VMWare ESXi and Windows XP Pro
I have been installing lots of virtual machines on my FREE VMware ESXi server. Most guest OS's install great but I had a problem with Windows XP Pro 32-bit.
When you go through the install Windows XP does not find any hard disks and therefore will not install.
What you need to do is download a file called vmscsi-1.2.0.4.flp and then in the virtual machine setup make sure the floppy setup looks at the contents of the zip file. Then press F6 during install and it will read the file and then find the virtual hard disk.
Outlook Auto Complete
So you have a new pc or a new Outlook profile. You login to your mailbox, all your data is there but your auto complete list which Outlook auto generates has gone, what a pain.
This is actually easy to get back and is basically just a file stored in your user profile on your pc.
Browse to :
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
Look for a file called Outlook.NK2
The name might be different to that but will still have the same extension of .NK2
Copy or rename the file to it matches your Outlook profile name.
Blackberry Professional Software Express
I installed the free 1-user version of Blackberry Pro Software Express (BPS) yesterday and was quite straight forward. This was onto the same server as Exchange 2003.
Just two issues arose which stumped me for a bit.
The first was one of the Curve handsets would not activate. This was because the activation email which came from Blackberry was been caught by Outlook's junk mail filter and was the activation only works if the email is in the main inbox. Turning off the junk filter in Outlook solved that problem.
Using a HTC Device As A Modem under Apple's OS X
In the UK T-Mobile provide an unlimited 3G/HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) Internet connectivity on their handsets for just £7.50 a month.
This makes it a superb way to get Internet connectivity for your laptop, almost anywhere in the UK.
A Macbook with bluetooth, paired with my MDA Vario II (aka HTC Hermes) provides a solid data connection.
Exchange 2003 restore to different server name & 0xC7FE1F42
Getting fed up with 0xC7FE1F42? Well you aren't the only one, here's a quick list of reasons I've found that causes this, and more importantly how to get around it.
Firstly make sure the store you are trying to restore too is offline i.e not mounted.
This is done via ADSIEdit (install from the Windows 2003 CD folder SUPPORT\TOOLS\SUPTOOLS.MSI) then c:\program files\support tools\adsiedit.msc
1. Open ADSI Edit.
Translating Drupal CCK field values
In order for a string to get translated it must be passed through the t() function in PHP code.
When defining the CCK field you need to generate the 'Allowed values' list via PHP code. The box for PHP code is just beneath the normal box. Use code similar to:
return array( 'male' => t('Male'), 'female' => t('Female') );
APC /bin/sh bad interpreter: Permission denied
So I'm trying to install APC, a simple pecl install apc should be enough but it fails with the following:
[root@www3]# pecl install apc downloading APC-3.0.19.tgz ... Starting to download APC-3.0.19.tgz (115,735 bytes) ................done: 115,735 bytes 47 source files, building running: phpize Configuring for: PHP Api Version: 20041225 Zend Module Api No: 20060613 Zend Extension Api No: 220060519 /usr/bin/phpize: /tmp/tmp2gmeEO/APC-3.0.19/build/shtool: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ Control Panel Default Login
Netgear acquired a company called Infrant and rebranded the Infrant kit as netgear, to launch their Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ hardware.
The kit has great reviews, but since Netgear applied V4 of the firmware, and changed the packaging and getting started documentation they have missed off some important getting started information.
As for October 2008 their instructions do not contain the default login details for the control panel at https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/admin web page.
For v4 firmware use:
user: admin
password: netgear1
Cisco VPN error 27848 - Vista reboot deterministic network enhancer reboot
Even with the latest version of the Cisco VPN client (currently 5.0.03.5360) the error 27848 relates to the deterministic network enhancer requiring a reboot first to free up locked resources and to run the install after rebooting.
This lame error is easily fixed by unregistering an old DLL
start -> run regsvr32 /u dneinobj.dll
Rerun the install
Mcafee virusscan disable splash screen
The mcafee virusscan splash screen is annoying, particularly on a terminal server where it takes an eternity to redraw the logo
To disable do this via registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> McAfee -> DesktopProtection Change bSkipSplash from 0 to 1