UAC on Windows (Server)……Arggghhhhhhhhhhh!!! Disable it fast!
I never liked UAC. I know, i know it’s for security and lots of people should use it. But not me! 🙂 Yesterday i run into strange problems with servermanagerCMD….. it doesn’t work with UAC on. For those people who want to disable it, go hereRead More →
It’s coming……monday….yeah baby
No not the car! But the laptop! Besides the HP HDX 18 en HP Mini 2101, I thought it was time for a new (mini) laptop. First checked at HP.com but the specs of the lightweight laptop’s where not that great. After some thinking about a MacBook AIR (wow!) IRead More →
PHP – Maximum allowed size for uploaded files – Maximum size of POST data
In order to upload large files to your server with PHP, you need to change 2 parameters in php.ini :Read More →
Any one worked with newsgrabber?
Check it out at : http://www.newsgrabber.nl/?page_id=5 I use Eweka (who doesn’t) and giganews.com, but I got an email from newsgrabber.nl. Anyone tested it?Read More →
Creating a Cluster in Windows Server 2008
Clustering is available in Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise and Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter editions. The improvements to failover clusters (formerly known as server clusters) are aimed at simplifying clusters, making them more secure, and enhancing cluster stability. Cluster setup and management are easier with the new MMC Snap-In management interface,Read More →
HOWTO: Get Fingerprint reader working on HDX18 with Windows 7 64bit
For those people also running Windows 7 64 bit on a HP HDX 18 laptop : This is how you get the fingerprint sensor driver & program working again : Download the Validity Fingerprint Sensor Driver from: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp45001-45500/sp45050.exe Download Digital Persona 4.0.1.3749 64 A from: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp43501-44000/sp43883.exe Install the driver (sp45050)Read More →
Restarting hostd service on the host
Sometime restarting management service on the host will not restart the “hostd ” service. It is in hung state or the script gets stuck when stopping the service. It may happen that the SSH session to the ESX host becomes unresponsive. To restart this without restarting the host follow belowRead More →
Great tool for updating drivers
I run into a nice program, called devicedocter. It´s freeware and it does the job. Identifying and downloading/installing the latest devicedrivers. Check it out : www.devicedoctor.comRead More →
Setting up SNMP on VMware
1. Log onto console first (tty1 preferred – alt F1). 2. Sudo to root su – 3. Open snmp config file nano /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf 4. Edit the following: syslocation Datacentre x Bay x, Row x, Rack Asset x, Uxx-Uxx rocommunity [snmp public string] trapcommunity [snmp admin string] trapsink [ip addressRead More →
Mounting USB Stick on VMware
1. Log onto console first (tty1 preferred – alt F1) 2. Plug in USB stick 3. You should see a message detailing device inserted 4. Look for a device ID assigned by ESX to the USB. For example ‘/dev/sda’ 5. Mount USB device: mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash 6. sda1Read More →