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Yearly Archives: 2011
Graph Ping Time with Microsoft LogParser
Found this cool little piece while searching for log parsers for a project.
ping -n 15 www.yahoo.com | logparser SELECT TO_INT(REPLACE_STR(EXTRACT_VALUE(Text,'time',' '),'ms','')) AS Response INTO Ping.gif FROM stdin WHERE Text LIKE '%%Reply%%' GROUP BY Response -i textline -legend off -chartTitle Ping Times -view
This is from Ken Shaefer’s blog from 2005!
Windows XP SP3 installed, or is it?
Here's today's riddle:
I got this interesting problem after installing SP3 on a Windows XP Home system via the Network Install Service Pack 3 download.
Action Plan
Uninstall SP3 from Add/Remove Programs
Install SP3 via Windows Update
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Error number: 0x80070424
Windows Update error 0x80070424
Quick fix:
%SYSTEMROOT%SYSTEM32REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%SYSTEM32WUAUENG.DLL
Error 0135: Fan Failure
WARNING: There has been a recall on certain M90z and M70z all-in-one Lenovo systems due to a fire hazard.
Please visit CPSC for more information.
Glad this was documented on Lenovo's site for the A70z (all-in-one) system.
They have other systems also and you can find them here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/SupportSearchResults.page?searchText=fan+locations+based+on+POST+error+code
It specifies to review the HMM (Hardware Maintenance Manual) for the FRU to re-order. The HMM can be found: Continue reading →