Ejbdesk1-maintenance-log
This page links to a record of stuff I have done to maintain ejbdesk1, my core i5-based windows 7 machine
Contents
- 1 Thunderbird Issues
- 2 Email Accounts
- 3 Added Backup Drive
- 4 MOZY Issues
- 5 Switch User Shortcut
- 6 Print shares for MAC OS X
- 7 Failed V drive
- 8 Deleting Too Long Folder and its Containing Tree
- 9 Removing Print Drivers
- 10 Context Menus and File Associations
- 11 Replacing V drive
- 12 System Rebuild - Lost MBR on C drive
- 13 Random Blue Screen Crashes
- 14 SMART warning on C drive
Thunderbird Issues
Great tool, but sometimes it loses its way.
Email Accounts
Setting up my email servers right.
Added Backup Drive
MOZY Issues
MOZY online backup works great, but issues come up sometimes.
The latest issue is that they blew out their prices to the point that it is not cost effective to use them anymore. Now I use Crashplan.
Switch User Shortcut
Adding a button to go directly to switch user
Using LPD to serve my WIN7 printer shares.
Failed V drive
A poster child for having a backup strategy!
Deleting Too Long Folder and its Containing Tree
Removing Print Drivers
Things were getting messy, and I needed to re-do print drivers from scratch. Surprisingly hard to remove multiple drivers for the same hardware.
Context Menus and File Associations
Replacing V drive
V drive showing SMART errors. No real failure, but SMART errors indicate failure soon, and are enough to justify warranty replacement.
System Rebuild - Lost MBR on C drive
C: drive seems to have failed, and the untested drive image I had created did not succeed in a bootable replacement. The saga of the re-build.
Random Blue Screen Crashes
I have not seen these, but I keep finding that the machine has rebooted.
