Find out version of Ubuntu
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 11:40
Q. How do I find out what version of ubuntu I have?
A. If you are running a desktop edition, do the following:
1. Go to the Main Menu.
2. Click System, mouseover Administration and select System Monitor.
3. Select the System tab.
One of the first lines will be Ubuntu version:
Joining Google group with Google Apps
Friday, 06 August 2010 13:43
Q. How do I join a google group with a Google apps account? The login page does not let me in.
A. This is a problem on Google's side, so hopefully they will fix it. For ow, here's how to access it:
Use this url and replace "groupname" and "myid" with your email address:
http://groups.google.com/group/groupname/boxsubscribe?email=myid
Assign "Send As" permission to a user
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:21
Q. I would like to send email as a user X while he's on vacation (or sick, or visiting grandparents, or in Caribbean with his mistress, etc). How do I do that?
A. Follow these steps:
1. On the Exchange server, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. On the View menu, make sure that Advanced Features is selected.
Disable hibernate (Windows 7)
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 07:31
To disable hibernate (and delete hyberfil.sys file), do the following:
Method 1:
1. Open a Elevated Command Prompt.
2. Type powercfg -h off
dos2unix missing (Ubuntu 10.04)
Tuesday, 13 July 2010 15:56
Yet another "feature" from the developers of ubuntu to simplify life. "dos2unix" and "unix2dos" are missing in version 10.04 (Lucid).
First of all, install dos2unix package:
sudo aptitude install tofrodos
Then if you want "dos2unix" type "fromdos" and if you want "unix2dos", type "todos". If you have a habit of typing in the old commands, its best to create links.
Go to /usr/bin:
username@linuxbox:/usr/bin# sudo ln -s fromdos dos2unix
username@linuxbox:/usr/bin# sudo ln -s todos unix2dos
Mount /tmp as ramdisk
Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:42
To increase performance on your linux box and decrease IO waits for applications that use /tmp, you can mount it as a ramdisk. The process is simple, just keep in mind that it gets cleared any time a system is rebooted.
Open fstab using whatever editor you prefer:
sudo vim /etc/fstab
Find MAC address (Windows 2000/XP)
Thursday, 08 July 2010 09:05
Q. How do I find my MAC (Media Access Control) address in Windows XP?
A. Follow these steps:
1. Click the Start Button and choose the Run command from the Start menu.
Find MAC address (Windows Vista)
Monday, 05 July 2010 08:50
Q. How do I find my MAC (Media Access Control) address?
A. Open command prompt window:
1. Click the Start Button and select Start Search
Excel 2007 is slow to open
Tuesday, 22 June 2010 16:43
Q. Excel 2007 is slow to open document, both over the network and local files.
A. There are many things that can be wrong here. One of them is associated with Adobe Acrobat professional. There's a file, called PDFMaker.xla that slows things down (its an addon for Excel to create PDFs). Go to the following directories and remove that file:
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