SOLVED! ....OLD WINDOWS XP NETWORK PRINTER PROBLEM RESOLVED ON MAC OS X 10.9 MAVERICKS.

Are you having problem with connecting to your network printer after upgrading your Mac to OS X Mavericks 10.9?  Resetting, deleting, and reinstalling your printer doesn't work whilst the printer drivers are correctly installed? Also the printer indicates it's paused but it won't respond to resume and this configuration worked perfectly before installing Mavericks on your Mac? Well in this article I will show you how to resolve your old Windows XP network printer problem without costing you to buy a new printer. 

Please follow the steps below carefully in order to connect and print through your network printer.

On your Windows XP Computer:

1. Add Other Network File and Print Services on your Computer: 

Go to START > Control Panel and click Add or Remove Programs. Select Add/Remove Windows Components. A pop up window will appear. Browse through and Check Other Network File and Print Services. (Note: you will be prompted to require Windows XP install CD to complete the installation). Just insert your Windows XP install CD onto your CD-rom and the installation will be completed automatically.

2. Verify the installation of additional components:  

Go to START > Control Panel and click on Folders and click on Administrative Tools and click on Services. A popup Services window will appear. Find and locate TCP/IP Print Server to make sure it is started. Right Click and select Properties and change Startup type from Manual to Automatic. Also browse through the Services window and make sure Print Spooler, RPC and IPSEC are started with Automatic Startup too.

3. Lookup your printer IP address: 

Usually the printer IP address is the same as your Computer IP address. Go to START > Control Panel and click Network and Internet connection. Select and click on Network Connection. Double click Local Area Connection and Click on the Support Tab. A dialog box will appear showing your IP address. Write down your IP address, as you will require it to set up your printer later on your Mac. Alternatively you can also check out your printer IP address from your printer's manufacturer manual on printers configuration.

4. Tweak and Configure Windows XP Firewall: 

Go to START > Control Panel and select Network and Internet Connections. Click on Windows Firewall and click Exceptions Tab and check File and Print Sharing. Then click Add Port and on the Name column, type in Line Printer Daemon. Type in 515 on the Port Number column and leave TCP selected and press OK. Now Windows XP shared printer is configured to use for Line Printer Daemon (LPD).

On your Mac Computer:

1. Click the Apple logo and select System Preferences. Click Printers and Scanners. Click on the + sign to add your network printer. Select IP option and then enter your Windows XP printer IP address on the Address column. Protocol should be Line Printer Daemon- LPD. On Queue section just type in your printer name (make sure it is the same printer name that is shown on your Windows XP Computer. This is extremely important otherwise it will not work!). And on the Name section type in your printer name (shared printer name as appeared on your Windows XP Computer). Leave Location blank. Select your printer driver in the Use column and click Add.  If you cannot locate your printer driver on the selection provided, you can try selecting and using Generic PCL Printer. It might still work on your Mac. Now reboot your Mac and try printing. 

Good luck!

Hope this article can help solve your network printer problem on your Mac.

Joe

Sydney

Australia.

HOW TO FIX PARALLELS DESKTOP 8 ERROR ON MAC OS X MAVERICKS.

Now with the latest Mac desktop operating system, Mac OS X Mavericks is available for free download from Mac App Store. All Mac users can now experience the latest features and enjoy the most advanced technologies ever built today into every Mac computer. Mac OS X 10.9 also comes with powerful apps for browsing the web, sending messages, setting reminders, and so much more. All the apps work great with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch too. Thanks to Apple, all Mac users can now enjoy the world's most advanced desktop operating system for free. 

However with Mac OS X Mavericks as host system, Parallels Desktop 8 will not work if Mac users does not install the latest update on their virtual machine after installing the latest Mac OS X operating system on their computer. In this article I am going to show you the easy way on how to get started using Parallels Desktop 8 on Mavericks for free.

If you are trying to launch Parallels Desktop 8 on your Mac after installing Mac OS X 10.9 and encountered the following error:-

1. No Virtual Machine can be started,

2. Your Virtual Machine may run slow because virtualisation support is disabled on your Mac,

3. Parallels Desktop virtual machine not activated, or

4. The Virtual Machine  performance may be degraded because the hardware virtualisation support is  disabled on the host computer - Drivers are not installed.

Then try to do the latest updates on your Parallels Desktop 8 and if you still encounter a problem launching your virtual machine after performing the latest update,  then go to http://kb.parallels.com/en/5802 and download the latest updates version 8.0.18494 onto your Mac.

Once you have finished downloading the updated file, just find and locate the file from your downloads folder and double click on the file to start updating your Parallels Desktop 8 to the latest version. On completion remember to restart your Mac before you try launching your virtual machine. It is important that you follow this procedure carefully otherwise it will not work.

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Good luck!

Joe

Sydney

Australia.

HOW TO DISABLE POP UP MESSAGE "ONLY SECURE CONTENT IS DISPLAYED" ON INTERNET EXPLORER 10.

Have you noticed lately on your Computer, Internet Explorer shows a pop up message "Only Secure Content is displayed" each time when you load up your web browser? This happens after you performed a latest update on Windows 7. In this article I am going to show you the easy way on how to disable this annoying pop up message on your Internet Explorer 10 by following the simple steps below.

1. Open Internet Explorer and go to Tools and select Internet Options.

2. Click on Security tab. 

3. On select a zone to view or change security settings, Highlight and select Internet zone ( normally is highlighted by default).

4. Click on Custom level button under Security for this zone section.

5. A pop up window "Security setting Internet zone" will appear. Stroll down by using the down arrow located on the right side of the window and locate Display mixed content setting and click on enable.

6. Click OK and if you are asked to confirm to change the settings for this zone just click OK. 

7. Close Internet Explorer and you are done.

The next time you load up your Internet Explorer web browser, it will automatically display all secure or non-secure content on a web page without warning and the pop up message will not appear again.

Hope you find this tutorial useful to you.

Joe 
Sydney Australia.

HOW TO FIX WINDOWS 7 PCI DEVICE DRIVER ERROR ON PARALLELS DESKTOP VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR MAC.

Windows 7 PCI drivers are essential for Computers running on Windows 7 operating system. It influences the performance of your Computer in some ways especially if you are running Windows 7 on Parallels Desktop on your Mac. Usually when this error occurs, Windows 7 screen cannot go full size on Parallels Desktop. In this article I am going to show you how to fix Windows 7 PCI device driver error on your Mac without spending a dollar from your own pocket or investing in any hardware upgrades. Note: you can also detect this error on Windows 7 System Devices Manager. 

HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM:

1. Click and open Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine. On the Parallels Desktop toolbar select Virtual Machine and click on Reinstall Parallels Tools.

2. Insert Parallels Desktop CD onto your optical disk drive.

3, Load and install Parallels Tool onto Windows 7.

4. Reboot Windows 7 and the problem are fixed.

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Good luck!

Joe

Sydney Australia.

HOW TO CHANGE USER FOLDER NAME OF A USER PROFILE IN WINDOWS 7

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to change the User folder name on your Computer running on Windows 7. If by chance you have mistyped the wrong characters on your computer by accident during installation of Windows 7 and wanted to change the name that you have mistyped or you are stuck with an unwanted computer/user name then you can follow this tutorial to change it to your desire user name. 

1. If you do not have another administrator account to use, then start by creating a new administrator account. Go to Control Panel and select User Account to create a new user account. Once you have done that you can then log off and reboot your Computer. Note: When you have finished with this tutorial, you can go and delete this newly created account.

2. Log on to an administrator account that is not the user account that you want to modify or change the name. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:/Users. Right click on the user profile folder that you want to change the name. A popup window will appear. Select Rename and type the name (new name) that you desire to change and press Enter. Note: If you are unable to rename the user folder for some reason, just reboot your computer into Safe Mode and try again. (For Mac computer press F8 + Fn keys and reboot into Safe Mode). Now close the Windows Explorer window and click on the Start Menu. On the empty Search programs and files box type regedit and press Enter.

3. In regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows NT>CurrentVersion>ProfileList. Expand ProfileList and select each long number S-1-5-..... key one by one until you see the old user name that you want to change. Then right click on ProfileImagePath and click on Modify. Type on the new user account name and click OK. Then close regedit window.

4. Open Control Panel and click on User Accounts. Select Manage another account and click on the old user account that you want to change the name. Click on Change the account name and type in the new desire user name instead and click Change Name. Now you will notice that the user account name has been replaced with the new user name. Close the Change an Account popup window and you are done.

5. Log off and reboot your Computer. The next time your Computer boot up, you will notice that the User name has been renamed to a new one.

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Good luck!

Joe

Sydney Australia.

HOW TO DISABLE PASSWORD EXPIRATION ON WINDOWS 7

Are you annoyed when Windows 7 notified you with a pop up message that your password is about to expire on your Computer and you want to know how you can prevent such message from popping up? Well in this article I am going to show you the quick and easy way on how to disable the annoying expiration message on your Computer. 

FOR WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL, ULTIMATE AND ENTERPRISE EDITIONS:

1. Open the Local Users and Groups Manager. First go to click Start and on the empty Search Programs and Files box just type: lusrmgr.msc and press Enter. A pop up window will appear. Double click on Users and a different pop up window will appear showing a list of users on your Computer. Double click on your username for example if your username is John, just double click it and a small pop up window will appear as shown below. 

Check the box next to Password never expires and click OK. Reboot your Computer and your are done. 

FOR WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM:

1. Run Command Prompt as Administrator by Clicking on Start and on the empty Search Programs and Files box type: Command Prompt. Right click the menu item for it and select Run as administrator.

2. Type the following command at the prompt: net accounts /maxpwage: unlimited 

3. Press Enter and you are done. 

4. Restart your Computer and Windows 7 password expiration is now disabled.

I hope you find this article useful to you. 

Good luck!

Joe

Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO SPEEDUP iTUNES 11.0.1 STARTUP

iTunes 11.0.1 is a free app for Mac OS X and Windows PC. It is the most popular free digital music and video player available at the moment for download from Apple Store. It synchronises all your music and video files content to your iPod, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.  A most recent survey has indicated that most iTunes user have complained that it takes ages to load up iTunes on their computer. In this article, I am going to show you how to speedup iTunes 11.0.1 startup time for free.

DISABLE  SMART PLAYLIST.

Most iTunes user love the Smart Playlist feature found on iTunes. Removing Smart Playlist feature is not what I will recommend here, but editing and disabling Live Updating option will certainly result in 3 times faster startup speed. 

To remove the Live Updating feature on iTunes, just right click on the playlist. Select Edit Smart Playlist and uncheck Live Updating. Then click OK and you are done. Restart iTunes and you will notice how fast iTunes will take to startup.

DISABLE AUTOMATIC SYNC.

Usually when you connect a device onto your computer, iTunes automatically detects and starts syncing all your apps, music and video files onto your device. This could be quite annoying and may result in iTunes get freeze up for about 30 seconds or more. I suggest you disable automatic syncing to avoid this from happening.

To disable automatic syncing, just select your connected device from the left iTunes sidebar and uncheck Automatic Sync option and you are done.

DISABLE GENIUS.

As we know the iTunes Genius feature helps to discover more music from what you listen and compare your music preference with others. This feature uses a lot of resources and can cause iTunes to slow down to a crawl. To disable Genius, just go to Store menu and select Turn off Genius as shown below.

Once you have Turn off Genius, just restart iTunes and you will notice how fast iTunes will load up the next time you launch iTunes on your computer.

I hope you find this article useful to you.

Good luck!

Joe

Sydney, Australia.