September 11th, 2009
Kirb
One of the awesome time saving features in Windows 7 is the inclusion of the built-in Disc Image or ISO Burner utility. However, I have not been able to get it burn to my stack of Sony CD-R disks that I have. It will give the following error message.
The disc image didn’t burn successfully because an error occurred. The requested operation is only valid with supported media. (Error code: 0xC0AA0402).
If, however, I use one of the Memorex DVD-R disks that I have, it completes successfully. Weird.
Does anyone know what’s going on here?
Update: According to this MSDN Page, that error number equals E_IMAPI_DF2DATA_INVALID_MEDIA_STATE. Of course that doesn’t tell us much. 
Recently I was working on an HP Photosmart C6280 that was throwing a “Ink system has failed” error message. Fortunately the solution is a simple one, however it involves removing a few screws, taking the right side cover off, and replugging in some cables. In other words, do not attempt this if your printer is under warranty as it will most likely void it.
*** Fix your HP Photosmart Printer (Reset Code/Master Reset) ***
- Turn off power and unplug from power source.
- Open right side of printer (looking at the front).
- Disconnect,by pulling gently, both white (or black, in my case) flat ribbon cables off the main circuit board.
- Plug in power source and turn printer on. Wait till you get a error message and push “Ok”.
- Unplug power source.
- Reconnect the flat ribbon cables by aligning and carefully pushing into the conectors on the main circuit board.
- Plug in power source and turn printer on (Printer preparing occurred).
- Voila, the nasty error message 0xc18a0001 “Ink System has Failed” is now gone.
Hopefully this will save you from having to buy a new printer. Let me know in the comments how you made out.
Much credit goes to
HarleyHawk for making this so simple.
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If your HP Officejet printer starts printing text & images backwards just out of the blue, don’t panic. It’s a known bug that occurs on Windows XP after installing Service Pack 3. In my situation, I deleted the printer and then reinstalled it which fixed it. However, HP does provide a knowledge base article with a simpler fix.
Issue
After downloading and installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 on the computer, the HP product prints text and images backwards or as a mirror image of what appears on-screen when printing from any program.
Click OK to apply the change.
Solution
To resolve the issue, turn off mirror imaging in Printer Preferences . To do this, use the following steps:
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From the Windows taskbar, click Start and then click Run .
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Type control printers in the Open box and then press Enter . The Printers and Faxes window displays.
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Right-click the HP product from the list of printers and then select Properties . The Properties dialog box displays.
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From the General tab, click Printing Preferences . The Printing Preferences dialog box displays.
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Click the Advanced tab.
Under Printer Features , click Mirror Image , click the down arrow to the right of the field, and then click Off .
Its a good thing I didn’t have to wait this long!
(sorry for the low quality image, I wanted to grab it real quick before it disappeared.)
This new glowing animated shirt dynamically displays the current wi-fi signal strength. Way cool.
September 12th, 2007
Kirb
Stomping on garlic with your shoes on is apparently not the correct way to prepare food. The Rockland County health department hit the Great China Buffet restaurant with two violations after someone took pictures of an employee stomping on a bowl of garlic with his boots in an alley. The man alerted health inspectors.”I go back there, and the guy’s stepping on garlic,” said Dan Barreto, who used to eat at the restaurant. “There he was just jumping up and down on it, smashing it up, having a good time.”
That’s just sick. I’m no Chinese food fan, and this will only increase my distaste for it. Not that McDonald’s is any better. 
