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Jocko May 23, 2010

Office 2007 Constantly Configuring on Windows Vista

Until recently, every time I started any MS Office 2007 application on my Windows Vista PC, I received the following message:

Please wait while Windows Configures Microsoft Office 2007

I thought I had this one beat, but it turns out that the my previous solution worked only for Outlook, and only until the next reboot. Since then I’ve check many a forum to find a solution for the problem. Many that I’ve seen have included extensive editing of the Windows registry and a complete manual uninstall and reinstall of MS Office 2007.

Ok. I have good news, and bad news. Which do you want to read first? Ok. The good news:

Fortunately, there’s an easy workaround for this problem:

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 and find the executable (.exe) files for each application you want to use.

2. Right click on the file and create a desktop shortcut.

3. Click on that to start the application, and you shouldn’t see the annoying “configuring” message again.

The new shortcuts work properly because you have created them within your user account and they have the correct permissions. If you take a look at the permissions ( properties > security ) of the shortcuts the installer created, you will most likely see that they are a bunch of crap.

The bad news is that I haven’t yet found a proper explanation or solution to this problem that works consistently. If you have, please post it here.

Filed Under: MS Office Enterprise

Displaying Modules in Joomla 1.5 Content Article the Easy Way

Jocko May 17, 2010

Displaying Modules in Joomla 1.5 Content Article the Easy Way

Displaying a module within the content area of Joomla 1.0 was a pain. Those days are over. Don’t live in the past. To display a module in your article:

  1. Open your module for editing and assign it to a new position. Just make something up (trust me, it will work). Of course if you have it showing elsewhere, make a copy and edit that.

    create new user position
    create new user position
  2. Type this where you want the module to show in your content article, i.e. : {loadposition user1234}

That’s it. Take a break and enjoy your favorite beverage. If it didn’t work, look for one of those more complicated how-to articles.

Filed Under: joomla

iStock Photo Sucks

Jocko May 2, 2010

iStock Photo Sucks

Well maybe it doesn’t suck, but it’s website is pretty squirrley. Especially the annoying search feature that forces you into inappropriate categories.  For instance searching for photos of the “san diego skyline” results in the following:

… but as you can probably see there are no pictures of actual Bushmen, so not a big deal. Just kind of funny.

Filed Under: stock photography

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