Technical Happenings

Flash IE6 and SSL Issues

Flash or data within flash not loading in IE6? Just change the following headers in code

<%
Response.AddHeader(“Cache-Control”, “cache, must-revalidate”);
Response.AddHeader(“Pragma”, “public”);
%>

or add into IIS via the Header Tab:

header(“Cache-Control: cache, must-revalidate”);
header(“Pragma: public”);

Then you will be relaxed once more.

Hash key on a mac keyboard osx

Having trouble finding the hash key on your Mac keyboard? hold the Alt key down and then press the number 3.

How to repair a VMWare Virtual Disk on OSX

If your having an issue with your virtual disk it is worth trying the following:

1. Open a Terminal window
2. /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory where VM installed)/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ Vista.vmwarevm/Windows\ Vista.vmdk

If this fails with a message like ‘FILE: FileIO_Lock on ‘/Users/Shared/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows Vista.vmwarevm/Windows Vista.vmdk’ failed: Lock timed out’ then:

1. cd /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory where VM installed)/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ Vista.vmwarevm/Windows\ Vista.vmem.lck/
2. rm * and files here
3. cd /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory where VM installed)/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ Vista.vmwarevm/Windows\ Vista.vmx.lck/
4. rm * and files here
5. /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory where VM installed)/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ Vista.vmwarevm/Windows\ Vista.vmdk

now all should be fine.