Category Archives: SysAdmin

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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Running Scripts in PowerShell

Posted on October 21, 2009 by James Reuben Knowles

These are the steps that I had to take in order to create and run scripts in PowerShell. Continue reading →

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How to Burn an ISO in Vista

Posted on October 16, 2009 by James Reuben Knowles

How to Burn an ISO to disk in Vista. Continue reading →

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Linux HP Printer Support

Posted on October 5, 2009 by James Reuben Knowles

How I got an HP inkjet to work on Centos 5.4 and Fedora 11. Continue reading →

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Required Packages to Run VMware Workstation on Fedora 11

Posted on October 2, 2009 by James Reuben Knowles

A list of packages that must be installed before VMware Workstation 6.5 will run on Fedora 11.
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How to Install Octave on CentOS 5 Using Yum

Posted on September 9, 2009 by James Reuben Knowles

Octave doesn’t appear to be part of RHEL anymore, so it’s not included in CentOS 5. This article explains how to install Octave on CentOS using yum. Continue reading →

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Resizing a Windows System Partition in a VMware Virtual Machine

Posted on September 2, 2009 by James Reuben Knowles

How to resize a Windows system partition that resides in a VMware virtual machine. Continue reading →

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Importing UTF-8 into MySQL

Posted on February 23, 2009 by System Administrator

The MySQL command line tool does not correctly handle UTF-8 encoded source files by default. Here is how to import UTF-8 text without mangling it. Continue reading →

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Setting Up Public Name Servers

Posted on February 15, 2009 by James Reuben Knowles

How to set up your own public name server, allowing you to have complete control over DNS for your domains. Continue reading →

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Remove Extraneous RedHat Services to Help Secure Servers

Posted on January 22, 2009 by James Reuben Knowles

Protect your computer against bad guys. Continue reading →

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