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Installing Mac OS X DVD media on CD only Mac

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

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 ...

Mac OS X
Mac OS X installation DVD

Message notification in Pidgin

Applications/Software

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 , ...

AIM
Jabber
Pidgin

Do you know of anyone at UCLA using Drupal right now?

Programming and Web Development

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

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Windows Vista

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...

cd-rom
drive
DVD
Roxio
Vista

Network Printing Problems in Vista

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Windows 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...

network
printer
humnet
printing
Vista

Install Windows on a Computer with ICH9R RAID

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

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...

RAID
iastor.sys
ich9r
install
Windows

Encryption of Electronically Stored Personal Information - Policy 404

UCLA Tech Resources

Policy 404 has been signed into an official university policy. Read more about it here: http://www.adminpolicies.ucla.edu/APP/Number/404.0

encryption
Policy 404

What is the function of www.AppliedSecurity.ucla.edu site?

Cybersecurity

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...

AppliedSecurity website

Is the cost of licenses to protect sensitive data by encrypting the disk paid by the campus?

Cybersecurity

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...

licenses
PGP
Policy 404

Mapping Apps

Useful Links

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...

applications
data
map
mapping
open source

Taskbar buttons switch to Last Active Window in Windows 7

MacOS, Windows, and Linux 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...

aero peek
last active
taskbar
window
Windows 7

Download Adobe Flash Player

Applications/Software Adobe

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...

Adobe
Adobe Flash
dlm
download
flash
flash player
macromedia

How do I set up my parents with 3rd party access so that they can pay my bills?

MyUCLA and BOL

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...

3rd party
MyUCLA
UCLA Logon ID
bills
parents
third party

How to Combine Split Base64 Encoded Attachments

Email

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...

Base64
Lanier
Outlook Express
split attachments

Location of the sudo log file

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Linux and Unix

The log file contains the commands issued along with the issuers’ user names. Distribution Location Centos /var/log/secure

Linux
sudo

Specify section number with Unix man (manual) command

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Linux and Unix

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

CCLE and 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...

Moodle
announcements
forum
news

Do I need to get an IRB Exemption for a Usability Study?

UCLA Resources

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 ...

IRB
IRB exemption
OPRS
Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
usability study
privacy
usability study data archiving