Fixing Windows Update errors
Posted in Solved Problems, Windows on Feb 27th, 2009
The ultimate .bat-file for completely resetting and fixing all sorts of stupid Windows Update errors
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VMware server uses port 902/TCP for remote connections. It is easy enough to allow outside connections to this port through the Windows Firewall interface in the Control Panel.
However, if you want to do it the “Windows Way (TM)” the trick is to add “vmware-authd.exe”, found in the VMware Server folder in your installation directory, to [...]
Cleaning up my ‘dump’ directory, I found this aging script I got from somewhere, which will check the current CPU usage of a program and kill it if it uses too much. This is useful if you are for some reason forced to run buggy, closed source software which get stuck in endless loops when [...]
So I downloaded this Debian netinstall image… and Windows went suicidal?
Fun with “beep”
Posted in Linux on Oct 22nd, 2008
At the end of my huge list of stuff I always install on a Debian box, I put a “beep” to let me know when it’s done, because I will no doubt be doing something else, most likely on a different screen, when it’s done.
Now, suppose you run a lot of processes you want to [...]
ssh: how to permit root login only from local network / ip
Posted in Howto's on Oct 22nd, 2008
From version 4.3p2, sshd supports an interesting option called Match. At the time of writing, this is the version supplied with Debian Etch (stable).
Disable .bash_history logging in bash, Debian
Posted in Reference on Oct 19th, 2008
I hate the .bash_history file. It never contains what I want, screws up when using multiple sessions and generally contains junk. I like to disable the .bash_history file, while still keeping the ability to push the “up”-key to scroll through earlier commands in the same session.
The way to do this is to set $HISTFILE to [...]
Encrypted swap in Debian
Posted in Howto's on Oct 18th, 2008
So, you got your home directory encryopted, but you’re not sure what sensitive material could end up in swap? After a long day of running a whole lot of applications and processes, many interesting things could potentially wind up there. So here’s how to make sure that data is completely garbled after a reboot.
Vista file transfer estimates: WTF?
Posted in Rants on Oct 8th, 2008
In Windows XP, it seemed like the estimated transfer time of files in a folder, when copying that folder from one place to another, was estimated purely based on the sum of the file sizes and the current transfer speed. It also seemed to have a preference for transferring the larger files first.
What separates a straight network cable from a crossover network cable
Posted in Reference on Oct 6th, 2008
If you’re connecting two machines with just a single network cable, like we did with parallell and serial cables back in the days, you’ve no doubt used a crossover cable. But why is this?