Error: Data source name not found and no default driver specified Platform: Windows7 (64 bit), MS Office 2010 (32 bit) After downloading and installing the ODBC driver from oracle.com for 64 bit, this is the error observed when trying to access a MySQL server via Micrsoft Word VBA using a connection string: conn.connectionString = "Driver={MySL …

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This became an issue due to an old Dell Poweredge 750 Server which we were trying to build into a simple SAN. The long and the short of it was that we needed to upgrade the BIOS to A06 (which can be found here). The BIOS is installable via floppy (no floppy drives), Red Hat …

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This article details how to fix the seemingly eternal windows error from XP onwards: “Controls on this property sheet are disabled because one or more other network property sheets are already open ..” Scenario: You boot your PC and want to change your IP / DNS / other network setting and you get: “The controls …

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