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I stumbled across a website today while I was looking for some documentation and wanted to share it with you. makeuseof.com is a pretty cool website that gives free guides and cheat sheets. If you are prompted to enter a password to download a PDF, you just enter makeusof into the blank and click the “Download Now” button. One of… Continue reading website recommendation
I need to ask that you will pray for my family. My dad’s kidney function is now below 11% and he has had an arteriovenous fistula implant to prepare for dialysis. He needs a kidney transplant and has had quite a few other people go through the process to be tested as a donor, but they have all failed for… Continue reading Prayer Request 07-10
If you want to enable SNMP on ESXi 5 or ESXi 4, follow these steps: Connect to your vMA instance through Putty, SecureCRT or whatever app you use. Add the server: vifp addserver vs-esxi.yourdomain.com (This is only needed if you haven’t already added the target!) Set your target: vifptarget -s vs-esxi.yourdomain.com Configure SNMP Community: vicfg-snmp –communities vscomname Configure SNMP Trap… Continue reading Enabling SNMP on ESXi 5
I was working on a Server 2008 box the other day and saw that the hard drive was getting low on space. I knew that the WinSXS folder was consuming a lot of space, so I did some digging and found a way to clean up some space. You can remove the backups from installing Windows Service Pack 1 using… Continue reading Cleanup WinSXS Windows 2008 R2 SP1
A great Android App was recommended to me a few weeks ago by my Uncle, and I had to share it. FoxFi enables WiFi or Bluetooth Hotspot on your Android phone – no tether plan or rooting required! Take a look at some of the reviews in Android Market. To install, on your phone go to foxfi.com. FoxFi is much… Continue reading Android’s free WiFi Hotspot (without root!)
For some reason, I always forget the command to get to the graphical package manager in CentOS 6.2, so I wanted to share it with you for future reference. The installed graphical package manager is gpk-application
This week, I have been using ZoneMinder. ZoneMinder is a Linux video camera security and surveillance solution. The installation was a breeze on an Ubuntu 12.04 system, and I installed a couple of cameras and had the system recording within about 20 minutes. I have a camera set up in my garage, so I can check to make sure I… Continue reading Software Recommendation
I was tired of having to type my password everytime my screen saver came on while I was using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop. Unfortunately they don’t make this easy any longer. Here is what you will need to do to remove the screen saver lock. Open a terminal and enter this command: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false The lock has… Continue reading Disable ScreenSaver Lock in Ubuntu 12.04
A friend of mine called the other day quite upset that a glass of water had spilled on their laptop. Here are a few tips if you spill a liquid on your laptop. 1. Unplug the laptop from AC power and remove the battery. You can seriously damage the circuitry if you leave it running. 2. Immediately find someone that… Continue reading So your laptop went for a swim?
I am usually not a big fan of free Anti Virus software. There are names out there like Avast!, AVG, Avira, or ClamAV, but the best free Anti Virus software I have found yet is Microsoft Security Essentials. MSE has found more spyware and malware than any other AV software I have used, and it finds it faster than the… Continue reading Free Anti Virus