David Orlo .com | Monthly Archives: February 2012

iMac 2006 Core Duo to Core 2 Duo, Memory, Hard Drive Upgrade

Posted on February 18, 2012 by David Orlo

Yes you can upgrade a weak old Core Duo iMac into a decent performing modern machine that will support the latest Mac OS and if your interested, allow you to program for the iPhone and iPad. Note: this isn’t for the faint hearted and later when I have more time I will revise this posting with more detail and I will break out the images from the gallery or add captions to the gallery photos to give a better understanding of what is going on in each photo. The first thing you need to do it open up the iMac,

WordPress prompts for FTP credentials when trying to update plugins and themes

Posted on February 16, 2012 by David Orlo

There is a simple fix for this annoying prompt and I will cut to the short of it. FTP to your WordPress installation directory and copy the wp-config.php to your local machine. Open the file in your favorite editor and paste the following code right into the file near the top or bottom it doesn’t matter which.

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Warning: Unable to locate the required Sysprep files. \sysprep\svr2003

Posted on February 16, 2012 by David Orlo

Warning: Unable to locate the required Sysprep files. Please upload them under C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep\svr2003 if you have been running into this error there is a simple fix although not usually the one posted all over the web about downloading them from Microsoft’s website. Maybe they are on there somewhere but here is the easy solution. Insert the Windows 2003 x86 CD it doesn’t if its R2, SP2 or whatever as long as its x86 or x64 to match the version of the OS your trying to copy over. Open the directory on YOUR Machine, NOT the server your