Monthly Archives: June 2008

How to burn APE/CUE combo as a disc

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Sometimes I have an APE/CUE image combo of a CD on my computer and I want it on a CD for playing in the car or such, but I don’t have a CD Burning program that can automatically burn an APE/CUE combo as a whole disc with seperate tracks. I do however have a program that can burn a WAV/CUE combo as a disc.

What I do to achieve this is use a converter program (I prefer dbPowerAmp Music Converter with the APE codec plugin) to convert the APE file into a WAV file. I then edit the CUE file to read the filename of my WAV file instead of my APE file. Then, I feed the CUE file to my CD Burning program and I get the disc I want, seperated into the tracks I want.

It works very well. I guess I could get a program that just burns the APE/CUE combo, but I like the tools I have. Besides, what fun is there in having something work perfectly without just a -little- hacking? :)

HP LJ 1020 Spooler Service Restart Revisited

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My previous fix for the HP LaserJet 1020 Spooler Service Restart issue did not stick. Upon reboot of the server, the problem returned and was not correctable in the manner previously described.

I researched the issue again and found a Microsoft forum post where they actually fixed the issue. The fix goes as follows:

  • NOTE: Do this on the machine connected to the printer.
  • Run gpdedit.msc
  • Go to “Local Computer Policies\Administrative Templates\Printers”
    • Set the setting “Allow print spooler to accept client connections” to “Enabled”
  • Go to “User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Printers\”
    • Set the setting “Point and Print Restrictions” to “Disabled”
  • Close the Group Policy Editor
  • Go into the Printers and Faxes control panel, right click on the printer and hit properties.
  • Click the “Ports” tab
  • Uncheck “Enable Bidirectional Printing”
  • Close the Printer panels/windows
  • Run a command line, type in “gpupdate /force”, and hit enter

Fixed!

The forum fix was here.

Inanis.net Server Upgrade

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Had some extra hardware come into my possession, so I upgraded the Inanis.net server today. Upgraded the Athlon XP 1700+ to a 2800+, bumped it up to 1GB RAM, doubled the Hard Drive to 80GB and replaced the motherboard (or mobo, to the geeks). I had planned on putting the new CPU and RAM in the original mobo, but I found out the old mobo had a couple of capacitors that were starting to puff up, so I went full tilt. This upgrade was much easier than the last one I did. I used CloneZilla to copy the Hard Drive, and brought the new machine up beside the old one, to reduce downtime. I got the X Server configured correctly and made sure the network card worked properly (which, this time, was not an issue, not like last time), then switched the box over. Total downtime: about 10 minutes.

Life goes on.