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Outlook Profile backup

Feb 10

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I googled for quite some time but could not find anything…

I knew there was a registry key for this but it wasn’t so easy to find….

after digging the net / google for more than 30 minutes, I finally found the way to do it…

Just locate the following key in registry (start – run – regedit):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook

Then right click on the key, outlook and select option, Export…save it anywhere you want…

and run it while restoring your outlook.

This will restore your old outlook profile with all email accounts and rules.

But, you will have to enter passwords for the accounts again. It does not store the user passwords.

Pasted from <http://www.whoisdeep.com/2006/03/07/backup-email-accounts-in-microsoft-outlook-2003/>

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rsnapshot (Linux backup with versioning)

Feb 10

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Apt-get install rsnapshot

Edit the rsnapshot.conf file -> vim /etc/rsnapshot.conf

If you do the install from the rsnapshot site instead of from the aptitude repository for debian then the default location for rsnapshot.conf is /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf

Set the snapshot root directory -> (this is the directory where the revisioned backups will be stored to)

If this directory doesn’t already exist, you will need to create it.


Set the intervals (really, this just controls how many sets of backups will be retained before being overwritten by the next one. For example, if you set the weekly interval to “3″ as below, then that means once you reach “weekly.2″ in /backup then it will start over with weekly.0 again. Notice that the newest ones are always kept in the [hourly/daily/weekly].0 folder.


Cron is what controls the actual timing of the backups and ensures that they are done on the hour, daily, or weekly.

Go to /etc/cron.[hourly/daily/weekly] and create a file named rsnapshot[hourly/daily/weekly] corresponding to each matching folder.

Contents of files: ( [ … ] represents a set of options. It means that you create 3 different files and in each of those files you have just one of the [ ] options, correspondingly.

#!/bin/sh
#
# rsnapshot cron [hourly/daily/weekly]
rsnapshot [hourly/daily/weekly]

Then you need to be sure to make the newly created bash scripts executable using the following:

chmod u+x rsnapshot… (whatever the filename is)

Test it by running “rsnapshot configtest”

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Windows 7 old QuickLaunch

Jan 13

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I do not like the large spacing that does not seem to be adjustable in the Windows 7 taskbar. I spent some time googling and found the post below that I have re-posted here. Hooray!

THE GOOD OL’ QUICK LAUNCH SOLUTION

1.Right click on the taskbar
2.Select : Toolbars—>”New Toolbar”
3.Enter this line in the folder line :

%SystemDrive%\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

4.Make sure the right folder appeared on the list, then press “Select Folder”
5.Unlock the taskbar

Voila! Seems like you got the good ol’ quick launch bar

via http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-discussion/1163-taskbar-customization.html

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Ubuntu Hardy repositories

Jan 12

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Using Command Line (Only for advanced Users)

To enable the universe and multiverse repositories using the command line, you can execute the following steps:

Open a terminal and open your sources.list file using the following command

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Assuming you are using the default sources.list, you should be able to replace everything currently in that file with the following

## MAIN REPOSITORIES
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse

## MAJOR BUG FIX UPDATES produced after the final release
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse

## UBUNTU SECURITY UPDATES
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse

If you wish to enable the backports and proposed repositories as well (recommended), then add these lines as well

## BACKPORTS REPOSITORY
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## PROPOSED REPOSITORY
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

Now save and close the file, and then reload new source list using the following command

sudo apt-get update

If that command runs with no errors, then you have successfully enabled the universe and multiverse repositories.

via: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-enable-the-universe-and-multiverse-repositories-in-ubuntu-804-hardy.html

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VMWare WordPerfect Dos printing

Jan 7

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I set up DOS printing from within a VM machine with Windows ME loaded for Allen Merrill.  Here are the steps I took.

1 – Download the AWESOME dos drivers made available here.
2 – Move the downloaded executable “wp51hplj.exe” to the WP folder.
3 – Double click it to extract the contents to the current folder.
4 – I couldn’t figure out how to change the default printer that is selected within WP for dos.  It kept defaulting back to LaserJetIIIP for me.  So, my solution was to rename the file to match the name of the printer driver that would always come up as the default when I went into the WP printer options.

Go to this columbia.edu page for full instructions on how to install the print driver for WP for Dos 5.1+ that you have downloaded.

Based on info from this site, you may need to use the built-in HP Laserjet6L PCL driver.



WordPerfect Shift F7 settings

This is the Printer settings page for WP 5.1. For me the printer would always default to HP LaserJet IIIP. From here hit "s" and it will take you to the next screen.


HP LaserJet IIIP file name

Here we see the actual name of the HP LaserJet IIIP print driver -> "HPLASIII.PRS".


We see here that the file name for the downloaded HP Dos printer driver is HL12SEPC.PRS

We see here that the file name for the downloaded HP Dos printer driver is HL12SEPC.PRS


The new printer will show up after you have copied the .PRS file into the correct folder.


HP Laserjet IIIP

Mine would always default to HP LaserJet IIIP even after I had selected the new 1200 laserjet driver.


Rename the HPLASIII.PRS file to HPLASIII.old

Rename the HPLASIII.PRS file to HPLASIII.old

Rename the new HL12SEPC.PRS file..

Rename the new HL12SEPC.PRS file..

to HPLASIII.PRS

to HPLASIII.PRS. Now it will show that you are using the HP LaserJet IIIP printer, but you are actually using the new print driver for the HL12SEPC.PRS

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Audio solution for VMWare Server

Dec 12

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  1. Install SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe and restart your windows 98.
  2. Copy the file eapci8m.ecw into C:\windows\system.
  3. On the Windows Start menu, click Settings, click Control Panel, click System.
  4. In the System Properties, click Device Manager, expand Sound, video and game controller, click SB PCI(WDM), click Properties.
  5. In the SB PCI(WDM), click Settings.
  6. In the MIDI Synthesizer Waveset, click Add WaveSet.
  7. Select the file eapci8m.ecw in C:\windows\system, click OK.
  8. 8 MB GM/GS Waveset ver 5 will be displayed under MIDI Synthesizer Waveset.
  9. Click OK twice to exit and restart your windows 98.

     
     

    Pasted from <http://www.techbug.com/en/?p=16>

     
     

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Windows 98 file sharing

Dec 11

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I spent a while trying to figure out why I couldn’t connect to a Win98 folder share that I had in a VMWare Virtual Machine. I was using Share-Level access control:


So I should have been able to just provide the password and I would be good to go. But I could not get connected. I kept getting a prompt for the password and it kept telling me the password was incorrect.

 
 

Long story short.. I finally realized that Win98 only allows up to 8 characters for a share-level password.


I was inputting a 9 character password and didn’t realize that it was cutting off the last character. Of course Windows XP accepts more than 8 characters for a password and so it was happily accepting all 9 characters and consequently it was not matching up with the password contained on the Win98 share which was comprised of only the first 8 characters.

I cut off the last character for the password I was inputting on the XP side and Walla. Problem solved.

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Ping – “Hardware Error”

Nov 25

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I went over to Blaine Steele’s house to help him with a wireless router issue. Everything worked fine if wired through the router, but intermittent problems through wireless connection. Ping responses were up and down, sometimes wouldn’t connect to AP, other times it would and then couldn’t get a PING response from the default GW.

When PINGING 192.168.1.1 I would get “Hardware Error” as a response. I searched online for a while without finding any solutions.

Here is the solution:

The channel that the wireless access point was operating on was getting interference from some other device in the vicinity. Just try different channels on the wireless router until the problem clears.

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Possible way to allow VPN connection from UBCD4WIN (Haven’t tested)

Nov 18

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Re: HELP NEEDED: how to restore WAN Miniport (PPTP) device

Sep 5th, 2006

This is how to do it:
1. Download devcon.exe from some Microsoft site. You can google for it.

2. Open netrasa.inf in c:\windows\inf (c:\winnt\inf on win2k I guess)

3. Look for the section [Msft.NTx86]

4. In the DeviceID column, you can see the installable devices.

5. Run this command to install the WAN Miniport (PPTP):
devcon.exe install c:\windows\inf\netrasa.inf MS_PptpMiniport

6. You can install the other devices similarly. I think you will need MS_L2tpMiniport, MS_PtiMiniport, MS_NdisWanIp, MS_PppoeMiniport additionally

Best Regards
Bence

via http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread18016.html#.

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ThinkVantage System Update issue resolution

Nov 13

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This page was invaluable -> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-prior-T-series-ThinkPad/Removing-Old-IBM-Update-Connector/m-p/2418

I was attempting to get the Recovery CD from Lenovo and they have a ridiculous policy now of not even making the CD available for purchase if you are out of warranty. I found this page expressing similar frustration -> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS

I had removed the recovery partition to free up space without realizing (until I went through all this hassle) how difficult it is to get the files back because of Lenovo’s policies. The “c:\ibmtools” applications are not available anywhere online. I was starting to look at some newsgroups (usenet) to see if I could get them from someone, but ended up using this resolution and so I don’t need to pursue that anymore. I haven’t used newsgroups at all before and was not familiar with them. I started looking into them but now I don’t think I’ll follow up on it because I have other things that will be a better use of my time for now.

I was trying to install the system update and I was getting a message saying an older version was installed and it needed to be removed, would you like to remove it? I said yes, and then it came back with the error message saying “This action is only valid for products that are currently installed.” Hmmm, that sounded familiar. ;) But, it wasn’t a simple shortcut problem. The actual executable was missing. It resided in the “c:\ibmtools\apps” folder which was no longer there because I must have removed it at some point in the past. That’s why I was going to go through the whole system restore to factory defaults so I could get the contents of that folder which was included with the factory default install.

Anyway, here’s the solution:

systemupdate314-2008-5-15.exe  -s -a /s /v"/qn"

You have to monitor Task Manager to see when systemupdate314-2008-5-15.exe is no longer running.

Pasted from http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-prior-T-series-ThinkPad/Removing-Old-IBM-Update-Connector/m-p/32792#M11321

After running the silent install the system will reboot. After it comes back up you need to run the install for the system up with the normal method of just double clicking the install executable. This will run and at the end will ask you if you want to remove some files. Say yes.

Reboot one more time and then system update works fine. :)

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