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switching between local and remote desktop
by Negoslav Sabev 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

Hello, I'm using Remote desktop connection. What I need is to copy files between the local and the remote computer. I want to easily switch between the RDP and the local desktop using the keyboard. Does anybody here knows the secret? Negoslav

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unattended install of server 2008?
by David Mehler 04 Jun '11

04 Jun '11

Hello, Does anyone have a tutorial or procedure for an unattended install of server 2008? Also, how would one unattendedly enable sound? In server 03 I never got sound going without assistance, I'm hoping this issue has a fix in 08. Thanks. Dave.

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vmware server version 2?
by David Mehler 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Hello, Is anyone using vmware server version 2? I was under the impression it was not as accessible as the 1.x server version? Host OS would be windows xp/vista x86 or x64. Thanks. Dave.

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wrt54g2 also e1000 wireless router separate issues
by David Mehler 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Hi, Does anyone have this particular router? I've got the Linksys wrt54g2 router v1 with firmware 1.0.3. I'm having a problem that I first thought was radio interference from one of the two wireless networks near me. I'm in an apartment and the wireless laptop is approximately 40 feet away from the router and although the path is a straight line it passes through a restroom and a kitchen assuming it's like a laser and doesn't spread out. My issue is that wireless performance has been steadily worsening over the past few weeks. I didn't realize how bad until a machine out nearer the router got a file off bard in just over 5 minutes while the laptop takes over an hour assuming it doesn't time out. I'm not sure how to diagnose a channel conflict issue as I'm not sure what channels the two wireless networks near me are on. This wireless network is protected by a wpa psk. Last night I unplugged the router and left it down for about a minute before replugging it in. Performance improved noticeably, not perfect by any means but not as sluggish as it was. It's not great, but it's at least working. Has anyone seen this or has any suggestions? On a separate router issue also a linksys this one an e1000 a friend of mine got it and we cabled up a machine to it via ethernet. Wireless is working, though it's an open network, the windows 7 laptop connects automatically to it without requiring a key. Thus far working by remote I have not been able to find where on this e1000 router how to enter a WPA key and then doing that how to configure the windows 7 box to provide that key for internet access. Thanks. Dave.

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Distributed Version Control System
by David Mehler 20 May '11

20 May '11

Hello, I'm looking for a version control system for a few up and coming personal projects, one already underway one to begin. Over the years I've tried tackling both cvs and svn as version control systems with no success. I'm therefor looking in to a distributed version control system I do plan to have other developers assisting or taking a machine away from my network and not allowing internet access to a server, so I'll need to go distributed. Things I need: Good Windows and Linux support I'm going to either be working in both environments or have developers who will. For the windows I'd prefer a gui app that integrates in to windows explorer. File and Directory renaming support I've read so much today my head is swimming but if I rename a file or a directory I want the version control system to track that. I know some do, some don't. Central server A network or internet accessible server that developers can pull a copy of the current files, go offline and work distributed, and then come back online and commit changes. Branching and merging Not sure about this one, but I've read that cvs and svn in particular make branching (cvs) and merging (svn) I hope I don't have those backwards difficult. I've looked at: 1. Git 2. Mercurial 3. Monotone I started out with many more, but those seem to be the ones that will best work. I was wondering after all that if anyone has any opinions pro conn on these three distributed version control systems? Or, others I might have missed that might work as well. I am preferential to open source. Thanks a lot. Dave.

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Copy & paste in Putty using keyboard
by Ben Mustill-Rose 20 May '11

20 May '11

Hey all, I need to paste some text into a file which I'm modifying via vi which resides on a machine that I'm connecting to using putty. For those of you that don't know, control v for paste won't work inside putty; it just sends the charactor that control + v represents. The idea is that you can right click anyware inside the putty window and the text will be pasted in. This isn't usually an issue, except I'm working on a system without a mouse. I did try using expan drive (A great product for mounting sftp locations as drives in explorer) to find the file that I want and then modify it in notepad, but doing it this way bash seems to see some strange charactors which are stopping the script from running - I think it might be the different way that windows and linux do linebreaks. I did think I'd found a way to paste; hal doesn't offer any form of cursor mooving as far as I'm aware, so I loded up narrator, told it to move the mouse to the active item, opened the putty window then used hal to perform a right click, but this doesn't seem to work. We're talking quite a few lines of code here so I don't really want to echo them to the file line by line if it can be avoided. As always, any solutions or tips will be gratefully received, but I think I'll be going into s3 soon since its just past 4AM in the uk. Cheers, Ben.

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JFW and event viewer (Windows 7)
by Andrew Hodgson 05 May '11

05 May '11

Hi, Has anyone else noticed that in JFW 12 the event viewer text is not reading out when using the event viewer in Windows 7? Andrew.

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Cisco Linksys Routers
by George Bell 02 May '11

02 May '11

This is an issue which has stumped us, but may be of interest generally. 1) Do you have access to Server 2003? 2) Do you have a Linksys WAG320N Router connected to that server? (That's the Dual Band Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Gigabit Router.) 3) Does your router have a static IP address? 4) Windows 7 pro or above? If the answer is yes to all four, are you able to VPN into your server, and retain Internet connection? The situation I have is that the Router's Firewall has to be off in order to get Windows 7's VPN to connect at all. I can then run Outlook 2003 from my laptop and (after a long delay) it will connect to the Exchange Server 2003, and I can send and receive mail. However I get a warning that the Internet is no longer connected - although the mail side is still working. Consequently, any external links in messages fail, and IE onbvioulsy doesn't work. I hasten to add that when I had the late, now defunkt, Draytek 2600G router all was well. I can VPN into one of our suppliers, and this Internet failure does not occur. Has anyone any ideas where to even begin looking here? I'm off to Iceland on Wednesday, and while at least I can get my e-mail, it's rather a pain to have to kill the VPN to get web access. George.

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Cisco Linksys Routers
by George Bell 02 May '11

02 May '11

This is an issue which has stumped us, but may be of interest generally. 1) Do you have access to Server 2003? 2) Do you have a Linksys WAG320N Router connected to that server? (That's the Dual Band Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Gigabit Router.) 3) Does your router have a static IP address? 4) Windows 7 pro or above? If the answer is yes to all four, are you able to VPN into your server, and retain Internet connection? The situation I have is that the Router's Firewall has to be off in order to get Windows 7's VPN to connect at all. I can then run Outlook 2003 from my laptop and (after a long delay) it will connect to the Exchange Server 2003, and I can send and receive mail. However I get a warning that the Internet is no longer connected - although the mail side is still working. Consequently, any external links in messages fail, and IE onbvioulsy doesn't work. I hasten to add that when I had the late, now defunkt, Draytek 2600G router all was well. I can VPN into one of our suppliers, and this Internet failure does not occur. Has anyone any ideas where to even begin looking here? I'm off to Iceland on Wednesday, and while at least I can get my e-mail, it's rather a pain to have to kill the VPN to get web access. George.

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Mac Users?
by David Mehler 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Hello, If there are any Mac users on this list can you please write me offlist? I'd like to know your level of Mac experience. I've got the opportunity to get a used Mac and am wondering if it's a good deal or not, wanting to expand my knowledge in to Macs. Thanks. Dave.

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