When attempting to burn a CD with iTunes you may receive the below error.

ERROR: The attempt to burn a disc failed. An unknown error occured (-50)

If you do receive this error check and make sure that the playlist isn’t longer than the amount of room on the CD. In my case I noticed this error and one of the songs had an odd problem that made it show over 780 hours in the playlist however when playing the actual song it was only 3 minutes long.

Removing the song from the playlist you are attempting to burn and then starting the burn process again you should be able to burn the CD without issue.

This post is simply to provide a reference point for post tags associated with the FlashViewer apps within NextGen Gallery. I typically post using TiltViewer so I always forget exactly what the tags are when I am posting with SimpleViewer, AutoViewer, or PostcardViewer. Below is a listing of all four of the FlashViewer types and what the specific different tag options mean.

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I was helping a user out today who had issues opening a .doc Word file in MS Word 2007. The user was getting the following error.  

“You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting.”

It appears the document he was opening was probably created in a very old version (pre-97) of Word, so the standard Compatability Mode in Word 2007 wasn’t picking it up. The easiest way to allow these older .doc files to open in Word 2007 is to follow the steps below. If you are new to editing the registry, you may want to back it up first. You should also make sure that any Office applications are closed before starting this process.

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Stardock provides some very nice customization programs to modify and tweak your Windows look and feel. If you purchase anything that requires installing the Impulse engine, you might run into the following error:

The error IMPD01-300 comes up during the installation saying it can’t connect for updates.  In order to work around this error you need to download the full installer and use that to install the application.

You can get the full installer here.

The error message that states “The handle is invalid” can appear for numerous reasons. Directly after this error we attempted to print from MS Word and we were told there as well that a problem with the printer existed. We then remembered that we had just completed a routine patch update to Windows Vista so we decided to look back in the logs. Sure enough one of the items that was upgraded was a printer driver for a Samsung printer.

To resolve this issue we opened up the control panel and selected the Samsung printer to print a test page. Just to note the computer had already been rebooted after the patch upgrade. If it had not been rebooted that would have been the first step. Follow the quick steps below to see how the problem resolved itself for us.

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