Thoughts on many things
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Essential Console commands in Linux
Having once again forgotten most of the commands I use in the command shell in Linux in general and Ubuntu especially, I did a quick google search, which turned up this thread at the Ubuntuforums. The thread had two amazingly useful links, both of which referred to quick reference cheat sheets provided by FOSSwire.com Here…
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Ubuntu: Reinstalling MadWifi
I’ve been having some problems connecting my EeePC to wireless networks of late. The problem was that it didn’t detect available wireless networks, nor did it connect to the ones I’d already defined. It runs Ubuntu 8.04, and I originally had to fuss around a bit to get the Atheros WLAN card to work.…
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Reducing memory usage in Mozilla Firefox
If you’re like me, you use Mozilla Firefox as your preferred web browser. However, Firefox has one great weakness; its great love of RAM. I browsed around the web a bit, and found this workaround, which should help a bit at least. I have tried it, and it worked nicely for me. What this…
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Installing printers using a batch script
Part of my job is installing printers for users. Now, I could just go on mapping the printserver and finding the printer from there, but that takes a lot of time, as we have some 100 plus printers per printserver. Instead, I spent an hour creating batch scripts, and have since used them to install…
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FileZilla – the only FTP client you’ll ever need.
In managing two websites of my own, and one for an organisation I’m involved with, not to mention just to upload all the pictures I use in this blog, I use an excellent little application called FileZilla. Simply put, it’s an FTP client, a program designed to upload and download files using the File Transfer…
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Sametime: Resolving "There was an error opening a chat session…" errors
I recently encountered the following error message when trying to initiate a chat session with a colleague. Apparently, the error “0x80000005” means “The element is non-existent”. What happens is that when I tried to initialize a chat with my colleague, the Sametime client tries to open a Sametime channel to this user. It…
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Update your computer now!
I rarely write posts off the cuff, but this warrants it. Microsoft has released Security Bulletin MS08-059, along with a hotfix for the problem detailed. There are already exploits in the wild to take advantage of the hotfix. What I ask is simply this: Update your computer. Run Windows Update, and update your computer.…
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Resolving COM port conflicts in Mobile broadband cards
I was called out to help with a problem that had stumped a few of our more experienced techs. The problem was that a user was unable to use her Mobile Broadband USB device. The specific device we use is supplied by one of the major norwegian telecoms, Telenor. It is a Globetrotter HSDPA…
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Thin client unable to connect to server
My employer has a few locations that uses thin clients. The thin clients they use are HP t5520, which are configured using a predefined script installed from a USB memory stick. When setting up these clients, I’ve noticed a problem that they are unable to connect to the server, and simply returns to the connect…
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Finding the name of a service
In my last post, I showed you how to use a batch script to start a service from a desktop shortcut. The command we used was the net start command. In order to use it, you need to find the name of the service you want to start. Here’s how: In the startmenu, click run…