eric and we upgraded my Mac Pro to OS 10.5 Leopard. The process took about an hour. Most everything went smoothly except now OS X won't let me log in to either my limited or admin domain accounts. I can log in to OS X only as local admin. If I start into Boot Camp, I can log in to Windows with either my limited or admin account. Binding OS X to our campus network has always been problematic, so I don't think this is a Leopard problem specifically. This problem is currently unresolved, and the workaround is to log in as local admin in OS X. Dinner at Thai Chef with Chris and Nate. Bought q-tips, i mean cotton swabs, from Walgreens. Nate leaves tomorrow for Oregon to visit parents for a few days.