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Changing your hosts file in Vista
Jun 30th
1) Browse to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right click “Notepad” and select “Run as administrator”
3) Click “Continue” on the UAC prompt
4) Click File -> Open
5) Browse to “C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc”
6) Change the file filter drop down box from “Text Documents (*.txt)” to “All Files (*.*)”
7) Select “hosts” and click “Open”
8) Make the needed changes and close Notepad. Save when prompted.
Telnet test email Mail Relay Test
May 25th
Email Relay Test
How do you check your server for relaying? Easy, just use a computer outside of your organization and type the commands included in the tables below – you’ll want to do this from a command prompt. More >
VMWare Server 2.0 auto start VM
Feb 25th
In the VMWare Server GUI, select host in the “Inventory” panel (root node of the tree), to the right “Commands” panel should appear with “Edit Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown Settings”. There will be an option to autostart the guest VM.
Autostart VMWare Workstation machines automatically upon Windows restart
Feb 25th
So, i managed to get the server starting-up when electricity is back .. using a BIOS setting that lies there in almost all the modern Motherboards nowadays. More >
B KB MB GB TB Converter
Jan 20th
B KB MB GB TB Converter
Have you ever been confused about the number of kilobytes in a megabyte, or in a gigabyte or vice-versa? Now you can convert among bytes and kilobytes and megabytes and gigabytes and terabytes with ease.
http://egret.net/kb__mb.htm
Virtual to Physical Documentation and Sample Configurations
Jan 9th
The technical note and sample configurations for performing a virtual to physical conversion are provided for information only.
Technical support is not provided. More >
Setup network interface in linux systems
Dec 30th
Κάποιες χρήσιμες εντολές για το σετάρισμα κάρτας δικτύου (π.χ. eth0) σε περιβάλλον linux.
- View: ifconfig -a (ή eth0)
- Assign ip address to interface: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.102 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
ifconfig’s syntax and command layout:
ifconfig <interface> <ip_address> [ netmask <netmask> ]
More >
What is Google Public DNS?
Dec 6th
What is Google Public DNS?
Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider.
To try it out:
- Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers or
- Read our configuration instructions.
If you decide to try Google Public DNS, your client programs will perform all DNS lookups using Google Public DNS. More >
change maint password to trixbox
Aug 22nd
Its very simple to chage the passwords
log into the asterisk box, ie command prompt, you can do this through puttty or a terminal window.
The password you need to change are the following
passwd will change your route password
passwd-amp is your portal password
passwd-maint will change your admin for free pbx
passwd-meetme to see up meetme
Configuring cron jobs on Windows
Jul 15th
To setup a Windows machine to run cron.php at a specific time follow the specific instructions below. This can be useful if you are not familiar with Linux/Unix, or if your web host does not offer the ability to run cron jobs; you can run them remotely from your own computer.
Note: These instructions were written for Windows XP but should be similar in other versions of Windows. More >
