Archlinux install UAR package (Arch User Repository)

Some packages are not in the default repositories you can install these on a alternative way. First install the base development tools: #pacman -S base-devel #pacman -S wget #pacman -S sudo Go to https://aur.archlinux.org and find you package Find the tarball, right click it and copy link location Wget the package (example nemo-fm) and install the package $cd ~ $wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ne/nemo-fm/nemo-fm.tar.gz $tar xvzf nemo-fm.tar.gz $cd nemo-fm $makepkg -s $sudo pacman -U nemo-fm-1.0.2-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz Have fun :)

October 1, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Howto remove all kind of malware, rootkits, trojans and virusses

Best way to clean malware, rootkits, trojans and virusses (I call it malware from now on) is to backup your data, scan your data with another computer, remove your partition, reinstall Windows, install a virusscanner, update your Windows and put you data back. This is the safest method and I allways recommend this to people. But if you don’t want to reinstall everything you can follow this steps to get a infected pc clean. ...

September 9, 2012 · 2 min · thomasf

Stub zone easy explained

The difference between stub zone and secondary DNS zones… It all relates to replication, efficiency and availability. Think of it like this: There are two cities, London and Manchester. London has 100 people, each with a book full of information (so 100 books in total). You are in Manchester and you want to be able to have access to the information in these “books”. There are two ways to do this as follows: a) Another 100 people appear in London, they each make a copy of a book, and they each take their own car in order to drive to Manchester to meet you and give you the books. This causes a traffic jam due to the high number of people driving on the highway. ...

August 14, 2012 · 2 min · thomasf

Access Denied Roaming Profile

By default the Roaming profile is only accessible for the owner (end-user) and the system account. I found a post on the internet with a workaround to access the profile without problems to the end user. Using two tools, the first is SubInAcl.exe available from Microsoft (download), and the second is cacls.exe which you should already have by default in Windows. These first two commands will give the local administrators group ownership of the user’s folder and everything underneath. NOTE: This will not change any existing permissions. ...

August 14, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Spam free internet

Maybe it’s a illusion but if every one use a mail SPF DNS record and everyone will bounce or filter domains without a SPF the internet is spam free :-) Microsoft has a nice wizard to create a SPF for your own domain: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/content/technologies/senderid/wizard/

August 11, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Error 29528 When Installing SQL Service Pack 4

Today I had this problem for the second time. Last time it cost me 3 hours to find the solution. Now I find your article and I fixed it in 30 minutes :) My Exact error was (summary.txt): MSP Error: 29528 The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Setting Internal Properties. The error is: Fatal error during installation. The workaround resolution involves the following steps: For a stand-alone installation of SQL Server 2005 ...

August 1, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Enable Colors Linux Terminal

nano ~/.bashrc Remove the # or add a new line: force_color_prompt=yes

July 28, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

[Ubuntu 12.04] Install ATI Video Drivers

First, check the software sources, then paste this command into the terminal: sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs dh-make dkms execstack dh-modaliases fakeroot If you have a 64 bit system, do this step: sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 lib32gcc1 libc6-i386 cd /usr sudo ln -svT lib /usr/lib64 Paste these commands into the terminal to create a new folder and download your driver: cd ~/ mkdir catalyst12.4 cd catalyst12.4/ wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run chmod +x amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run 4-A) IF you have Intel HD graphics AND discrete ATI GPU, then do this(and reboot): ...

July 28, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Raspberry PI Beginner Tips

This week I have my new toy. A raspberry PI :-) I will post in this article nice articles you definitely needed when you have a Raspberry also. Extra hardware you need: SD Card, USB Keyboard, HDMI Cable, USB Wifi module/Ethernet Connection, Phone Charger with micro USB connection Recommended Linux Distribution: Raspbian “Wheezy” @ http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads Installation : http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup Audio: http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Sound Alsa fix: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=7107 Wifi: http://www.raspberrypi-tutorials.co.uk/set-raspberry-pi-wireless-network/ Wifi Tip: to get a nice WPA script type the following: #wpa_passphrase ssidname ssidpassword Which board do you have: http://elinux.org/RaspberryPi_Boards

July 22, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

[Linux] Debian install additional locales

#dpkg-reconfigure locales Now select you locale (for NL choose nl_NL.UTF8). Then select a default (or none for default system locale). If you use the locale for apache restart your apache #/etc/init.d/apache2 restart Now you can define your locate trough you php config files. More info: http://wiki.debian.org/Locale

June 28, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf