by Ben | Nov 8, 2007
In the past, we discussed the procedure for upgrading Fedora using yum. Ready to try it again for Werewolf? Grab the new fedora-release and fedora-release-notes to update repos: [code lang=”bash”]rpm -Uvh...
by Ben | Oct 30, 2007
When opening files from Word, Excel, etc. you are presented with (and have to wait long periods of time for a dialog window that says “Initializing the root folders to display.” After it finishes, browsing through items becomes painfully slow. There is a...
by Ben | Oct 25, 2007
Sometimes when syncing Offline Files in XP, things go haywire. No surprises. Stuff just starts to disappear and network drives contain only a partial listing of files, if any at all. You may experience other oddities, too. Yet another Microsoftism. Is that a word? It...
by Ben | Oct 17, 2007
If you’ve been reprimanded for accidentally missing a mandatory staff meeting (oops) because Outlook didn’t remind you to go, you’ll be pleased to know that you can safely place the blame on someone from IT; it’s a known issue with Outlook....
by Ben | Oct 10, 2007
Recently I was asked by a client if I could restore their iTunes library (which had been deleted) on a PC. All that remained was on this person’s iPod. Thought I’d give it a shot, why not? My efforts were successful; the steps are detailed below. 1. Close...
by Ben | Sep 24, 2007
Scenario: FTP user is jailed to their home directory with chroot. FTP user needs to access an external directory (such as www). Normally you would create a symbolic link in the user’s home directory. [code] cd /home/user ln -s /var/www/html/userdomain.com www...
