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Installing Mac OS X DVD media on CD only Mac
One way of installing Mac OS X DVD media on a Mac that only has a CD drive (like a G3 iBook) is to use a Mac with a DVD drive and connect the CD only Mac via Targeted Disk Mode using a firewire cable. When running the OS X installer, you can choose the drive ...
Message notification in Pidgin
Pidgin ships with a message notification plugin, but it is not enabled by default. To make the taskbar item flash when a new message comes in: Go to Tools → Plugins and check “Message Notification”. Select “Message Notification”. When the item is highlighed , ...
Do you know of anyone at UCLA using Drupal right now?
Yes. Me amongst others.Drupal currently supports the Semel Institute www.semel.ucla.edu, and uses Organic Groups to host 60+ center and program sites; the UCLA Family Commons (www.uclacommons.com) was developed in-house by Center for Community HealthSchool of...
Windows Vista and Roxio causes cd-rom/dvd drive not to recognize
On certain version of Roxio Easy CD Creator on Windows Vista, the DVD drive may not be recognized. In Device Manager, the DVD drive cannot start.When Vista SP1 is reapplied, this fix needs to be reapplied as well.Link: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/p2...
Network Printing Problems in Vista
ISSUE 1I do not know if you have noticed, but here is another big problem with vista when humnet user tries to install network printer.By default regular users are not permitted to install network printers.For instance,You have a user that wants to install a...
Install Windows on a Computer with ICH9R RAID
This solves the problem where the Windows installation will say “Cannot find IAstor.sys” during the file copy process (but sees the hard drive partitions initially).If you already made a floppy with drivers using utility:1. Create folder $OEM$ on a floppy with...
Encryption of Electronically Stored Personal Information - Policy 404
Policy 404 has been signed into an official university policy. Read more about it here: http://www.adminpolicies.ucla.edu/APP/Number/404.0
What is the function of www.AppliedSecurity.ucla.edu site?
This site is dedicated to posting practical solutions to current data security issues facing the community. The current topics include listing of IT policies, Peer-to-Peer, and Encryption of sensitive data and related tools on campus.The site is accessible on...
Is the cost of licenses to protect sensitive data by encrypting the disk paid by the campus?
Yes. The campus IT security group has chosen PGP full disk encryption and related tools for this purpose. All campus entities with a need to protect their sensitive data and data coverd in campus Policy 404 (Data including Personal Information) are entitled to...
Mapping Apps
Make a Map is a website that lets you create your own maps of the US and areas thereof using various demographics data. It’s still in beta stage but it’s got all of the US and so far has datasets for median household income, population change 2000-9, populatio...
Taskbar buttons switch to Last Active Window in Windows 7
In the Windows 7 taskbar, if you have lots of windows for the same application open, things may get confusing when you are trying to find the window you want.If you control-click on the application in question, the last window will show up. If you keep clickin...
Download Adobe Flash Player
To download and install Adobe Flash, please visit: http://www.get.adobe.com/flashplayer/Reference: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html#main-pars_header http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.h...
How do I set up my parents with 3rd party access so that they can pay my bills?
Parents (or any non-student who needs access to MyUCLA) should set up their own account or accounts. They use logon.ucla.edu to create an ID – one for each parent or just one. They are the last option on the Create ID page, under the line “I do not have a UCLA...
How to Combine Split Base64 Encoded Attachments
How to Combine Split Base64 Encoded Attachmentsh2. How to reassemble an attachment split across several emails.IntroductionWhen using a digital sender to scan documents, such as a Lanier Copier or otherwise, there may be a setting that divides a particularly l...
Location of the sudo log file
The log file contains the commands issued along with the issuers’ user names. Distribution Location Centos /var/log/secure
Specify section number with Unix man (manual) command
Sometimes, there are multiple man pages under the same name, identified by section numbers. For example, there is a MKDIR user command and a MKDIR programming function call. if you just type “man mkdir” at the prompt, it might take you to one but not the other...
Missing Announcements or News Forum in MOODLE
In case a course has a missing announcements or news forum, here is the solution: Get the course id of the course you are viewing Goto mdl_forum in MySQL Find the news and announcement forums corresponding to the course id Delete those two forumsThis will crea...
Do I need to get an IRB Exemption for a Usability Study?
From: Shafer, Sharon Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:31 AMTo: Brunt, WendySubject: Request info re archiving and use of data acquired via IRB exempt studiesDear Wendy,You have been so helpful to me when I have applied for and received IRB exemption. I hope ...