Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/14
Once every while, I come across an environment where the built-in ZIP support is enabled.
This often is a pain when searching files; searching ZIP files takes very much longer than not.
But sometimes you want to search within ZIP files, so then you need to enable it.
Luckily the top search for disable zip support reveals how to: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/12
An interesting post on how the Visual C++ compiler backend gets tested:
How we test the compiler backend – Visual C++ Team Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/11
wget is a great tool for downloading from http, https or ftp.
It works on many platforms, and there is a win32 build of wget.
wget usually works, but when a website requires a referer (lots of them seem to), you need to add the referer option like this:
wget -m -np –referer=http://almico.com/sfdownload.php http://www.almico.com/installspeedfan440.exe
The -m -np part creates an on-disk structure for the url, which you need when downloading a complete tree.
I often find that practical even for single files too.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/10
Sometimes you get an error message “Unable to obtain hardware information” or “Unable to determine Guest Operating System” when using VMware Converter 4.01.
This happens at least with VMware Converter 4.01 and converting x64 VM’s like “Windows 7” and “Windows Server 2008 R2” from ESXi 4 U1.
Others found out it also happens with some Linux VMs, I have not tried those yet.
A the VMware communitie, user wildblue posted a workaround: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/09
For almost all actions inside the VMware Infrastructure Client UI, you don’t need the “edit…” action.
The only place you need this is in the “Configuration” and “Users & Groups” tabs.
So when you want to enter your ESXi license, you might wonder how to do that.
Well: hit the “Edit…” action on the far right.
Indeed: far right, especially when running 1920×1200 or other high resolutions :-)
I wonder who did the UI design for the VMware Infrastructure Client, and what the reasoning for the placement of the “Edit…” action is.
–jeroen
via: VMware Communities: Where do I enter my ESXi license key? ….
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/08
Below are some links for (at the moment of writing) current HDD testing tools from various HDD manufacturers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/07
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/07
For a good laugh: read the Modern computer languages are a bit like people in some ways thread in the CodeProject lounge.
–jeroen
Via: The Lounge – CodeProject.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/07
Sometimes in Windows 7 you miss the quick launch bar with its’ shortcuts.
How-To-Geek explains to Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/04
Two weeks ago, Google blog celebrated PAC-MAN’s 30th birthday and the Google logo turned into a playable Pac-Man game.
It was supposed to be up only for 48 hours, but due to the popularity, it got its’ own Google Pacman page.
This is like bing at high school again :)
–jeroen
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