If you’re receiving error 0x8024402c in Windows Update then simply turn off any proxy you have set up in Internet Explorer. On the Internet you’ll find many advices, but it’s as simple as that. Unless you have some other network problems, but you would notice them rather quickly, it’s for sure not working proxy. It really sucks that this browser sets settings for the entire system not only for itself.
Do you want to have access to your PC from remote location, but don’t need it to be on 24h per day? And you happen to have WD MyBook WE? Then here is solution how to wake up your computer using your network storage device. Follow steps below.
Enable Wake on LAN functionality on your PC - description here. Obtain MAC addressof your network card - ipconfig /all. Your MAC will be visible as Physical Address.
One of many great things about Mac is that you can do a lot of stuff just after launching your computer for the first time. So here is another one, you can create iso image of your CD/DVD just using apps which are already in the OS. Lets start then:
Put the disk into your drive. Go to Apps -> Utilities -> Disk Utility. Choose your disk from the list on the left and click New Image.
Quick note how to list files without directories.
Windows:
dir /a:-d
Linux:
ls -l | grep ^-
Second command should work also in Mac OS X from terminal, but will have to check it just to be sure.
Remote Desktop Gateway is a role of Windows Server that allows you to connect with hosts in your network through its encrypted gateway. I’m quite impressed by this service and decided to write a little HowTo, so it would be easier for others to deploy it. I’ve actually hit two birds with one rock, because I’ve written it using xml and php, so it was opportunity to learn something useful. Final effect can be seen here.
I’m using Debian Linux as a second operating system. Previously I was using it only for my servers, but now I’ve decided to start doing some software development on it. As I love bash environment, the choice of text editor was pretty obvious, Vim, the greatest editor ever made. But problem was that I like my syntax to be colored, it’s easier to write program code then. No problem, I thought, quick searching via Google gave me the “:syntax on” command which should enable what I’ve wanted.
Good news to all people for whom being private in Internet counts. Some Netherlands based company started to provide free, that’s right completely free, VPN service. It’s enough to register and you can enjoy 128-bit encryption over your Internet connection which would gain you some privacy. You don’t have to install any software, just configure VPN connection in your system. Of course as it’s new and it’s free be careful, because all your Internet traffic would go through their servers first.
Quick tip of the day. If you want to install Google Desktop on Vista 64 bit do as follows:
Click Start menu -> Run or tap Windows sign and “r” at once on keyboard. Type “cmd” and press Enter. Navigate to folder which contains GoogleDesktopSetup.exe (Google Desktop installer). Type GoogleDesktopSetup.exe /force That’s it! Your installation was just started, proceed with the wizard to setup application. Enjoy!
UPDATE:
Now Google Desktop supports 64bit operating systems!