bye,bye Linux trial
I installed wubi a few months ago. so I could dual boot with ubuntu. Just to see how far linux has come as an option for a business desktop. After fight with my wireless card and video drivers. I was able to get it running on my wireless network at home, but I could never get the fancy desktop (Compiz-fusion) to work correctly.
Now the latest kernel update make my Linux install un-bootable. I really don’t want to spend too much time troubleshooting it. I’ll write down the error and post it here soon.
After spending about 5 months using Linux on and off, mostly at home. I still have way too many windows apps I need at work. I would say Linux still has quite away before it comes a solid business desktop, especially for mobile users.
Here’s some of the past post:
wubi update
WUBI help
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May 11, 2008 1 Comment
BitRipper: convert DVDs to AVI or Mpeg with a single click
I’ve been using DVDx to rip DVD’s to WMV files so they can be streamed to windows media player without any additional installs or codec. I’ll have to checkout BitRipper and what type of mpeg it can rip to.
Description: BitRipper is an integrated DVD ripping and conversion program that provides AVI or Mpeg creation from DVDs in a single step. I’ve been making terrific conversions of DVDs into video files using all freeware tools for a long time, my programs of choice in this regard being AutoGK and more recently Handbrake. Both of these, however, […]
BitRipper: convert DVDs to AVI or Mpeg with a single click
Samer
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:26:50 GMT
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April 28, 2008 No Comments
Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer
These Best Practice Analyzers are some great tools from Microsoft. I’ve used the Exchange one before and its found issues we didn’t even know about. Now they have one from group policies. I know what I’m going to do next week!
Hi, Tim here. Ever heard of a Best Practice Analyzer , otherwise known as a ‘BPA’? It’s a type of tool that many of our product or support teams have been creating the last few years which can be used to gauge the general health of a…(read more)
Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer
NedPyle
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:32:30 GMT
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April 11, 2008 No Comments
Best Practices for ESX Host Partitions
Setting up a new ESX 3 server, here’s a good place to start with the type and size of your partitions.
Installing ESX is fast and simple. By default you could click through the installer GUI changing only your local time zone and end up with a stable, dependable host. However, there are some recommended partitioning best practices that should be followed in order to make sure you minimize possible future headaches and create a repeatable and scalable environment.
VM /ETC » Blog Archive » Best Practices for ESX Host Partitions
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April 5, 2008 No Comments
Potential Problem with ESX 3.0.x and VirtualCenter 2.5
We are still running ESX 3.0.x and VC 2.0.x. I thought about upgrading vcenter first and then just upgrading the servers has time permits. But if there’s going to be odd issues like this, even if its only when you install some patches. I think I’ll try to put together a much shorter timeline to move to 3.5
Heads up—I’ve been alerted to a potential problem when using ESX Server 3.0.x with VirtualCenter 2.5. Quoting from this VMware KB article:
ESX Server 3.0.x hosts managed by VirtualCenter 2.5 must have their Host Agent (hostd) specially configured to work with VirtualCenter 2.5. This configuration is done automatically during the initial installation of the VirtualCenter Agent (vpxa). If an ESX Server patch is subsequently applied that includes the esx-hostd RPM package, like ESX Server patch 1002435, the patch replaces the existing Host Agent (hostd) configuration file (/etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml) and undoes vpxa’s changes. This reverting of the Host Agent configuration file breaks connectivity with VirtualCenter 2.5.
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April 5, 2008 No Comments
SharePoint - across the extranet
More information about sharepoint, this time its how to use to as an extranet.
SharePoint - across the extranet
It’s about time we released details of how to effectively collaborate with people across different companies.
Eileen Brown’s WebLog : SharePoint - across the extranet
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March 29, 2008 No Comments
How to change Windows’ default image editor (and find a good freeware replacement)
Here’s quick instructions on how to change the default editor and a list of free windows image editors.
Description: This posting will describe how to change the default image editor used by Windows using a small freeware program called Imgeditor, and will propose 5 freeware image editing programs that you can use instead (Photoscape, GIMP, Paint.Net, Image, and I.Mage).
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March 28, 2008 1 Comment
Adding Disk to Cluster on Windows 2008
The Cluster Guys have a nice post about a few ways to add a disk to a windows 2008 cluster. I would like to see a similar post for windows 2003 clusters. They don’t seem to allow comments so I’m creating my own post and sending them a pingback 
Windows Cluster 2008 provides multiple ways of adding a disk to an existing cluster. This article will walk you through all the available choices.
Clustering and High Availability : Adding Disk to Cluster
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March 21, 2008 No Comments
Active Directory & Exchange Schema Versions
This is some incredibly usefully information. I’m posting this just for my own need.
If you are running into environments and working on aspects of them such as Exchange, OCS, PKI, or other Active Directory integrated applications, you will encounter situations where you may need to update the AD schema. Of course, the first question is, what version am I at today?
Here’s a handy way to find out:
Query for the objectVersion attribute of the CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=yourdomainhere of your Active Directory domain and compare the value to the table below.
I’ve provided links to the schema update information (where available), if you are curious as to what is updated in each.
objectVersion
AD Schema Update13
Windows 2000 Server30
Windows Server 2003 **** The Windows Server 2003 upgrade from 2000 also adds the CN=Windows2003Update,CN=ForestUpdates,CN=Configuration,DC=yourdomainhere and sets its revision attribute to 9. This hasn’t been used again, yet.
Exchange Server saves the current version of its schema updates in an attribute of two locations.
For /forestprep operations, query the rangeUpper attribute of the CN=ms-Exch-Schema-Version-Pt,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=yourdomainhere object.
For /domainprep operations, query the Microsoft Exchange System Objects object in each domain for its objectVersion value.
The table below provides the number to version translation.
Value
Exchange Version4406
Exchange 2000 Server6936
Exchange Server 200310628
Exchange Server 2007
Active Directory & Exchange Schema Versions
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March 9, 2008 5 Comments
Virtualized Automaton: Ultimate VMware link guide
wow, this list in incredible if you are looking for links about vmware, checkout this site.
Virtualized Automaton: Ultimate VMware link guide
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March 9, 2008 1 Comment
