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2006-06-07 11:16
2006-06-07 11:16
If you use automatic updates, sometimes you get the tray icon which notifies you that some Windows updates are available, so you accept to download them first, and install them later; then… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I had an old Debian Etch machine which I did not upgrade for some time, and when I attempted to install ghostscript by using Synaptic, I've got some unmet dependencies errors with libc6 and… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Google Update is a tool that Google installs on a pc when some other Google software is installed, and runs each time Windows starts; it's supposed to update Google software, but a comprehe… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A classic calendar made with OpenOffice Calc:
The cells with orange background are Italian holidays, and the background has been added manually (no formula); Easter is missing because its ca… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Type about:config in the address bar, read the warning and confirm.
Then change the value of browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction to 0.
Done.
See mozillazine about:config FAQ for a detail… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
With my LCD monitor, a LG 1718S, the characters appear too much narrow on the screen, especially using Excel sheets: I tried all OSD settings but the characters are so much thin that they're… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Introduction
Steps
Pictures
(Updated Aug 12 2012)
(Updated Aug 29 2013)
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2006-06-07 11:16
Introduction
Package
Pictures
Info
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2006-06-07 11:16
While I was logging on from a remote console through RDP I've got a message telling me that the user profile is damaged. I was able to log on and I lost all the settings: desktop, menu and a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
"If you had a PC and you listened to MP3s in the late 90s, chances are you managed your playlists with Winamp." This is how TechCrunch begins the news of AOL going to shut down Winamp websit… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A very few not obvious hints to clean Windows XP and get some free space:
%windir%\Installer
If you manually delete some files or the entire folder you couldn't be able to uninstall the rel… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you want to connect to your home computer using rdp when you are not home and are connected to the internet, you have to open a port on your firewall; changing the standard rdp port on bo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
To know which is the username associated with a known SID (Security Identifier), open the registry (regedit.exe) at this location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVer… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
CodeLobsterLicense: Freeware (registration required); Professional version is shareware and it's included with the freeware version for a trial period, after that the professional version's… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
To get access to the content of a virtual machine image or a ISO file, follow these steps:
associate the file with a loop device node:# losetup /dev/loop0 /var/otheros.img
list the partition… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
You need to install Icecast and Winamp with the Shoutcast plugin for Winamp.
In this howto I explain:
how to set up Icecast and Shoutcast plugin to broadcast audio over a LAN or the internet… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is one of the many ways to keep order amongst audio files and to catalog them. The purpose of cataloging is to have an instrument to always know where a MP3 or OGG file is, if it has be… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In regular expressions there are some constructs that influence the way a pattern is matched:Non-greedy ?
Non-capturing (?:pattern)
Positive lookahead (?=pattern)
Negative lookahead (?!patte… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This 3Com product has many functions: router, firewall, adsl modem, wireless access point, 4 port switch. 3Com chose to give two names to its products: a name for the market (as the long nam… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Introduction
Package
Pictures
GPS accuracy
Connecting to internet via bluetooth phone
Troubleshooting
Conclusion
(Updated Jul 24 2011)
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2006-06-07 11:16
Some months ago I made some experiments with Xen and I succeeded to install and run Windows XP as a guest using Xen 3.0. In that case Windows was located in a single file and was installed t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I am coming from a bloody week of wrestling against packages, bugs and "make world"s trying to run Xen in Ubuntu 6.06 amd64 on an AM2 3800+ and to make a Windows XP Pro domU.
I searched on t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Introduction
Pictures
Making a flat surface
Installing - ouch, it's not compatible with some MSI K9N Platinum
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2006-06-07 11:16
Introduction
Pictures
Installation
Performance
Conclusion
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2006-06-07 11:16
Introduction
Pictures
Making a flat surface
Installing
Clearance
Results
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2006-06-07 11:16
It is possible to directly open the control panel configuration dialogs writing commands in the Run dialog or in a dos prompt window:control admintools: open Administrative Toolscontrol date… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Windows Remote Desktop allows to remotely get a Windows session on a Windows XP/2000/2003 machine on which it is enabled from any machine running the RDP client: the RDP client asks the name… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A few hours ago while I was using my pc suddenly Windows froze completely (mouse was stuck and Ctrl+Alt+Del did nothing). It's not astonishing but I was quite surprised because such a freeze… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
With the summer approaching, I am making some experiments trying to cool my pc as much as possible while keeping it quiet. Now, airflow in the case is made by 2 fans: the intake fan, a Papst… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The main problem of the Antec SLK3000B case is it converts hard disk vibrations to noise, and this is the most annoying noise coming from my pc when the fans are set at the lowest speed. In… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Problem: I got myself locked out of my pc
Solution: access the registry from outside Windows and change the account lockout settings
After enabling Remote Desktop access to access from my no… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
FileDate ChangerLicense: freewareAuthor: NirSoftInstall: noSize: 50 KBytesRequirement: Windows 95 or later, comctl32.dll
With this very little tool you can change the Created/Modified/Acce… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
ConvertLicense: freewareAuthor: Josh MadisonInstall: no (optional installer available)Size: 560 KBytes (153 KBytes compressed)Requirement: Windows 95 or later
Convert is a compact and simp… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Panorado FlyerLicense: freeware for private useAuthor: Karl MaloszekInstall: yesSize: 250 KBytes (114 KBytes installer)Requirement: Windows with COM support
Panorado Flyer is a compact pro… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
CamStudioLicense: freewareAuthor: RenderSoftInstall: yesSize: 8 MB (1.3 MB install), 33 KB codecRequirement: Windows 95 or later, comctl32.dll
CamStudio is a free screen and audio recordin… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I'll try to answer these questions:
What is AMD Cool'n'Quiet?
Requirements
Does it really work?
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2006-06-07 11:16
Run Group Policy (gpedit.msc) and go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> QoS Packet Scheduler and change "Limit reservable bandwidth" to "Enabled" wi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Just execute mysqld with the --log[=filename] or -l[=filename] command-line option.
If filename is omitted, hostname.log will be created in the mysql data directory.
Or edit my.ini adding l… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
With this little and very simple tutorial I will explain what I did to:
install VMWare for Windows
run Debian virtual appliance
connect from Windows host to Linux guest and connect from Linu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
With this little tutorial I will explain what I did to:
install Qemu and its accelerator kqemu
create an image file where the guest operating system will be installed
install and the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I need Perl to run Blosxom, an open source and free CGI script to create blogs.
So I installed WAMP5 1.6.4a and ActivePerl 5.8.8.817 with MSI installer.
I already have my site on my disk, so… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I wrote some post on my new site created with Blosxom and I wanted to insert some images that I put in a directory called images under my website address root.
I found different solutions:Se… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I have a SATA disk and a EIDE disk, I installed Linux on the SATA disk and now I want to install Windows on the EIDE disk.
Because Windows must be installed on the disk that boot first, I en… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
On my old pc I installed Apache, MySQL and PHP singularly, and I made some PHP scripts to be runned from command-line, like this:
c:\php\php -f myscript.php
On my new pc I installed WAMP5… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Here is how I satisfied my need to have a LAN messaging program, not really to chat with other users on the same LAN, which I could do, but to copy and paste links or texts between a rdp cli… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
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If you get this error on YouTube trying to:
remove some or all videos from YouTube "Watch History"
"Clear all watch histo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
How to pause / suspend / sleep a running command in a terminal?
Press Ctrl+S
How to resume the paused command?
Press Ctrl+Q Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
To dismount TrueCrypt volumes at shutdown and reboot time, I created a script, put it in/etc/init.d/ and symlinked it into the needed /etc/rc?.d/ directories using update-rc.d.
Here is the d… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Rename all *html files to *test:
for x in `ls *html`; do mv $x `echo $x | sed -e "s/html/test/"`; done
Bash for:
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2006-06-07 11:16
This blog is born in August 2006 and it's about computing science: software reviews, configurations, tutorials, howtoes, for both Windows and Linux, hardware reviews, problems and relative s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Using bloxsom as my weblog designing application, I had to provide some settings to the Apache .htaccess configuration file to fine-tune the usage of my site:tell Apache to load index.cgi in… Read More
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