Category Archives: Computer

GParted: Mouse Alignment Wrong in VMWare Fusion

Posted on January 26, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

How to make the mouse work correctly when using the GParted live CD. Continue reading →

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Operating the Second DVD Tray on a Mac via the Keyboard

Posted on January 24, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

On Macs with two DVD drives, both can be opened and closed from the keyboard. The primary drive can be opened and closed normally, with the eject key (⏏). The secondary drive can be opened and closed holding down the … Continue reading →

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WordPress Auto-Update

Posted on January 5, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

By default, standard WordPress installs give the option to perform automatic updates using FTP or FTPS (FTP over SSL). There is another method to have Apache perform the update without passwords. It can be activated by adding the following to … Continue reading →

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Zimbra Administration Gotchas

Posted on November 16, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

Tweaks to fix Zimbra errors on the administrative control panel. Continue reading →

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Nagios Configuration Notes

Posted on October 28, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

Various configuration notes for Nagios.
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WTF Nagios Installed?

Posted on October 28, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

Nagios can be installed on CentOS per the Fedora Quickstart page. Continue reading →

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Firefox Opening Old Windows On Startup

Posted on June 4, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

When I log into my workstation and start Firefox, all of the old windows were opening up. Continue reading →

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Remove “Test Mode” from Vista

Posted on March 2, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

How to force Vista to not display “Test Mode” in the four corners of the screen.
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Rudamentary WiX Orphan Prevention

Posted on January 20, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

WiX can’t automatically detect when programmers add assemblies to an application. Continue reading →

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Fixing Windows 7 Network on VMware

Posted on January 19, 2010 by James Reuben Knowles

Windows 7 couldn’t recognize the VMware NIC. Continue reading →

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