I had a rather productive afternoon on my computer. If anyone needs help with these items, please contact me and I'll help you. Long story short, here is what I accomplished: I can't stand the Windows 10 upgrade icon in the system tray (lower right). I had ... Continue Reading
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Use Dropbox to Protect and Share Your Files and Access Anywhere
A neighbor brought to me a common problem the other day. Another neighbor of ours was working on a document for school, is convinced she saved it numerous times - yet now she cannot find it. There could be a few reasons this happens. One possible reason is ... Continue Reading
A Little Fun for Today
As an I.T. professional, I get some, um, shall I say random questions from time to time. This one came this morning on my IM. (Instant Messenger) Coworker: STUPID QUESTION TIME- is there a way top make my keyboard silent? Me: Tap it three times on the ... Continue Reading
Steve Jobs’ Final Wish
I don’t know a lot about Steve Jobs. I watched Pirates of Silicon Valley and have bought a few iPods. I had never met the man: so how do I propose to know his last wish? First we must review Luke 16:27-28. 27 And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send ... Continue Reading
Avoid ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified on Truncate
If you are on an 11g database, you can ignore this post and just use the new ddl_lock_timeout parameter to accomplish what this post explains. "alter session set ddl_lock_timeout=60" - will effectively allow ddl statements to all wait 60 seconds before ... Continue Reading