When I first took the plunge with WordPress, it was to create a blog that aligned with our website. The website has now moved to a WordPress platform and has it’s own blog component. I also found myself rambling about other stuff and tech stuff that was very techy. So, I’ve finally made the split.…
Reckon Accounts Pro 2013 error Error 1920. Service QuickBooks Database manager Service (QBCFMonitorService) failed to start
Today I upgraded my laptop to Windows 8.1 Pro. By ‘upgrade’ I actually mean backed up, formatted & installed Windows cleanly. It went surprisingly well and was pretty fast. The only Microsoft glitch I had were some updated that failed to install until after I rebooted, then away they went (though they gave me no…
The establishment of Australia (aka a Storm about a T-Shirt)
Disclaimer: I am a New Zealand citizen who has adopted Queensland as my new home, started a family here and a business. This does not make me an expert on Australian history. (Actually it’s really expensive & almost impossible for me to get citizenship here). Ever written a controversial blog post that makes you want to disable…
Quickbooks crashes on reconcile reports or saving as PDF
Do you know the saying about builder’s houses? It refers to tradies that are so busy repairing other people’s places that their own home has a few things that need attention, but they never make the time to fix. IT people have the same issue with their own computers. I’d been putting up with a…
Beware LinkedIn scammers wanting your company’s services
Just a quick heads up on this one. I was sent a LinkedIn connect request by someone from a state-level sporting organisation who had a title of Finance Manager. We had a Group in common, so I accepted. This was quickly followed by a message from him, stating that he was interested in our IT…
Fixing Code 19 error in device manager for CD/DVD drive – configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged
Windows XP laptop with a DVD writer not working – can’t see or play CDs or DVDs, not even appearing as a drive letter. Device manager shows the drive with an exclamation mark and the error: “Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. To fix…