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How to AirPrint through Windows 7

hstagner — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:36:16 +0000

So iOS 4.2 is finally out enabling Airprint functionality for a select few printers (namely the HP Eprint line). What if you don’t have a new wizbang printer? Early in the beta of iTunes 10.1 you could use Airprint to print to Mac OSX and Windows Shared Printers. Sadly, they took that functionality out in the release.

Here’s how to get it back.

1- Install iTunes 10.1
2- Download AirPrint.zip (airprint.exe, libairprint.dll, XpdfPrint.dll)
3- Unzip it.
4- Make a folder, “C:\Program Files (x86)\AirPrint\”
5- Copy the files to “C:\Program Files (x86)\AirPrint\”
6- Run “cmd.exe” as administrator
7- Run the following commands (There should be a space between ‘=’ and ‘”‘)

Windows 64bits:
sc.exe create AirPrint binPath= “C:\Program Files (x86)\AirPrint\airprint.exe -s” depend= “Bonjour Service” start= auto
sc.exe start AirPrint

Windows 32bits:
sc.exe create AirPrint binPath= “C:\Program Files\AirPrint\airprint.exe -s” depend= “Bonjour Service” start= auto
sc.exe start AirPrint

8- Let Windows Firewall allow AirPrint to communicate on the networks (Double click on the airprint.exe)

You can download Airprint.zip from the MacRumors Forums where I found this solution.

Happy Printing!

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Pictures Missing from iPhoto Library

hstagner — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:13:11 +0000

Google Query: iphoto not showing all pics in the library

My wife loves her MAC. Ever since we switched her to it from a PC, I have not had to do tech support at home. However, sometimes even MACs do strange things. My wife noticed that not all of the pictures were showing up in her iPhoto Library. I took a look and was about to resort to the daily backup that we do on her MAC.

However, Google came to the rescue again. After a quick search, I found the answer on the Apple Forums. Basically, I had to rebuild the iPhoto database by taking these steps:

Launch iPhoto with the Command + Option keys depressed.
Follow the onscreen instructions to rebuild the iPhoto database and thumbnail cache.

That’s it! After about 10 Minutes the iPhoto database had been rebuilt and the pictures were showing up again. Happy Photo browsing!

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Free Crossover on Ubuntu FTW!

hstagner — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:14:42 +0000

I had been contemplating getting Crossover for a while because it is an “easier to setup” WINE implementation. But, I don’t like paying for stuff when I could do it myself for free. Now I can get the best of both worlds! In case you are wondering Crossover lets you run some Windows applications on your Mac or Linux machine without using a virtual machine.

Today and tomorrow only, Codeweavers is offering their products for free! How cool is that? You could run Office with Crossover, but we all know you will be running Team Fortress 2 or World of Warcraft. Happy Gaming!

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