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When using the WPKG-client program, the variable is set by it. If you run the wpkg.js script manually with \\server\share\wpkg.js, you need to set it manually. You can create a batch file, such as wpkg.cmd to do so.

@echo off
set SOFTWARE=\\server\share
set SETTINGS=\\server\share2
cscript wpkg.js [whatever parameter you like]

References:

1. [wpkg-users] %SOFTWARE% variable
   By: Rainer Meier (r.meier at wpkg.org)
   Date: February 18, 2008
   lists.wpkg.org Mailing Lists

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I created a batch file to query the registry to show all of the programs that have such an Uninstall key and that will accept a program name and return the uninstall command found under that key for the program.

C:\Users\JDoe\Downloads>uninstallstring
AddressBook
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
All ATI Software
ATI Display Driver
CDisplay_is1
Connection Manager
DirectDrawEx
DXM_Runtime
Fontcore
IE40
IE4Data
IE5BAKEX
IEData
MobileOptionPack
MPlayer2
PuTTY_is1
RealPopup_is1
SchedulingAgent
SecondLife
Total Uninstall 5_is1
Vim
WIC
{9D07059A-EC99-4F03-9BF2-BE40FB007822}
{FB08F381-6533-4108-B7DD-039E11FBC27E}
C:\Users\JDoe\Downloads>uninstallstring vim
C:\Program Files\vim\vim72\uninstall.exe
C:\Users\JDoe\Downloads>uninstallstring gvim
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
C:\Users\JDoe\Downloads>uninstallstring Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\uninstall_activeX.exe

The batch file is as follows:

@echo off

REM uninstallstring.bat
REM
REM Written By: Jim Cameron
REM Created: 2009-12-29
REM Last Modified: 2009-12-30
REM Version: 1.0
REM
REM Usage:
REM
REM uninstallstring
REM uninstallstring program
REM
REM Purpose: If no arguments are given to the batch file on the command line, 
REM it will display a list of all the programs with UninstallString values, 
REM i.e., all the registry keys under 
REM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. If 
REM an argument appears on the command line, it should be one of the values 
REM reported when no arguments are given to the script, i.e. a program name, 
REM such as "vim" or "Adobe Flash Player ActiveX" (don't actually put the quotes
REM around the names, even if there are spaces in the name. E.g. for the latter 
REM case you would use the following:
REM
REM uninstallstring Adobe Flash Player Activex
REM
REM When a program name is included on the command line, uninstallstring.bat 
REM will determine the "UninstallString" value in the registry for that
REM particular program, i.e.  the location for the uninstall program for a 
REM particular piece of software. It will return just that value. E.g., for 
REM the "uninstallstring vim", it would return the following:
REM
REM C:\Program Files\vim\vim72\uninstall.exe
REM 
REM If it can not find an uninstall registry value for the program listed it 
REM will return the following:
REM
REM ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.

REM The following example shows a "reg query" command that could be issued from 
REM the command line to determine the value of "UninstallString" for the Vim 
REM editor software. The last line of output contains the "value name", 
REM "value type", and "value data", which is the part of the output of interest.

REM C:\>reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Vim /v UninstallString
REM
REM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Vim
REM    UninstallString    REG_SZ    C:\Program Files\vim\vim72\uninstall.exe

REM First, display the UninstallString values present in the registry.
REM Values returned by the reg query command will be in the following format:
REM
REM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Vim

IF "%1"=="" (
 GOTO Show_All
) ELSE (
 GOTO Find_String )

:Show_ALL

set _All=reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
FOR /f "tokens=6* delims=\" %%A IN ('%_All%') Do echo %%B
GOTO End

:Find_String

REM Set _Program to be the parameter entered on the command line. 
REM Use %* rather than %1 to cover cases where the program has spaces in the 
REM name.
set _Program=%*

REM Set the variable _UninstallString_Query to the reg query command to be issued.

set _UninstallString_Query=reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%_Program%" /v  UninstallString

REM There are two parts at the beginning of the line, the "value name" and the 
REM "value type" that aren't relevant, By specifying "2*" the "value name" is 
REM ignored, the "value type" goes into %%A and %%B holds everything else on 
REM the line.

FOR /f "skip=2 tokens=2*" %%A IN ('%_UninstallString_Query%') Do echo %%B

:End

Download uninstallstring.bat

References:

1. Creating DOS Batch Files
   Useful Information: tons of info stuffed into a small site
2. For /f - Looop through text
   SS64.com Command line reference
3. For - Looop through command output
   SS64.com Command line reference
4. Batch files - How To ... Verify if Variables are Defined
   Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages
5. Microsoft Windows XP - If
   Microsoft Corporation
6. Microsoft DOS if command
   Computer Hope's free computer help
7. Information on batch files
   Computer Hope's free computer help
8. Microsoft Registry Tools
   Softpanorama (slightly skeptical) Open Source Software Educational Society
9. Quotes, Escape Chars, Delimiters
   SS64.com Command line reference
10. Tips for using the Windows command prompt in Windows XP
    The Command Line in Windows
11. Batch File Command Reference
    At The Data Center - by Don WIlwol
12. Batch file count tokens in var
    Computing.net Computer Tech Support Forum

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<packages>

<package
  id="Sysinternals"
  name="Sysinternals"
  revision="1"
  reboot="false"
  priority="1">
  
  <check type="file" condition="exists" path="%PROGRAMFILES%\Utilities\Sysinternals\handle.exe" />
  <!-- Test first to see if the Sysinternals directory already exists. 
  Otherwise, if it exists and an attempt is made to create it, which
  will fail, the entire installation process will fail as well. 
  Note: the double quotes must appear around the file name used as
  a test for "if not exist", since %PROGRAMFILES% expands to a directory
  path with a space in it. -->
  <install cmd='cmd /c if not exist "%PROGRAMFILES%\Utilities\Sysinternals" mkdir %PROGRAMFILES%\Utilities\Sysinternals' />
  <install cmd='cmd /c copy %SOFTWARE%\Utilities\Sysinternals\handle.exe "%PROGRAMFILES%\Utilities\sysinternals\."' />
  <remove cmd='cmd /c rmdir /s /q "%PROGRAMFILES%\Utilities\Sysinternals"' />
  <upgrade cmd='' />

</package>

</packages>

When handle.exe is first run, it prompts for the acceptance of the End User License Agreement (EULA). You can avoid the prompt by running the command with the /accepteula parameter, e.g. handle /accepteula. It has to be run from from any account under which you want to use the program. It creates the registry key HKEY_USERS\SID\Software\Sysinternals\Handle, where SID is the Security Identifier for the user under which it is being run. Within the key, it creates the value below:

You can just use handle /accepteula or you can use REG ADD HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\Handle /v EulaAccepted /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f under the relevant account to create the registry key.

References:

1. Handle
   By: Mark Russinovich
   Published: November 19, 2008
   Windows Sysinternals
2. Microsoft Windows XP - Cmd
   Microsoft Corporation
3. Batch File Commands
   Windows Support Center
   James A. Eshelman, Proprietor & Webmaster
   
4. The option "-accepteula" doesn't work Title is required
   MIR-ROR
5. >>> EULA prompt when running PSTools <<<
   Date: December 19, 2006
   Sysinternals Forums
6. handle.exe
   Date: October 16, 2007
   Sysinternals Forums

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THe WPKG page for Vim, noted that the Windows installer from vim.org doesn't have a silent installer, bu the installer created by Steve Hall, which is the one I downloaded from the sourceforge.net site does have one. The author of the WPKG webpage for Vim also noted that Steve's Vim installers from 7.0.146 onwards work correctly for silent installs; however, silent uninstalls still do not work correctly.

The WPKG webpage author created the following removal batch file:

His batch file presumed that Vim would be installed in C:\program files\vim. I wanted to specify a different directory for the installation directory, so I created a batch file that will check the Windows registry for the location where Vim is installed and then uninstall the software based on the location found for it under the UninstallString for Vim in the registry.

@echo off

REM The following example shows a "reg query" command that could be issued
REM from the command line to determine the value of "UninstallString" for
REM the Vim editor software. The last line of output contains the "value name",
REM "value type", and "value data", which is the part of the output of
REM interest.

REM C:\>reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Vim /v UninstallString
REM
REM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Vim
REM    UninstallString REG_SZ C:\Program Files\vim\vim72\uninstall.exe

REM Set the variable _UninstallString_Query to the reg query command to be
REM issued.

set _UninstallString_Query=reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Vim /v UninstallString

REM There are two parts at the beginning of the line, the "value name" and
REM the "value type" that aren't relevant. By specifying "2*" the "value name"
REM is ignored, the "value type" goes into %%A and %%B holds everything else
REM on the line.

FOR /f "tokens=2*" %%A IN ('%_UninstallString_Query%') Do set _Uninstall_program=%%B

%comspec% /c start "Vim" /wait /d %WINDIR% "%_uninstall_program%" /S

exit 0

The installation file, gvim-7-2-320.exe was built with the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) as I could see by analyzing the file with FileAlyzer and searching for text in the binary file and also when I tried running the file without the /S option for a silent install. When I ran the file without the /S option, I saw "Nullsoft Install System v2.45" displayed on one of the installation windows.

An installation package created with NSIS should accept a /D=dir parameter to allow one to specify the installation directory, but no matter what I tried the software always installed in the default location of C:\Program Files\vim. I did put the option at the end of the installation line and used a capital "D" for the parameter, since the parameters are case sensitive. For the WPKG install line I first tried the following:

<install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\Editors\gvim-7-2-320.exe /S' /D=%PROGRAMFILES%\Editors\vim/>

That didn't work. the WPKG webpage for NSIS stated "It must be the last parameter used in the command line and must not contain any quotes, even if the path contains spaces. Only absolute paths are supported." So I tried the following variations in place of the environment variable %PROGRAMFILES%, but the results were always the same.

\Program Files\Editors\vim
C:\Program Files\Editors\vim
C:\Progra~1\Editors\vim
\Progra~1\Editors\vim

I.e. Vim was installed in C:\Program Files\vim no matter what I used. I thought that perhaps I had to use the 8.3 form for directores with a space in them, but using Progra~1 for Program Files did not help. It didn't matter that the directory Editors already existed, i.e. that I wasn't expecting it to create multiple directory levels. I finally just left it in that location.

The package file I used with WPKG for gvim, gvim.xml contains the following lines:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<packages>
      
<package id="gvim" name="gvim" revision="1" reboot="false" priority="0">
   <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Vim 7.2.320" />
   <!-- Though it uses the NSIS installer, the program won't accept
   the /D=dir option that allows you to specify the installation 
   directory. It insists on installing itself in C:\Program Files\vim. -->
 	
  <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\Editors\gvim-7-2-320.exe /S' />
  <upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\Editors\vim-remove.bat' />
  <upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\Editors\gvim-7-2-320.exe /S'  />
  <remove cmd='%SOFTWARE%\Editors\vim-remove.bat' />
</package>

	
</packages>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<packages>
      
<package
   id="RealPopup"
   name="RealPopup"
   revision="1"
   priority="3"
   reboot="false">
 
   <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="RealPopup"/>
 
   <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\Network\Chat\RealPopup\realp26_167.exe /sp- /verysilent /Dir="%PROGRAMFILES%\Network\Chat\RealPopup"'/>
 
   <upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\Metwork\Chat\RealPopup\realp26_167.exe /sp- /verysilent /Dir="%PROGRAMFILES%\Network\Chat\RealPopup"'/>
 
   <remove cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES%\Network\Chat\RealPopup\unins000.exe" /sp- /verysilent /norestart'/>
 
</package>

</packages>

%SOFTWARE% is a variable representing the directory on the server where software to be installed is located. I was able to specify the directory where the software should be installed with /Dir="%PROGRAMFILES%\Network\Chat\RealPopup" rather than having to accept the default installation directory, since RealPopup uses Inno Setup, an open source installer, to install RealPopup. I could tell beforehand that it uses Inno Setup by analyzing it with Filealyzer.

The developer's website no longer exists, but I found the software still works under Windows 7. The program provides a capability to chat with other users on the same LAN. It supports many useful features such as options for users and groups, an internal network browser, names auto complete, and so on. RealPopup is available in more than 12 languages.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<packages>
      
<package
   id="PuTTY"
   name="PuTTY"
   revision="0600"
   priority="1"
   reboot="false">
 
   <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="PuTTY version 0.60"/>
 
   <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\network\ssh\putty-0.60-installer.exe /sp- /verysilent /Dir="%PROGRAMFILES%\Network\SSH\PuTTY"'/>
 
   <upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\network\ssh\putty-0.60-installer.exe /sp- /verysilent'/>
 
   <remove cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES%\Network\SSH\PuTTY\unins000.exe" /sp- /verysilent /norestart'/>
 
</package>

%SOFTWARE% is a variable representing the directory on the server where software to be installed is located. I was able to specify the directory where the software should be installed with /Dir="%PROGRAMFILES%\Network\SSH\PuTTY" rather than having to accept the default installation directory of %PROGRAMFILES%\PuTTY , since PuTTY uses Inno Setup, an open source installer, to install PuTTY. I could tell beforehand that it uses Inno Setup by analyzing it with Filealyzer.

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bash-2.03$ /usr/local/bin/elogd -c /home/elog/elogd.cfg -d /home/elog/logbooks -n localhost -D
ld.so.1: /usr/local/bin/elogd: fatal: libssl.so.0.9.8: open failed: No such file
 or directory

I had been running the program before without a problem, so I looked for libssl.so.0.9.8. It was present on the system.

bash-2.03$ find / -name libssl.so.0.9.8 -print 2>/dev/null
/usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
# ls -l /usr/local/ssl/lib
total 8950
drwxr-xr-x   2 bin      bin          512 Jun 22 15:46 engines
-r--r--r--   1 bin      bin         5396 Mar 29  2009 fips_premain.c
-r--r--r--   1 bin      bin           68 Mar 29  2009 fips_premain.c.sha1
-rw-r--r--   1 bin      bin      2263212 Mar 29  2009 libcrypto.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other         18 Oct 16  2007 libcrypto.so -> libcrypto.
so.0.9.8
-r-xr-xr-x   1 bin      bin      1525564 Mar 29  2009 libcrypto.so.0.9.8
-rw-r--r--   1 bin      bin       416204 Mar 29  2009 libssl.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other         15 Oct 16  2007 libssl.so -> libssl.so.0.9
.8
-r-xr-xr-x   1 bin      bin       313176 Mar 29  2009 libssl.so.0.9.8
drwxr-xr-x   2 bin      bin          512 Jun 22 15:46 pkgconfig

So I checked to see what libraries elogd was using with the ldd command.

bash-2.03$ ldd /usr/local/bin/elogd
        libsocket.so.1 =>        /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
        libnsl.so.1 =>   /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
        libssl.so.0.9.8 =>       (file not found)
        libc.so.1 =>     /usr/lib/libc.so.1
        libdl.so.1 =>    /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
        libmp.so.2 =>    /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
        /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-5_10/lib/libc_psr.so.1

So I then logged into the root account and checked the elogd file with the ldd command from that account.

bash-2.03$ su - root
Password:
Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.7       Generic October 1998
# ldd /usr/local/bin/elogd
        libsocket.so.1 =>        /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
        libnsl.so.1 =>   /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
        libssl.so.0.9.8 =>       /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
        libc.so.1 =>     /usr/lib/libc.so.1
        libdl.so.1 =>    /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
        libmp.so.2 =>    /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
        libcrypto.so.0.9.8 =>    /usr/local/ssl/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
        libgcc_s.so.1 =>         /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
        /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-5_10/lib/libc_psr.so.1

From that account, I did not see "file not found" for libssl.so.0.9.8.

At an FAQ page on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department website for the University of Toronto I found the following advice:

Q. When I try to run "svn" on Solaris, I get the error:
ld.so.1: svn: fatal: libssl.so.0.9.8: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
How can I get svn to work on Solaris?

A. Add /local/openssl-0.9.8a/lib to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var before you \start:
i.e., setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /local/openssl-0.9.8a/lib

I checked the LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting for the root command.

# echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/ssl/lib

I then checked the value for the variable for the user account.

bash-2.03$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

bash-2.03$

On Solaris systems, you can use the -s option to show the full library search path.

bash-2.03$ ldd -s /usr/local/bin/elogd

   find object=libsocket.so.1; required by /usr/local/bin/elogd
    search path=/usr/lib  (default)
    trying path=/usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
        libsocket.so.1 =>        /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1

   find object=libnsl.so.1; required by /usr/local/bin/elogd
    search path=/usr/lib  (default)
    trying path=/usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
        libnsl.so.1 =>   /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1

   find object=libssl.so.0.9.8; required by /usr/local/bin/elogd
    search path=/usr/lib  (default)
    trying path=/usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
        libssl.so.0.9.8 =>       (file not found)

   find object=libc.so.1; required by /usr/local/bin/elogd
    search path=/usr/lib  (default)
    trying path=/usr/lib/libc.so.1
        libc.so.1 =>     /usr/lib/libc.so.1

   find object=libnsl.so.1; required by /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1

   find object=libc.so.1; required by /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1

   find object=libdl.so.1; required by /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
    search path=/usr/lib  (default)
    trying path=/usr/lib/libdl.so.1
        libdl.so.1 =>    /usr/lib/libdl.so.1

   find object=libc.so.1; required by /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1

   find object=libmp.so.2; required by /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
    search path=/usr/lib  (default)
    trying path=/usr/lib/libmp.so.2
        libmp.so.2 =>    /usr/lib/libmp.so.2

   find object=libdl.so.1; required by /usr/lib/libc.so.1

   find object=libc.so.1; required by /usr/lib/libmp.so.2

   find object=/usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-5_10/lib/libc_psr.so.1; required by /usr/lib/libc.so.1
        /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-5_10/lib/libc_psr.so.1
bash-2.03$

So, when attempting to run elogd from the user account, the system was only checking /usr/lib for libssl.so.0.9.8. Since the file wasn't in that location, I got the "fatal: libssl.so.0.9.8: open failed: No such file or directory" message. So, though I thought I had been running the program from that user account, I must have always previously been running it from the root account, since I didn't ever see the error message before when running elogd.

So, while logged into the user account, I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/local/ssl/lib. I was then able to run elogd from the user account without an error message appearing.

bash-2.03$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ssl/lib
bash-2.03$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
bash-2.03$ /usr/local/bin/elogd -c /home/elog/elogd.cfg -d /home/elog/logbooks -
n localhost -D
bash-2.03$ ps -ef | grep elogd | grep -v grep
jsmith  7961     1  0 14:13:05 ?        0:00 /usr/local/bin/elogd -c /home/elog/
elogd.cfg -d /home/elog/logbooks -n localhos

References:

1. Blastwave Packages
   Date: January 25, 2008
   Joyent Wiki
2. When I try to run "svn" on Solaris, I get the error: ld.so.1: svn: fatal: libssl.so.0.9.8: open failed: No such file or directory Killed
   Eugenia's Home Page
3. Obtaining a List of the Libraries Required by a Program
   MoonPoint Support

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For egg safety - to stay healthy and avoid foodborne illness — USDA advises:

• Always buy eggs from a refrigerated case. Choose eggs with clean, uncracked shells.
• Buy eggs before the "Sell-By" or "EXP" (expiration) date on the carton.
• Take eggs straight home from the grocery store and refrigerate them right away. Check to be sure your refrigerator is set at 40°F or below. Don't take eggs out of the carton to put them in the refrigerator -- the carton protects them. Keep the eggs in the coldest part of the refrigerator — not on the door.
• Raw shell eggs in the carton can stay in your refrigerator for three to five weeks from the purchase date. Although the "Sell-By" date might pass during that time, the eggs are still safe to use. (The date is not required by federal law, but some states may require it.)
• Always wash your hands with warm water and soap before and after handling raw eggs. To avoid cross-contamination, you should also wash forks, knives, spoons and all counters and other surfaces that touch the eggs with hot water and soap.
• Don't keep raw or cooked eggs out of the refrigerator more than two hours.
• Egg dishes such as deviled eggs or egg salad should be used within 3 to 4 days.

Since the recommendation from the FSIS site was not to use egg sald after 3 to 4 days, I threw away the egg salad.

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It took me awhile to figure out that the problem was simply due to an image resizing option being set to "percent" rather than "pixels". I should have spotted that fairly quickly, but didn't.

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I tried a couple of memory sticks, but the result was the same. She could sometimes move files from a memory stick, but then attempting to access the memory stick again would cause the Windows Explorer to stop responding.

Download Site: HP
Download URL: Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader

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X:\Documents and Settings\Amy\Application Data>dir /ah
 Volume in drive X is Sun
 Volume Serial Number is 4E62-15B2

 Directory of X:\Documents and Settings\Amy\Application Data

09/08/2009  06:49 PM    <DIR>          .
09/08/2009  06:49 PM    <DIR>          ..
08/30/2005  08:52 AM                62 desktop.ini
08/27/2007  04:54 PM    <DIR>          SecuROM
               1 File(s)             62 bytes
               3 Dir(s)  173,915,779,072 bytes free

X:\Documents and Settings\Amy\Application Data>dir /ah SecuROM
 Volume in drive X is Sun
 Volume Serial Number is 4E62-15B2

 Directory of X:\Documents and Settings\Amy\Application Data\SecuROM

08/27/2007  04:54 PM    <DIR>          .
08/27/2007  04:54 PM    <DIR>          ..
08/27/2007  04:54 PM    <DIR>          UserData
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               3 Dir(s)  173,915,779,072 bytes free

X:\Documents and Settings\Amy\Application Data>dir /ah SecuROM\UserData
 Volume in drive X is Sun
 Volume Serial Number is 4E62-15B2

 Directory of X:\Documents and Settings\Amy\Application Data\SecuROM\UserData

08/27/2007  04:54 PM    <DIR>          .
08/27/2007  04:54 PM    <DIR>          ..
08/27/2007  04:55 PM               444 securom_v7_01.bak
08/27/2007  04:55 PM               444 ???????????p?????????
08/27/2007  04:55 PM                16 ???????????p?????????
               3 File(s)            904 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  173,915,680,768 bytes free

Checking on what SecuROM might be, I found a Wikipedia webpage on it at SecuROM.

SecuROM is a CD/DVD copy protection product, most often used for commercial computer games running under Microsoft Windows, developed by Sony DADC. SecuROM aims to resist home media duplication devices, professional duplicators, and attempts at reverse engineering the game. The use of SecuROM has generated controversy due to the fact that it is not uninstalled upon removal of the game. In 2008, consumers filed a class-action lawsuit against Electronic Arts for its use of SecuROM in the video game Spore.

I found the following information in the article troubling, since I sometimes use Process Explorer on systems for troubleshooting purposes.

Disk drive emulators and some debugging software will also cause the launch of the game to fail and a security module error to be generated. In fact a reboot of the entire system was required if Process Explorer prior to version 11 was used before an attempt to run the protected software. That problem was caused by a driver that was kept in memory after Process Explorer was closed.

References:

1. SecuROM
   Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. The Voice of Heard/SecuROM: Making Copyright Even Less Sense
   By: TC Tim
   Date: December 8, 2008
   WCCA TV13 | Worcester Community Cable Access
3. Securom 7 Antidumps
   FileForums

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Initially, I thought the program stored the default world file directory location in the Windows registry, but I found that, though there was a DefaultWorldFileDirectory value in the registry, the program actually used an SQLite database, instead of the registry entry.

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DataViz\PasswordsPlus

The key will have a DaggerFolder value.

The directory listed will be the location where Passwords Plus creates its user folders where it will store individual password databases

Passwords Plus allows a user to have multiple databases specified by user. For instance, Jane Smith could create one with a username of Jane for her personal passwords and another one JSmith for her work-related passwords.

And the following value would be found within that key:

The value would specify exactly where the Passwords Plus database would be located.

If Jane created another user within Passwords Plus, named JSmith, the following would also be found within a HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DataViz\PasswordsPlus\Users\JSmith key:

If you want to have multiple systems share the same databases, which will be accessible through a shared folder on a server, you could change the DaggerFolder and DBPath values. E.g., suppose there is a folder shared from MyServer with a share name of Shared and underneath that shared folder is a directory named Passwords with holds the various usernames created for Passwords Plus. Then you could have the following value for DaggerFolder

And you could use the following for a Passwords Plus username of Jane:

If you wanted to copy these settings from one system to another, so that you don't have to manually edit the registry values on the second system, you can run regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DataViz, click on it to select it, then select File and Export the registry settings to a file, say Passwords-Plus-Users.reg. You can then take that registry file to another system and double-click on it to enter the same values into the registry on that system.

Note: these notes were written for Passwords Plus for Windows 1.006 and 1.007 and may or may not apply to other versions.

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On a Windows XP system, you would find the PLANR32.DAT file it uses at that location. However, on a Windows 7 system, the data might actually be stored in PLANR32.DAT in another location specific to the user account from which the data is accessed, .e.g for a user with an account name of Liza, the data directory would be C:\Users\Liza\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\SIERRA\CardStudio\Data, assuming you selected the default location for installing the software rather than putting it under C:\Program Files\SIERRA\CardStudio as I would do. The PLANR32.BAK backup file it creates when you update the data would be in the same location.

Note: the VirtualStore registry entry is an example of Registry virtualization. According to Microsoft, "Registry virtualization is an application compatibility technology that enables registry write operations that have global impact to be redirected to per-user locations. This redirection is transparent to applications reading from or writing to the registry. It is supported starting with Windows Vista."

But, you can have Card Studio look elsewhere by changing the regsitry value for DataPath. E.g. you could have the program on two systems look in a directory at a network location for the data, so that the two systems would share the same data. For instance you could put \\MyServer\Shared\Sierra\CardStudio\Data in that registry entry to have it look on a system named MyServer with a directory shared as Shared. Note: you will have to run regedit from an administrator's account to be able to update the registry entry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra OnLine\Hallmark Card Studio\Deluxe\1\Paths

References:

1. Hallmark Card Studio Software
2. Registry Virtualization
   Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)

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Mon 11/16/2009

0 	 McFadden Associates E-mail Blacklist
70 	 Spamhaus Block List
4687 	 Passive Spam Block List (PSBL)
2496 	 Spam and Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS)
50 	 Swinog DNSRBL
14 	 Not Just Another Bogus List (NJABL)

7317 	 Total

The McFadden blacklist hasn't been working for quite some time; I should have removed it from sendmail's /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file previously. I removed it today and added the SpamCop Blocking List (SCBL).

I decided to add that list after reading a comment at Blocking Spam That Are In A Foreign Language by Low Jeremy about its usefulness in blocking messages in a foreign language. I've been getting a lot of messages that appear to be in Russian. Since I can't read Russian, such messages are of no avail to the spammers and are exceedingly annoying to me, since they clutter my inbox every day.

I'm using sendmail on the server, so I replaced the reference to the defunct McFadden Associates E-mail Blacklist in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc with FEATURE(`enhdnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `"Spam blocked see: http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?"$&{client_addr}', `t')dnl.

There are instructions for incorporating an SCBL check into various email server programs at How do I configure my mailserver to reject mail based on the blocklist? Specific instructions for sendmail are at SpamCop FAQ: Sendmail.

I followed the suggestion of using enhdnsbl, an enhanced version of DNSBL, rather than dnsbl as I'm using in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc for other blacklists on the system, because I have a recent version of sendmail and because the SpamCop site had the following information:

Some problems have been found with later versions of Sendmail.

The easiest fix may be to use the second method above, enhdnsblk instead of dnsbl.

SpamCop uses 'rbldns' to serve it's blacklist information. Rbldns does not yet have support for IPv6, but newer versions of sendmail (8.12.0 and greater) try IPv6 before IPv4. Sendmail asks for an AAAA record instead of an A record and SpamCop rejectes the query - resulting in spam slipping through the filters.

There are instructions for disabling AAAA (IPv6) queries from sendmail at Disable AAAA (IPv6) lookups without recompiling Sendmail, and the sendmail.org site states the following, but I decided to just use the enhdnsbl approach.

Some DNS based rejection lists cause failures if asked for AAAA records. If your sendmail version is compiled with IPv6 support (NETINET6) and you experience this problem, add

define(`DNSBL_MAP', `dns -R A')

before the first use of this feature. Alternatively you can use enhdnsbl instead (see below).

I deleted the McFadden blacklist entry and added the SCBL entry to the end of the list of blacklists I check. I now have the following in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc:

FEATURE(local_procmail, `', `procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl
FEATURE(`access_db', `hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl
FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `sbl.spamhaus.org', `550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - See http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `psbl.surriel.com', `550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - see http://psbl.surriel.com/')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsbl.sorbs.net',`550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - see http://dnsbl.sorbs.net/')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsrbl.swinog.ch',`550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - see http://antispam.imp.ch/spamikaze/remove.php')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsbl.njabl.org',`550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - see http://njabl.org/lookup?$&{client_addr}')dnl
FEATURE(`enhdnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `"Spam blocked see: http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?"$&{client_addr}', `t')dnl

I regenerated sendmail.cf with m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and then restarted sendmail with /etc/init.d/sendmail restart.

A few minutes after I restarted sendmail, I checked /var/log/maillog to see whether the SCBL had blocked any spam and found it had already blocked 21 messages.

# grep spamcop /var/log/maillog | wc -l
21

References:

1. DNSBL
   Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. Blocking Spam That Are In A Foreign Language
   By: Low Jeremy
   Article Submitted On: December 04, 2006
   EzineArticles
3. How do I configure my mailserver to reject mail based on the blocklist?
   spamcop.net
4. SpamCop FAQ: Sendmail
   spamcop.net
5. Disable AAAA (IPv6) lookups without recompiling Sendmail
   Date: April 26, 2007
   comp.mail.sendmail - PHWinfo
6. Sednmail cf/README
   sendmail.org

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C:\$WINDOWS.~Q\DATA\Users\admin\Desktop\desktop.ini: Worm.Autorun-2190 FOUND
C:\$WINDOWS.~Q\DATA\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Desktop\desktop.ini: Worm.Autorun-2190 FOUND
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\desktop.ini: Worm.Autorun-2190 FOUND
C:\Users\Liza\Desktop\desktop.ini: Worm.Autorun-2190 FOUND
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\d16f45aa864340ccf36504588c6fae4b\excel.cab: W32.Virut.Gen.D-163 FOUND
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\daa4e3a0ea4e94aba329bc28d3b354b1\xlconv.cab: W32.Virut.Gen.D-163 FOUND

But, I believe all of those were false positives.

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Submit an image to WhatTheFont to find the closest matches in our database. Or, let cloak-draped font enthusiasts lend a hand in the WhatTheFont Forum

You can upload an image file to the site for analysis or specify a URL.

You can also search for and buy fonts from the site at MyFonts.

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Once I had created the Utilities folder by right-clicking and selecting "New" and "Folder" within the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs, I then expected to just be able to right-click again within the Utilities folder and select "New" and "Shortcut". But the only option under "New" was "Folder". So I next opened another Windows Explorer window, thinking I could create a shortcut by just going to the folder where the program was located that I wanted to add to the Utilities folder and then clicking on the program, in this case procmon.exe, and then dragging it over to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Utilities while holding down the Alt key (if you just drag the program from one location on the same drive to another, the progam is moved, but, if you hold down the Alt key at the same time, you will get a shortcut, aka "link"). But that didn't work either. I received the message "Windows can't create a shorcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?" I chose "yes". I was then able to move the shortcut from the desktop to the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Utilities, though I was told "You'll need to provide administrator permission to move to this folder." I clicked on "Continue" and the shortcut was moved. I was logged on under an account, admin, in the administrator group throughout the process.

This seems like a far more cumbersome means of performing a fairly simple task under Windows 7 than it was under Windows XP.

Apparently, you can have at most 70 folders under "All Programs" in Windows 7. Tim Long posted the following at Windows 7 Blank ‘All Programs’ Menu:

I’ve run into a problem in Windows 7 RC where the ‘All Programs’ menu goes completely blank, making it a pain to access installed programs. The search feature still works and programs can be accessed that way.

This happens when there are more than about 70 folders in the ‘All Programs’ menu. The workaround I have come up with is:

1. Uninstall programs until there is <70 folders in the All Programs menu.
2. Use Explorer to browse the All Programs folder (typically C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs) and reorganise some of the folders into a subfolder. For example, create a Utilities folder and drag some of the other folders inside it. There must be <70 folders in the top level.

So you can use either method 1 or method 2 above to resolve the problem.

References:

1. Start Menu All Programs - Add or Delete Shortcuts
   By: Brink
   Date: November 3, 2008
   Windows 7 Forums
2. Windows 7 blank All Programs menu
   Date: August 19, 2009
   Super User
3. Windows 7 Blank ‘All Programs’ Menu
   By: Tim Long
   Date: August 19, 2009
   Blogs - TiGra Networks

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According to Wikipedia, the Semantic Web is "is an evolving development of the World Wide Web in which the meaning (semantics) of information and services on the web is defined, making it possible for the web to understand and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content.It derives from World Wide Web Consortium director Sir Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the Web as a universal medium for data, information, and knowledge exchange."

The Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers' goal, according to Li Ding, was to "make the whole thing shareable and replicable for others to reuse." Ding said that rendering data into RDF, which is used to create the Linked Data necessary to the Semantic Web, can make it easier to interpose it with other sets of data to create entirely new datasets and visualizations, Ding said. He showed a Google Map graphic that interposed RDF versions of two different data sources from the Environmental Protection Agency, originally rendered in CSV files.

The White House recently deployed the Drupal Content Management System (CMS) for the whitehouse.gov webiste. According to David Lantner, editor of the "Clear Type Press" blog, Drupal could give the White House a good start in annotating its data in a machine-readable way, since it "enables authors to add semantic metadata.to their markup using attributes that are both machine-readable and human-friendly."

At the ISWC gathering, Stephanie Corlosquet, a former researcher at the National University of Ireland's Digital Enterprise Research Institute, demonstrated a set of four interrelated new modules he helped develop for Drupal to ease the use of RDF. The modules were written to "expose the site structure in an RDF format automatically, so site administrators or users don't have to care about RDF or do anything with RDF," he said.

Mr. Corlosquet stated "Drupal has a very modular design, so we can plug [the modules] into the system very easily." He said these modules will be incorporated into the next core version of the system, Drupal 7.

References:

1. How the Semantic Web would work
   By: Joab Jackson
   Date: November 9, 2009
   Government Computer News (GCN)
2. White House shift to open-source Web system draws mostly praise
   By: Joab Jackson
   Date: October 29, 2009
   Government Computer News (GCN)
3. Resource description tool can add smarts to your Web pages
   By: Joab Jackson
   Date: October 23, 2009
   Government Computer News (GCN)
4. Symanec Web
   Wikipedia

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The default setting results in a reduction of prompts -- the prompts continue, yet security is eviscerated. Though protecting administrative credentials is clearly a secure measure, Microsoft is trying to have it both ways – arguing that UAC is not a security boundary. The purpose of UAC is to protect against malware. Even if it's not a “security boundary” the message is about defending your PC against “hackers and malicious software.” If it doesn't do that, what's the point of the remaining prompts?

In my opinion the decision to configure users this way by default violates Microsoft's “Secure by Default” principle, which says that, “software should run with the least necessary privilege.” Clearly, the operating system should support a standard user or administrator with UAC fully enabled. The proof-of-concept code to exploit this shortcoming has already been published.

Windows 7 is great stuff, just don't forget to go to the control panel and turn security on.

References:

1. Windows 7 is everything Vista should have been, with one noteworthy exception
   By: Eric Voskuil, CTO, BeyondTrust
   Date: November 4, 2009
   SC Magazine For IT Security Professionals

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Another of the patches issued by Microsoft on Tuesday, MS09-067 addresses eight flaws in Microsoft Office that can lead to remote code execution should a user open an Excel file that has been crafted to exploit one of the flaws.

References:

1. Microsoft fixes 15 flaws with six patches
   By: Dan Kaplan
   Date: November 10, 2009
   SC Magazine for IT Security Professionals

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So when I installed Turbo Lister 2 (version 8.2.101.7 was shown when I clicked on Help and About Turbo Lister after installing the software) on her laptop running Windows 7, I checked to see what registry value it was using, after I ran the program once, to point to the location it uses for its data directory. There was no option for specifying the location for the program's data when I checked under Tools and Options in the program, so I had to find the location in the registry. On the Windows 7 laptop, I saw the following registry value under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\eBay\Turbo Lister2:

I checked the contents of that directory from a command prompt and saw there were 3 .tdb files within that directory, an App.tdb, a user000.tdb and one associated with a name matching her eBay store.

Note: you may not see the directory from the Windows Explorer, since C:\ProgramData is a hidden directory, if you don't have it configured to show hidden folders. But, if you get a command prompt and issue the command, dir "C:\ProgramData\eBay\Turbo Lister2", you should see its contents.

On her Windows XP desktop system, I found the following registry value for the location of Turbo Lister's databases:

I copied the contents of the directory C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\eBay\Turbo Lister2 from the desktop system to a shared network folder. Then on both systems I changed the registry value for DataDir to point to that location. E.g., you could use the following, if the system that was sharing the folder was named MyServer and the shared folder was shared as Auctions with a Turbo Lister2 directory created within it.

Note: don't make the registry changes while Turbo Lister is open.

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Output on a system where wget has SSL support:

$ wget --help | grep HTTPS
HTTPS (SSL/TLS) options:

Output on a system where wget does not have SSL support:

$ wget --help | grep HTTPS
$

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1. 40 mail addresses per domain
2. 10486kB as the maximum size of a single mail
3. 200 mails per day per address

The service might not be suitable for someone who receives large attachments to messages, because of the 10 MB limit on the size of a message.

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Line 165, Column 4: document type does not allow element "HR" here; missing one of "MAP", "IFRAME", "BUTTON" start-tag

<hr>

The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which you've placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that are both allowed there and can contain the element mentioned. This might mean that you need a containing element, or possibly that you've forgotten to close a previous element.

One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-level element (such as "<p>" or "<table>") inside an inline element (such as "<a>", "<span>", or "<font>").

The problem occurred because I had placed <hr> between <pre> and </pre> tags. I had something like the following:

<pre>
This is some text
<hr>
This is some more text
</pre>

I eliminated the error by placing a end pre tag after the first block of text and a begin pre tag before the second block of text.

<pre>
This is some text
</pre>
<hr>
<pre>
This is some more text
</pre>

References:

1. CSS - html/css validation error
   Date: 2008-02-25
   Ultrashock Forums

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When I tried pinging the internal email server, mail.example.com, from her system, instead of its internal address, 192.168.0.25, being used, I saw the external address for the firewall was being used. I checked her /windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file first. I didn't see any entry for mail.example.com there. Nor did I see the address cached on her system when I entered the command ipconfig /displaydns | find /i "mail.example.com" at a command prompt. So I used a sniffer to observe the network traffic from/to her system. I saw that her system was querying the DNS server configured as the secondary name server for her system, which was an external DNS server provided by her Internet Service Provider (ISP) rather than the internal name server on her LAN.

I tried ipconfig /flushdns, but that made no difference. Her system continued to query the secondary name server and didn't seem to ever cache the address for mail.example.com. When I tried ipconfig /registerdns, the system then queried the primary DNS server again.

The /registerdns argument to the ipconfig command "refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names." The system had a static IP address, so the "re-registers DNS names" function of the command must have fixed the problem.

When she tried sending her email message again, though, it was rejected by the internal mail server. I had her restart her email client, Microsoft Outlook, and that resolved the problem. Apparently, Outlook also maintains its own cached information for the mail server it uses. I still didn't see the internal mail server's address cached when I issued an ipconfig /displaydns command, though.

The long term solution, though, to prevent the problem recurring would be to set up another internal DNS server to use as the secondary DNS server.

References:

1. XP not using Primary DNS
   Date: March 20, 2009
   TechTalkz.com Technology @ your fingertips
2. Configuring IP Addressing and Name Resolution
   Microsoft TechNet: Resources for IP Professionals
3. When does a Windows client stop using a secondary DNS server and revert back to primary
   Date: August 11, 2009
   Server Fault
4. Renew DNS client registration using the ipconfig command
   Updated: January 21, 2005
   Microsoft TechNet: Resources for IP Professionals

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1. Click on the Start button.
2. Select Computer.
3. Right-click on the CD/DVD drive and select "Create image from CD/DVD".
4. Select the location and file name for the ISO file you wish to create.
5. Click on the Next button.
6. Click on the Finish button to exit ISO Recorder.

ISO Recorder also then allowed me to right-click on the ISO file and choose "Copy image to CD/DVD" to create another copy of the CD.

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The syntax for the DATEDIF function is as follows:

=DATEDIF(Date1, Date2, Interval)

Where:

Date1 is the first date,
Date2 is the second date,
Interval is the interval type to return.

If Date1 is later than Date2, DATEDIF will return a #NUM! error. If either Date1 or Date2 is not a valid date, DATEDIF will return a #VALUE error.
The Interval value should be one of the following:

If Interval is not one of the items listed in above, DATEDIF will return a #NUM error.

Examples of datedif usage

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I was unable to backup a disk drive to an external drive attached to a system via a USB connection using the NTBackup program. The backup failed once the backup file reached 4 GB in size, which is the maximum size for the FAT32 file system, which was the file system on the Western Digital My Book USB external drive when I purchased it. So I decided to change the file system to NTFS by reformatting the drive. But I received an error message when I tried to convert the file system.

C:\>format f: /fs:ntfs
NTFS file system is not supported on this device optimized for removal.
To change the way this device is optimized, select the Policies tab in
the device's property sheet.

To change the file system, I right-clicked on the drive under My Computer, then chose Properties.

I then clicked on the Hardware tab and selected the drive.

I then clicked on the Properties button and then the Policies tab. I changed the setting from "Optimize for quick removal" to "Optimize for performance". The "optimize for quick removal" setting disables write caching on the disk and in Windows, so you can disconnect the device without using the Safe Removal icon. The "optimize for performance" setting enables write caching in Windows to improve disk performance. When you choose this option, to disconnect the device from the computer, you should click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the taskbar notification area."

I then clicked on the OK button. I clicked on a second OK button to close the window.

I was then able to reformat the drive from the FAT32 file system to the NTFS file system.

C:\>format f: /fs:ntfs
The type of the file system is FAT32.
The new file system is NTFS.
Enter current volume label for drive F: My Book

WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE F: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)? y
Verifying 610477M
Volume label (32 characters, ENTER for none)? ACI-3
Creating file system structures.
Format complete.
 625129280 KB total disk space.
 625044456 KB are available.

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File HKO_Island_of_Fun.exe received on 2009.09.03 20:55:55 (UTC)
Current status: finished
Result: 2/41 (4.88%)

The two that identified the file as potentially being malware were as follows:

Information on Mcafee+Artemis is available at McAfee Artemis Technology. An evaluation of McAfee+Artemis is available at Anti-Virus Comparative Technology Preview Report McAfee Artemis.

Sunbelt's Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT Information and Removal webpage shows the following:

The HKO_Downloader.exe file downloads the actual software needed to participate in Hello Kitty Online, which is a site run by Aeria Games. I concluded that they may have licensed a downloading program that some others may use for nefarious purposes, but I didn't see sufficient reason to be concerned in this case and told her she could download the software and participate in the beta testing.

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According to the Uniblue Process Library:

hpqste08.exe is a process installed alongside HP Imaging devices and provides additional configuration options for these devices. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

hpqste08.exe is a process installed alongside HP Imaging devices and provides additional configuration options for these devices. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

hpqnrs08.exe hpqnrs08.exe is a Network Monitor from Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. belonging to HP Digital Imaging. This is a network device rediscovery service.

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ifconfig eth0 up
pump -i eth0

The options available for pump are shown below:

root@Knoppix:~# pump --help
Usage: pump [OPTION...]
  -c, --config-file=STRING     Configuration file to use instead of
                               /etc/pump.conf
  -h, --hostname=hostname      Hostname to request
  -i, --interface=iface        Interface to configure (normally eth0)
  -k, --kill                   Kill daemon (and disable all interfaces)
  -l, --lease=hours            Lease time to request (in hours)
  -L, --leasesecs=seconds      Lease time to request (in seconds)
  --lookup-hostname            Force lookup of hostname
  -r, --release                Release interface
  -R, --renew                  Force immediate lease renewal
  -v, --verbose                Log verbose debug info
  -s, --status                 Display interface status
  -d, --no-dns                 Don't update resolv.conf
  --no-gateway                 Don't set a gateway for this interface
  --no-setup                   Don't set up anything
  --no-resolvconf              Don't set up resolvconf
  --no-bootp                   Ignore non-DHCP BOOTP responses
  --script=STRING              Script to use
  --win-client-ident           Set the client identifier to match Window's

Help options:
  -?, --help                   Show this help message

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OS X assigns some UIDs for special purposes

A user's name and UID can be viewed with the dscl command utility.

To list users, within the terminal type:

dscl . list /users

To read a user account, within the terminal type:

dscl . read /users/

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1. Windows File Sharing (SMB) - allows Windows™ users to access shared folders on your computer
2. Personal Web Sharing / Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) - lets users of other computers view web pages in the sites folder on your computer
3. Remote Login (SSH) - lets users of other computers access your computer using Secure Shell (SSH) and allows connection with Simple File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
4. File Transfer Protocol (FTP Access) - lets users of other computers exchange files with your computer using FTP applications and provides users access to all files on the Mac for which they have privileges. FTP transmits userids and passwords as cleartext, so can could allow someone else on the network on which your system resides to learn a userid and password for your system.
5. Remote Apple Events - allows applications on other Mac OS X computers to send Apple Events to your computer
6. Printer Sharing / Line Printer Request (LPR) - lets other people use printers connected to your computer

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1. Select the Apple menu
2. Select the System Preferences option
3. Select the Security option
4. Select the Firewall tab
5. Review and select options

Turning on a service automatically reconfigures the built-in firewall to open the appropriate port(s) necessary for that service.

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1. Open Excel.
2. Create a new blank workbook or open an existing one that you wish to use.
3. Click on Data.
4. Select Import External Data.
5. Select Import Data.
6. Browse to the location of the Access .mdb file
7. You will then be prompted to select the table in the Access database that you wish to import into an Excel spreadsheet. Select the table you wish to use by clicking on it and then clicking on OK.
8. An Import Data window will open asking you where you wish to place the data in the Excel spreadsheet. The default location will be column A row 1. If that is where you want the data to go, click on OK, otherwise specify the location you wish to use.

   

References:

1. Import Microsoft Access Data Into Excel
   Mysticgeek's Realm :: Your Guide Through the Cyber Galaxy!

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I was able to resolve the problem by putting a small 5-port hub between the switch and the Wii. Everything worked fine then, but I don't know why that worked. I thought there might a problem with autonegotiation of the duplex and speed settings, but on the switch side I tried all possible settings for the duplex setting, i.e. auto, full, and half, with all possible combinations of the speed setting, i.e. auto, 100 Mbs, 10 Mbs, but none of the nine combinations worked.

When I did get the Wii's Internet connectivity working, I captured the traffic from/to it, so I would have a better idea of how it determines whether it has Internet connectivity. I've recorded my notes here.

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# gunzip libidn-1.14-sol7-sparc-local.gz
# pkgadd -d ./libidn-1.14-sol7-sparc-local

The following packages are available:
  1  SMClibidn     libidn
                   (sparc) 1.14

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

Processing package instance <SMClibidn> from </tmp/libidn-1.14-sol7-sparc-local>

libidn
(sparc) 1.14
Simon Josefsson et al
Using </usr/local> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
   20 package pathnames are already properly installed.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
WARNING:
    The /var filesystem has 0 free blocks. The current installation requires 152
 blocks, which includes a required 150 block buffer for open deleted files. 152 
more blocks are needed.

Do you want to continue with the installation of <SMClibidn> [y,n,?] n

Installation of <SMClibidn> was terminated due to user request.
No changes were made to the system.

When I checked the contents of /var/log, I found the following:

# ls -l
total 139882
-rw-------   1 root     sys      26576205 Aug 12 15:11 authlog
-rw-------   1 root     other    14635403 Aug 12 15:41 maillog
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root     6605320 Aug 12 15:44 named_querylog
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root     5538180 Jul 11 06:23 named_querylog.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        3651 Jun 15 16:58 named_querylog.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other     794523 Jun 15 15:39 named_querylog.2.gz
-rw-------   1 root     other    4106078 Jun 24 18:04 poplog
-rw-------   1 root     other    13249096 Aug 12 14:50 sshd.log
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     other        240 Jul 27  2000 sysidconfig.log

I moved authlog, maillog, and sshd.log to a a directory under /home, recreated the files in /var/log with touch, set the permissions to 600, and changed the group to what it had been previously on authlog.

# touch authlog.log
# touch maillog.log
# touch sshd.log
# chmod 600 authlog
# chmod 600 maillog
# chmod 600 sshdlog
# chgrp sys authlog
# ls -l
total 33402
-rw-------   1 root     sys            0 Aug 12 15:52 authlog
-rw-------   1 root     other          0 Aug 12 15:49 maillog
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root     6610244 Aug 12 15:54 named_querylog
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root     5538180 Jul 11 06:23 named_querylog.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        3651 Jun 15 16:58 named_querylog.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other     794523 Jun 15 15:39 named_querylog.2.gz
-rw-------   1 root     other    4106078 Jun 24 18:04 poplog
-rw-------   1 root     other          0 Aug 12 15:55 sshd.log
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     other        240 Jul 27  2000 sysidconfig.log

I then restarted the syslog daemon so it would use the new files.

# /etc/init.d/syslog stop
# /etc/init.d/syslog start
syslog service starting.

When I then checked the free space for /var, 94% of the capacity was used, whereas it had been 100% previously.

# df -k
Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
/proc                      0       0       0     0%    /proc
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0    2052750 1646775  344393    83%    /
fd                         0       0       0     0%    /dev/fd
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3    1015542  893738   60872    94%    /var
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4    5058110 4968663   38866   100%    /home
swap                  269872    6728  263144     3%    /tmp

References:

1. Moving Sendmail's Maillog File
   Date: August 10, 2005
   MoonPoint Support

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Since Mozilla Firefox understands how to use SOCKS proxies, you can configure it to go through the SOCKS proxy. You can configure it to use a SOCKS proxy by clicking on Edit, then Preferences, and then the Network tab. Click on Settings and then select Manual proxy configuration. For a SOCKS proxy, put the address of the SOCKS proxy server in the SOCKS Host field and the port that is being used on that server in the Port field.

If I establish a SOCKS proxy server using the ssh command, e.g. ssh -D 8055 jdoe@192.168.1.1, then I'm tunneling connections to the SOCKS proxy through the encrypted SSH connection and I will use 127.0.0.1 in the SOCKS host field and 8055 in the Port field, rather than the default SOCKS proxy port of 1080.

After downloading the proxychains package with Mozilla Firefox, aka iceweasel, I used dpkg to install it.

root@Knoppix:/home/knoppix# dpkg --install proxychains_2.1-5_i386.deb 
Selecting previously deselected package proxychains.
(Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking proxychains (from proxychains_2.1-5_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxychains:
 proxychains depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21); however:
  Package libc6 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing proxychains (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 proxychains

Proxychains looks for its configuration file in the following order:

1. ./proxychains.conf
2. $(HOME)/.proxychains/proxychains.conf
3. /etc/proxychains.conf

I copied the sample file /etc/proxychains.conf.dpkg-new to /etc/proxychains.conf.

root@Knoppix:/home/knoppix# cp /etc/proxychains.conf.dpkg-new /etc/proxychains.conf

The following default information appears in that file:

# ProxyList format
#       type  host  port [user pass]
#       (values separated by 'tab' or 'blank')
#
#
#        Examples:
#
#               socks5  192.168.67.78   1080    lamer  secret
#               http    192.168.89.3    8080    justu   hidden
#               socks4  192.168.1.49    1080
#               http    192.168.39.93   8080    
#               
#
#       proxy types: http, socks4, socks5
#        ( auth types supported: "basic"-http  "user/pass"-socks )
#
http    10.0.0.5 3128
http    10.0.0.3 3128
http    10.0.0.5 3128
#socks5 192.168.1.4 1080
#socks4 10.5.81.143 1080
#http   192.168.203.18 8080

I commented out the http lines with the 10.0.0.5 address by placing a "#" at the beginning of the line. I then removed the "#" from the socks5 line and changed the address from 192.168.1.4 to 127.0.0.1, since I was establishing a socks proxy using the ssh command. I changed the port from the default SOCKS port of 1080 to the one I used when I established the SOCKS proxy with ssh -D 8055 jdoe@192.68.1.1, i.e. port 8055. I then had the following lines in proxychains.conf.

# http  10.0.0.5 3128
# http  10.0.0.3 3128
# http  10.0.0.5 3128
socks5 127.0.0.1 8055
#socks4 10.5.81.143 1080
#http   192.168.203.18 8080

I also commented out "random_chain" and "chain_len" and uncommented "strict_chain".

I was then able to use proxychains with gpg to import a public key for a package repository into the public keyring for the root account.

root@Knoppix:/home/knoppix# proxychains gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --rec
v-keys 9AA38DCD55BE302B
gpg: requesting key 55BE302B from hkp server wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net
ProxyChains-2.1 (http://proxychains.sf.net)
random chain (1):....127.0.0.1:5555....194.171.167.98:11371..OK
gpg: /root/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 55BE302B: public key "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (5.0/lenny) 
<ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

I was also able to use proxychains for apt-get update by using proxychains apt-get update.

References:

1. ProxyChains - README (HowTo) TCP and DNS through proxy server, HTTP and SOCKS
   ProxyChains

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root@Knoppix:~# mkdir /var/lib/dpkg
root@Knoppix:~# mkdir /var/lib/dpkg/info
root@Knoppix:~# mkdir /var/lib/dpkg/updates
root@Knoppix:~# touch /var/lib/dpkg/status
root@Knoppix:~# touch /var/lib/dpkg/available

Alternatively, you can use the apt-get utility to download and install the packages you wish to use - see Using apt-get with BitDefender Rescue CD

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lenny/sid

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To use the rescue CD, boot the system from the CD. You may need to configure the system's Basic Input Output System (BIOS) to attempt to boot from a CD before attempting to boot from the hard drive or hit a key that allows you to select the drive from which you want to boot. When you system starts booting from the CD, you will see an initial startup nenu.

Start knoppix in English (US)
Start knoppix in French
Start knoppix in console mode
Memory test
Boot from first hard disk

You must hit Enter when the menu appears or move the cursor up or down or the system will be booted from the hard drive rather than the boot process continuing from the CD.

Click on the image to enlarge it

During the boot process, the virus definitions will be updated, if the system has an Internet connection. If the software has a problem updating the definitions it will hang for awhile at the stage where it tries to update the virus definitions and then you will see the message "Trying to update BitDefender-scanner...fail..check your network ?" When the BitDefender Rescue CD completes booting, you will have a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A BitDefender AntiVirus Scanner for Unices program will start automatically and start scanning the hard drive in the system.

By default, all partitions detected on the hard drive will be scanned. When the scan completes, you'll have to choose what actions to take on the infected file(s). You can choose one action for all files or select an action for each item.

If you right-click somewhere on the desktop, you will see a list of applications on the CD. You can get a terminal window by selecting Terminal or Terminal (as root) by selecting from the menu that appears when you right-click on the desktop. Don't pick Exit from this menu, until you are ready to shut down the system. I.e., wait until the scan has completed and you've chosen what to do with any infected files detected

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1. Click on Configuration.
2. Click on Admin.
3. Click on Management.
4. Check the box next to Enable SSH (V2).
5. If you wish to change the port from the default value of 22, put in the value you wish to use in the Port field.
6. If you also wish to enable Secure Copy (SCP), check the box next to Enable SCP.
7. Click on the Apply button.

The above steps will allow access from the "trust" side of the firewall, e.g. the Local Area Network (LAN) behind the firewall. If you want to permit access from the "untrust" side, i.e. from the outside interface of the firewall, you will have to take additional steps.

To permit access from the "unstrust" side using the web interface to the firewall, take the following steps.

1. Click on Network.
2. Click on Interfaces.
3. Click on the Edit link for the "untrust" zone.
4. Under Service Options, check SSH.
5. Click on OK.

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An X-Fonter XFL file is just a text file that lists the location of fonts that are in a font collection. For instance, my wife has a "Celtic" collection. The information for that collection is stored in Celtic.xfl, which on her old system, contained the following lines:

X-Fonter Collection
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\A\ameruncn.ttf|AmericanUncD
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\A\AONCC___.TTF|Aon Cari Celtic
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\B\boyduncial.ttf|BoydUncial
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\B\BUNCHLO.TTF|Bunchló\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\Celtasmigoria.ttf|Celtasmigoria
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\celticmd.ttf|Celticmd Decorative w Drop Caps
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CELTICHD.TTF|CelticHand
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CelticEels.ttf|CelticEels
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CelticaBlack.ttf|Celtica Black
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CELTIC-1.TTF|Celtic101
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\celti_er.ttf|Celtic-Extended Normal
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\celti_eb.ttf|Celtic-Extended Bold
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\celti_cr.ttf|Celtic-Condensed Normal
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\celti_cb.ttf|Celtic-Condensed Bold
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CELTP___.TTF|Celtic Patterns
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\celti__r.ttf|Celtic Normal
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\Celtic Knot.TTF|Celtic Knot
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CELTG___.TTF|Celtic Garamond the 2nd
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CELTF___.TTF|Celtic Frames
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\celti__b.ttf|Celtic Bold
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CelticB.ttf|Celtic Bold
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\C\CRY.TTF|Cry Uncial
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\D\dahaut__.ttf|Dahaut
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\D\DS_Celtic_Border-1.ttf|DS_Celtic Border 1
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\D\DS_Celtic-2.ttf|DS_Celtic 2
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\D\DS_Celtic-1.ttf|DS_Celtic 1
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\F\FAERIE__.TTF|Faerie
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\F\FLORIMEL.TTF|Florimel.
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\F\FULLMN1.TTF|Full Moon 1
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\G\GAEIL1.TTF|Gaeilge 1 Normal
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\G\Gaelic.ttf|Gaelic
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\K\kelt__cr.ttf|Kelt-Condensed Normal
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\K\kelt__ci.ttf|Kelt-Condensed Italic
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\K\kelt___r.ttf|Kelt Normal
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\K\kelt___i.ttf|Kelt Italic
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\P\Pee's Celtic Plain.ttf|Pee's Celtic Plain
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\P\Pee's Celtic outline.ttf|Pee's Celtic outline
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\P\Pee's Celtic Italic.ttf|Pee's Celtic Italic
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\N\NARROW.TTF|PR Celtic Narrow
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\S\SPIRI___.TTF|Spiral Initials
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\S\st______.ttf|Stonecross
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\S\stonehen.ttf|Stonehenge Regular
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\T\Tattoo No1.ttf|Tattoo No1
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\T\Tattoo No2.ttf|Tattoo No2
D:\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\U\uncl1475.ttf|Uncial 1475

She had copied all of the fonts to her new laptop, but now they were in a different location. Now they were in C:\Users\Username\Documents\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\l not D:\\Computer & Desktop\Fonts\Collection\l, with l representing the letter at the beginning of the font name. That was just the convention she used for organizing her fonts.

So I needed to update the location for all of her fonts in the XFL files on the laptop. I wasn't able to edit the files from her account util I changed the security permissions on the C:\Program Files (x86)\X-Fonter\Collections directory. To change the security permisions on the directory in Microsoft Vista, take the following steps.

1. Right-click on the folder name and chose Properties.
2. Click on the Security tab.
3. Click on the Edit button.
4. When notified that Windows needs your permission to continue, click on Continue.
5. Click on the Add button.
6. In the "Enter the object names to select" field, type the name for the account to which you want to grant permission to edit the collections XFL files, e.g. Mary, if that happened to be the login name to which you wanted to grant that capability.
7. Click on the Check Names button to verify the entry.
8. Click on OK.
9. In the permissions list, click on Full Control to give that account the capability to make any needed changes to the folder and its contents, i.e. the collections XFL files.
10. Click on OK.
11. Click on OK again to close the Collections Properties window.

You can then edit the XFL files from the account to make any needed changes, rather than being forced to only make changes from the administrator account.

I edited the .xfl files with Windows Notepad using its "replace" function to replace the old location with the current location for her fonts. Then when I opened X-Fonter, clicked on the Collections tab, and selected a collection by clicking on it, I could see the font listed under Font Example and the font was shown in the right pane of the X-Fonter window rather than seeing "Font not Found" under Font Exmple and just a default font in the right pane of the X-Fonter window. If X-Fonter is displaying "File not Found" in the Font Example field, you can right click on the "File not Found" message and choose Properties to see where X-Fonter is expecting to find the font.

Note: If you have X-Fonter open when you edit an XFL file, you will need to close X-Fonter and reopen it for it to see any changes you have made to the XFL file.

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She also wanted her bookmarks copied. On her old Windows XP system, her bookmarkes were stored in C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.bm. I couldn't find a file with that name on her new laptop running Windows Vista after Winamp was installed on it. So I asked her to create a bookmark in Winamp while she was logged into her account. I then searched the system again and found a Winamp.bm file was created in C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Winamp, where Username was her account name on the laptop. I deleted that file and copied the one from the old system to that location. Note: at first I left the just recently created Winamp.bm file there and pasted in the one from the other system, but that just created a shortcut to the one on the old system, so I deleted the existing one and then copied in the other one. When I opened Winamp on the new laptop, all of her bookmarks were accessible.

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References:

1. reformatting
   vim tips and tricks

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Michael Jackson died on June 25. Spammers are already trying to capitalize on his death by referencing it in their spam messages. Mcafee's TrustedSource site reports the following at Michael Jackson News Affects Web Traffic

The announcement of Michael Jackson.s death has caused immediate effects on the Web 2.0 world. The impact ranged from the interruption on Facebook of coverage of Farrah Fawcett.s death to a surge experienced by Twitter. The Web 2.0 world is definitely abuzz with traffic regarding his passing.

Within hours the percentage of “long-tail” URL traffic associated with Michael Jackson was growing. It peaked around 1 p.m. Eastern time today and now seems to be dropping. These URLs contained mostly generic information about Jackson-blogs, posts, tributes, photos, and collections of his entertainment past. And, yes, some even contained links to malware or rogue anti-virus software.

How do people find these URLs? We.ve seen spam, tweets, blog postings, group postings, and even mobile phone alerts. In addition, as predicted by Avert Labs, we.ve seen search-engine optimization (SEO) in action. There were several attempts to capitalize on redirecting users to known malware-serving sites associated with other SEO campaigns. We found it interesting during our research to see how fast some of the search engines seemed to respond to this. One popular keyword search done around 9 p.m. yesterday showed seven of the top 10 links going to some of these well-known malicious servers. That same search done an hour later showed only one of the top 10 involved.

As the entertainment industry continues to pay tribute and homage to Jackson, we expect that spam and SEO efforts will grow over the weekend. Eventually a new piece of news will replace this event, and there will be a new story-with much the same results.

My wife got email this morning with a subject of "Michael Jackson dead? NO!!!". Withing the message was the following text:

Michael Jackson dead? NO!!!

Open attached file and read!!!

There was an attachment with the message, Michael Jackson Live!.html . I saved the attachment to the hard drive and opened it with a text editor. There was only one line in it, which is shown below:

<meta http-equiv='Refresh' content='0; url=http://addfamous.com/' />

If you opened the file in a web browser, that line would cause your browser to "refresh" the webpage you opened, but using the URL addfamous.com .

The spam message my wife received was listed at Michael Jackson dead? NO!!! on Spam me! Send me your spam messages!, a site which states "In a normal situation you should definitelly not want such thing in your e-mail inbox, however, this website is meant to do exactly the opposite: get as many spam messages as possible, clean them of any harmful stuff (adult images, links to dubious websites and others) and present them to you to research or whatever you want them for."

I didn't visit the addfamous.com site, but out of curiosity, checked its reputation at various web reputation sites.

TrustedSource

I issued a query for addfamous.com at TrustedSource. Unfortunately, that site was experiencing difficulties when I checked and simply returned "Service currently not available (3), please try again later!"

McAfee SiteAdvisor^®

I issued a query for addfamous.com at the McAfee SiteAdvisor^® site. It returned "Our analysis found that this site may be promoted through spammy e-mail." It also reported "This site has been queued for testing. Please come back soon for automated results."

Norton Safe Web

I issued a query for addfamous.com at Symantec's Norton Safe Web site. It reported "This site has not been tested yet."

Barracuda Central

I also checked the reputation of the site using Barracuda Central's IP / Domain Lookups tools. Barracuda Networks sells antspam appliances. I clicked on the Domain Reputation tab and put in addfamous.com . Barracuda Central reported "This domain name addfamous.com is listed on Barracuda's Intent Block List."

Trend Micro Web Reputation Query

I issued a query on http://addfamous.com. The Trend Micro Web Reputation Query site reported "This URL is not currently listed as malicious."

BorderWare ReputationAuthority

I issued a query on addfamous.com. The site reported the domain had a "good" reputation.

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# pkginfo | grep apr
application SMCapr         apr
application SMCapru        aprutil

I can then check the version number using the command pkginfo -l SMCapru:

# pkginfo -l SMCapru
   PKGINST:  SMCapru
      NAME:  aprutil
  CATEGORY:  application
      ARCH:  sparc
   VERSION:  1.2.2
   BASEDIR:  /usr/local
    VENDOR:  Apache Software Foundation
    PSTAMP:  Steve Christensen
  INSTDATE:  Jun 25 2009 17:11
     EMAIL:  steve@smc.vnet.net
    STATUS:  completely installed
     FILES:     49 installed pathnames
                12 shared pathnames
                 8 directories
                 3 executables
              5750 blocks used (approx)

The version number listed is 1.2.2

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MS-DOS LAN Manager v2.1 Netbind
IBM Netbind Version 2.1
Microsoft (R) Mouse Driver Version 8.20
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1983-1992.
Copyright (C) IBM Corp. 1992-1993.
Mouse driver installed
Network initialization failed: the DOS-mode client cannot proceed
Unable to obtain IP address via DHCP
Network initialization failed: the DOS-mode client cannot proceed
Unable to obtain IP address via DHCP

The last two lines continued to repeat. I hit Ctrl-C to break out of the loop, which yielded a C:\GHOST> prompt. I realized then that the Ghost backup process that normally runs on the weekend encountered a problem. A Ghost 7.5 server normally starts a backup of the system on the weekend by contacting the Ghost client software on the system and instructing it to reboot into a Ghost virtual partition. When the backup process completes, the system will reboot into Windows. But, in this case, something went wrong.

Apparently, when the system rebooted into the Ghost virtual partition, it couldn't obtain an IP address from the Ghost server via DHCP and then just continually looped as it tried to obtain an IP address via DHCP. When I later checked the DHCP server, I found that it had exhausted its pool of available IP addresses for handing out via DHCP.

At the prompt, I typed ngctdos -hide and hit Enter to "hide" the Ghost virtual boot partition and restart the system normally.

References:

1. System Stuck in Ghost Virtual Boot Partition
   MoonPoint Support

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logging {
    channel query_logging {
         file "/var/log/named_querylog"
         versions 3 size 100M;
         print-time yes;                 // timestamp log entries
      };

      category queries {
          query_logging;
      };
};

To have the change take effect, you need to kill the named process and restart it , e.g. kill `cat path_to/named.pid` followed by /usr/sbin/in.named to restart the service. You should then be able to view the log of DNS queries.

# cat /var/log/named_querylog
11-May-2009 17:00:34.885 XX /127.0.0.1/inbound.broadbandsupport.net/A
11-May-2009 17:00:36.097 XX /192.168.1.3/cisco.com/A
11-May-2009 17:00:39.883 XX /127.0.0.1/inbound.broadbandsupport.net/A
#

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References:

1. Email Account Limitations
   Last Updated: August 29, 2008
   GoDaddy Help Center

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<pre>
<u style="border-bottom: solid 1px;">Windows XP Professional Setup</u>


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The code would produce the following:

Windows XP Professional Setup

References:

1. How do you make a double underline???
   Date: December 11, 2006
   Forums - CreateBlog

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The following shows an entry made to that file. Folders are shared via NFS using the share command. The options used are explained below:

#       Place share(1M) commands here for automatic execution
#       on entering init state 3.
#
#       Issue the command 'svcadm enable network/nfs/server' to
#       run the NFS daemon processes and the share commands, after adding
#       the very first entry to this file.
#
#       share [-F fstype] [ -o options] [-d "<text>"] <pathname> [resource]
#       .e.g,
#       share  -F nfs  -o rw=engineering  -d "home dirs"  /export/home2

share -F nfs -o rw=PC1 -d "share" /export/home/jsmith/Documents/share

The options that can be specified with -o are as follows:

     -o specific_options

         The specific_options are used to control access  of  the
         shared resource. (See share_nfs(1M) for the NFS specific
         options.) They may be any of the following:

         rw

             pathname is shared read/write to all  clients.  This
             is also the default behavior.

         rw=client[:client]...

             pathname is shared read/write  only  to  the  listed
             clients. No other systems can access pathname.

         ro

             pathname is shared read-only to all clients.

Note: in the example above I used /export/home/jsmith/Documents/share as the directory to be shared. I had to use /export/home/jsmith/Documents/share rather than /home/Documents/jsmith/shared, because under Solaris the /home directory is a special directory. For sharing something under it with NFS, you need to use /export/home.

When I tried sharing the directory with the shareall command when I used /home/jsmith/Documents/share, I received an error message.

# shareall -F nfs
share_nfs: /home/jim/Documents/share: Operation not applicable

Once I used /export/home/jsmith/Documents/share in /etc/dfs/dfstab, I did not receive any error messages when running shareall.

# shareall -F nfs
#

Once the dfstab file has been edited, start the NFS server with svcadm enable network/nfs/server.

You can check the state of the NFS server with the svc command:

$ svcs network/nfs/server
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       14:19:50 svc:/network/nfs/server:default

You can use the -v option with the svcadm to get more verbose information. You can use the -r option to enable other services on which it depends. Svcadm then enables each service instance and recursively enables its dependencies. If the -s option is specified, svcadm enables each service instance and then waits for each service instance to enter the online or degraded state. svcadm will return early if it determines that the service cannot reach these states without administrator intervention.

# svcadm -v enable -r network/nfs/server
svc:/network/nfs/server:default enabled.
svc:/milestone/network enabled.
svc:/network/loopback enabled.
svc:/network/physical enabled.
svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr enabled.
svc:/network/rpc/bind enabled.
svc:/system/filesystem/minimal enabled.
svc:/system/filesystem/usr enabled.
svc:/system/boot-archive enabled.
svc:/system/filesystem/root enabled.
svc:/system/device/local enabled.
svc:/system/identity:node enabled.
svc:/system/sysidtool:net enabled.
svc:/milestone/single-user:default enabled.
svc:/milestone/devices enabled.
svc:/system/device/fc-fabric enabled.
svc:/system/sysevent enabled.
svc:/system/manifest-import enabled.
svc:/system/filesystem/local:default enabled.
svc:/milestone/single-user enabled.
svc:/system/filesystem/minimal:default enabled.
svc:/system/identity:domain enabled.
svc:/network/nfs/status enabled.
svc:/system/filesystem/local enabled.
# svcadm enable -s /network/nfs/server

If the service is still marked as disabled, you can use the -d option, which lists the services or service instances upon which the given service instances depend.

# svcs /network/nfs/server
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       14:55:55 svc:/network/nfs/server:default
# svcs -d /network/nfs/server
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       Jul_28   svc:/network/rpc/keyserv:default
disabled       Jul_28   svc:/network/nfs/mapid:default
online         Jul_28   svc:/milestone/network:default
online         Jul_28   svc:/system/filesystem/local:default
online         Jul_28   svc:/network/rpc/bind:default
online         Jul_28   svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr:default
online         Jul_28   svc:/network/rpc/gss:default

When I tried starting the NFS server software on a Solaris 10 system, I didn't see error messages when I ran svdadm enable -s /network/nfs/server, but when I would check it afterwards with svcs /network/nfs/server, the service was listed as disabled. So I tried enabling the keyserv and mapid services, which were listed as disabled.

# svcs keyserv
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       Jul_28   svc:/network/rpc/keyserv:default
# svcadm enable keyserv
# svcs keyserv
STATE          STIME    FMRI
maintenance    15:43:56 svc:/network/rpc/keyserv:default
# svcadm enable mapid
# svcs mapid
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         15:44:58 svc:/network/nfs/mapid:default
# svcs /network/nfs/server
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       14:55:55 svc:/network/nfs/server:default
# svcadm enable -s /network/nfs/server
svcadm: Instance "svc:/network/nfs/server:default" has been disabled by another 
entity.
# svcs -x  svc:/network/nfs/server
svc:/network/nfs/server:default (NFS server)
 State: disabled since Sun Apr 26 15:45:46 2009
Reason: Disabled by an administrator.
   See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05
   See: nfsd(1M)
   See: /var/svc/log/network-nfs-server:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.

I finally realized that the NFS service won't start if there is no valid directory share. I had used /home/jsmith/Documents/share in /etc/dfs/dfstab instead of /export/home/jsmith/Documents/share. Once I corrected that problem, I was able to enable the /network/nfs/server service.

# svcs /network/nfs/server
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         16:15:32 svc:/network/nfs/server:default
# svcadm enable -s /network/nfs/server
# svcs /network/nfs/server
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         16:15:32 svc:/network/nfs/server:default

I had previously run svcadm enable -r /network/nfs/server to recursively enable any other services that the NFS service depended upon. Since the keyserv and mapid services had been listed as disabled after I ran that command, but I had subsequenty enabled them when I incorrectly concluded that the fact that they were disabled was keeping the NFS server service from running, I disabled them again.

# svcadm disable keyserv
# svcadm disable mapid
# svcadm restart /network/nfs/server
# svcs /network/nfs/server
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         16:41:38 svc:/network/nfs/server:default

I then checked to verify the system was listening on the default port for NFS, port 2049.

# netstat -an | grep 2049
      *.2049                              Idle
      *.2049                              Idle
      *.2049                                                        Idle
      *.2049               *.*                0      0 49152      0 LISTEN
      *.2049               *.*                0      0 49152      0 LISTEN
      *.2049                            *.*                             0      0 49152      0 LISTEN
# netstat -a | grep nfs
      *.nfsd                              Idle
      *.nfsd                              Idle
      *.nfsd                                                        Idle

References:

1. Sharing directories with NFS in Solaris 10
   Solaris Administration Secrets and Security
2. Setting up an NFS Server on Solaris
   Date: December 21, 2003
   Network Administrator Tools
3. Solaris 10: enable NFS server
   By: qmchenry
   Date: May 20, 2005
   Tech-Recipes - Your cookbook of tech tutorials
4. [osol-help] unable to bring up nfs server on solaris 10
   Date: May 15, 2007
   The opensolaris-help Archives
5. NFS: Operation not applicable
   Date: August 12, 2006
   Sun Forums
6. svcadm fails to enable nfs/server
   Date: August 12, 2008
   SUN Solaris - The UNIX and Linux Forums

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<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
    DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
    ServerName dummy-host.example.com
    ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

If the IP address for another.example.com, points to the same webserver, but there is no virtualhost section for another.example.com, then anyone who uses http://another.example.com will see whatever homepage was set up for dummy-host.example.com.

References:

1. VirtualHost Examples
   Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0
   The Apache HTTP Server Project

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Hold the mouse button down and drag the mouse while holding the button down to create a text box. To insert a field into the text box, rather than typing text, click on Insert, then select Field. You can click on Date/Time to see options for inserting dates and times into the document. If you selected the Last Edit Date/Time, you could insert the date and/or time the document was last edited. If you later edited the drawing again, that value would be updated automatically in the area where you inserted it in the drawing.

If you placed author and company information in the drawings "properties" by clicking on File then Properties, you could insert that information in the document as well.

Instead of selecting Date/Time when choosing which information to insert in the document, you would then select Document Info for the field.

References:

1. Creating text fields to display information in Visio
   Microsoft Office Online

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Original lines

Gold, Silver, Bronze

Desired lines

Gold Silver Bronze

You can use the following command in Vi to replace all commas with the newline character starting from the first line in the file to the last (represented by $):

1,$ s/,/^M/g

As noted above, you need to hit Ctrl-V Enter to put the ^M in the command.

References:

1. How to represent a new line character in a regex in VI?
   By: mbrooks
   Date: December 30, 2006
   Tek-Tips

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No Character encoding declared at document level

No character encoding information was found within the document, either in an HTML meta element or an XML declaration. It is often recommended to declare the character encoding in the document itself, especially if there is a chance that the document will be read from or saved to disk, CD, etc.

There are, of course, many other useful references on the matter on the web. The Wikipedia article, Character encodings in HTML explains how browsers determine the character encoding of a webpage. Wikipedia provides information on issues related to the internationalization and localization, often abbreviated as i18n (where 18 stands for the number of letters between the i and the n in internationalization, a usage coined at DEC in the 1970s or 80s) and L10n respectively. The capital L in L10n helps to distinguish it from the lowercase i in i18n.

UTF-8: The Securet of Character Encoding has a good explanation of why it is advisable to specify the character encoding for your HTML documents and why using UTF-8 is recommended.

The webserver is providing information on the encoding of the webpages, i.e. it is sending Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 in the HTTP headers it sends to browsers, but I haven't been including a meta tag in the pages specifying the encoding, i.e. I haven't been using <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">. I decided to add that immediately after the <head> tag in the template I use for my webpages.

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autocmd BufEnter *.html setlocal indentexpr=
autocmd BufEnter *.htm setlocal indentexpr=

You can enter similar lines to stop autoindentation in other files.

References:

1. How to stop auto indenting
   Vim Tips Wiki

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Eventually, the Toshiba Power Management Utility will show that the battery has fully discharged. Then within a minute or two, the system will power itself off.

I had configured the Toshiba Power Management Utility to put the system in hibernate mode when the power got down to a a very low percentage, but it has never done so; the system just powers off. And, even though I had it configured to warn me when the battery power got down to 10%, I'm never warned either. The system just abrubtly powers itself off.

I had found other people reporting similar problems with this laptop when I searched for information on the problem previously - see Toshiba M35X Laptop Powers Off Randomly. The system had been showing 100% power yesterday evening and I hadn't noticed the charge state decreasing - I use Laptop Battery Power Monitor to constantly monitor the charge state of the battery - and I hadn't saved a lot of notes I had made regarding a problem I was working on. I know better than to use Windows Notepad, since it doesn't do any automatic file saving, but I had pasted output from a remote system and URLs related to the problem I was working on at the time into Notes. So I utterred a few curses when the laptop powered itself off, since all those notes were lost.

When the system is not charging, I see the two left-most LED's lit green on the front of the laptop. The left-most one indicates the laptop has A/C power. The middle one is lit green indicating the system is powered on. When the system is charging, the right-most one is lit amber when the battery is charging. And the Laptop Battery Power Monitor will have an orange arrow pointing out of it to notify me that the laptop battery is charging.

When the system powers itself off, I've found that if I power it back on immediately, it will show a zero percent charge and power itself back off within a couple of minutes. If I do nothing, but leave the system off for awhile, when I turn it back on, it may show the battery as fully charged or show it is in a charging state, depending on how long I've left it powered off. Sometimes, though, it shows the battery in a partially charged state and immediately starts discharging again.

Today, I found that if I tipped the laptop backwords, I could get the state to go from discharging to charging. If I put it back down, sometimes it would show that it was charging, other times it would be discharging the battery. I also found that if I pulled the A/C power plug from the back of the laptop and plugged it back in, sometimes I could get it to go to the charging state. Sometimes the Laptop Battery Monitor utility would show briefly that the battery was being charged, but would almost immediately switch to showing it was discharging. If I removed the power plug and put it back in multiple times, I could sometimes get it to stay in the charging state. At the moment it's charging again.

I did some more online searching with Google again today to see what others were saying about such problems with Toshiba laptops. I found others reporting similar problems with other Toshiba laptops. Many, like myself, stated they are unlikely to consider a Toshiba laptop for future laptop purchases. I found a lot of very informative postings on the problem by various people at Toshiba Satellite P25-s520 AC Power Problem. Some people had reported resolving the problem by simply opening the laptop and blowing out dust. Others fixed their problem by replacing the nib on the power adapter. Others replaced or adjusted the placement of components inside the laptop. For anyone experiencing similar problems, I would recommend reading the postings there. If those webpages ever disappear or the site is unavailable, the Internet Archive, aka the Wayback Machine, has them archived at Toshiba Satellite Ps5-s520 AC Power Problem. One of the posters even posted a link on how to disassemble a Toshiba Satellite P25 notebook, which you might want to try to get rid of dust inside the laptop or if you want to check the power connection to the motherboard. The link is Disassembling Toshiba Satellite P25 notebook. It may be helpful for those who need to disassemble other models of Toshiba Satellite laptops as well.

One poster even said he was able to rectify the problem by wrapping aluminum foil around the nib of the power plug that goes into the back of the laptop. I tried that; it didn't help and, when the foil comes off and remains inside the connector on the back of the laptop, it may be difficult to get all of it back out, so, personally, I can't recommend that solution, though, if you are desparate, you can try it.

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FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `bl.csma.biz', `550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - See http://bl.csma.biz/')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `sbl.spamhaus.org', `550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - See http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `psbl.surriel.com', `550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - see http://psbl.surriel.com/')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsbl.sorbs.net',`550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - see http://dnsbl.sorbs.net/')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsrbl.swinog.ch',`550 Spam Block: mail from $&{client_addr} refused - see http://antispam.imp.ch/spamikaze/remove.php')dnl

After adding the entry for the Swinog RBL, I generated a sendmail.cf file from sendmail.mc and restarted sendmail.

# m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
# /etc/init.d/sendmail restart

I checked /var/log/maillog just moments after adding that blacklist and found it had blocked spam:

# grep 'antispam.imp.ch' /var/log/maillog
Apr  8 21:16:57 frostdragon sendmail[15676]: n391GuGi015676: ruleset=check_rcpt,
 arg1=<broderbundxxxxxx@moonpoint.com>, relay=65-75-229-245.dsl.ctcn.net [65.75.
229.245] (may be forged), reject=550 5.7.1 <broderbundxxxxxx@moonpoint.com>... S
pam Block:mail from 65.75.229.245 refused - see http://antispam.imp.ch/spamikaze
/remove.php

The Swinog DNSBL blocked email to an email address that I used on December 8, 2004 when I registered software with Brøderbund Software. I never used the email for any other purpose. Usually, when I'm providing an email address to any company, I don't use my primary email address, but instead create an alias for that address that points to my primary email address. So, if I start getting a lot of spam addressed to the alias, I can just invalidate the alias. And, since the aliases I create are not ones a spammer would use if the spammer was employing a name dictionary attack, i.e. guessing likekly names, I know that the company has provided the email address I gave them to a spammer. So I know the spammer got the address above, which I've changed for any spam spiders that may crawl across this page, from Brøderbund Software or one of the companies that subsequently owned Brøderbund Software.

The Wikipedia article on the company at Brøderbund lists the following history of corporate ownership for Brøderbund.

Brøderbund was purchased by The Learning Company in 1998 for about USD$420 million in stock. Ironically, Brøderbund had initially attempted to purchase the original The Learning Company in 1995, but was outbid by Softkey, who purchased The Learning Company for $606 million in cash and then adopted its name. In a move to rationalize costs, The Learning Company promptly terminated 500 employees at Brøderbund the same year, representing 42% of the company's workforce. Then in 1999 the combined company was bought by Mattel for $3.6 billion. Mattel reeled from the financial impact of this transaction, and Jill Barad, the CEO, ended up being forced out in a climate of investor outrage. Mattel then gave away The Learning Company in September 2000 to Gores Technology Group, a private acquisitions firm, for a share of whatever Gores could obtain by selling the company. In 2001, Gores sold The Learning Company's entertainment holdings to Ubisoft, and most of the other holdings, including the Brøderbund name, to Irish company Riverdeep. Currently, all of Brøderbund's games, such as the Myst series, are published by Ubisoft.

I suspect that it wasn't just my email address that was sold to spammers. Probably Brøderbund's entire mailing list was sold by either Brøderbund or one of the companies that acquired it, though, of course there is a possibility it could just have been an employee of one of the companies trying to make some easy cash or one who was losing a job as his or her company was acquired by another company, who could have been looking to compensate for lost wages.

The address is still being used by spammers over four years later, even though the address has probably not been valid for over a year. Unfortunately, I don't remember when I first started getting spam addressed to that email address.

After having a hernia operation recently, I noticed I've been getting spam on a fairly regular basis suggesting I might want to use the legal services mentioned in the spam if I wanted to sue for any problems related to the patch used in the surgery. I don't remember seeing any of this type of message previously, though it's possible that I might have received such messages, but they never registered in my consciousness then as I deleted spam. But I'm wondering now if someone at the office of the doctor who performed the surgery sold my email address. I believe I did put my primary email address on a form I filled out at the doctor's office. If I had used an alias, I would know for certain, if that was the case.

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The snoop commands provide functionality one might expect from a sniffer, but you can also use debug commands to see how the firewall is applying policies to the traffic it sees.

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Since I needed to test whether UDP datagrams would reach the Windows system on port 27900, I issued the command ncat -u 27900 -l to have ncat listen (the "-l" argument) on UDP port 27900 (the -u 27900 argument). I then issued the command socat - udp-sendto:192.168.0.3:27900 on the Linux system. The - udp-sendto:192.168.0.3 allowed me to send data from the system socat was running on to the the destination address 192.168.0.3. I was then able to type text, e.g. the words "a test" on the Linux system. I saw them appear on the Windows system indicating the firewall rule was functioning as needed.

Linux Sending System

$ socat - udp-sendto:192.168.2.3:27900
a test

Windows Listening System

C:\Program Files\Network\Nmap>ncat -u 27900 -l
a test

I then terminated the socat program on the Linux system with Ctrl-D and the ncat program on the Windows system with Ctrl-C.

References:

1. Nmap
2. socat
   dest-unreach.org
3. socat - Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)
   Linux Man Pages Manual Documentation for Linux / Solaris / UNIX / BSD

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# rpm --install ncat-4.85BETA7-1.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) is needed by ncat-4.85BETA7-1.x86_64

Yet, when I checked the system for the presence of libc.so.6, I found it was present.

# locate libc.so
/lib/libc.so.6
/lib/i686/nosegneg/libc.so.6
/lib64/libc.so.6
/usr/lib/libc.so
/usr/lib/i386-redhat-linux4E/lib/libc.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux4E/lib64/libc.so
/usr/lib64/libc.so

I checked to see what package provided the file.

# rpm -qf /lib/libc.so.6
glibc-2.5-24
# rpm -qf /lib64/libc.so.6
glibc-2.5-24

When I checked the package, there appeared to be two glibc-2.5-24 packages present, since when I ran the command rpm -qi glibc-2.5-24, I saw the package listed twice, but with different sizes

# rpm -qi glibc-2.5-24
Name        : glibc                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.5                               Vendor: CentOS
Release     : 24                            Build Date: Fri 23 May 2008 10:40:42 PM EDT
Install Date: Tue 29 Jul 2008 10:03:15 AM EDT      Build Host: builder15.centos.org
Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: glibc-2.5-24.src.rpm
Size        : 11590290                         License: LGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sun 15 Jun 2008 09:51:20 AM EDT, Key ID a8a447dce8562897
Summary     : The GNU libc libraries.
Description :
The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and
memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is
kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package
contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C
library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a
Linux system will not function.
Name        : glibc                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.5                               Vendor: CentOS
Release     : 24                            Build Date: Fri 23 May 2008 11:12:28 PM EDT
Install Date: Tue 29 Jul 2008 10:03:26 AM EDT      Build Host: builder15.centos.org
Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: glibc-2.5-24.src.rpm
Size        : 12579066                         License: LGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sun 15 Jun 2008 09:51:20 AM EDT, Key ID a8a447dce8562897
Summary     : The GNU libc libraries.
Description :
The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and
memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is
kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package
contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C
library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a
Linux system will not function.

I tried updating the package.

# yum upgrade glibc
Loading "priorities" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
 * base: mirror.anl.gov
 * updates: ftp.lug.udel.edu
 * addons: centos.aol.com
 * extras: ftp.lug.udel.edu
338 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Upgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5-34 for package: glibc
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5-24 for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5-24 for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5-24 for package: glibc-headers
---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 glibc                   x86_64     2.5-34           base              4.7 M
 glibc                   i686       2.5-34           base              5.2 M
 glibc-common            x86_64     2.5-34           base               16 M
Updating for dependencies:
 glibc-devel             x86_64     2.5-34           base              2.4 M
 glibc-headers           x86_64     2.5-34           base              589 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       5 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 29 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): glibc-devel-2.5-34 100% |=========================| 2.4 MB    00:04
(2/5): glibc-common-2.5-3 100% |=========================|  16 MB    00:32
(3/5): glibc-headers-2.5- 100% |=========================| 589 kB    00:01
(4/5): glibc-2.5-34.i686. 100% |=========================| 5.2 MB    00:09
(5/5): glibc-2.5-34.x86_6 100% |=========================| 4.7 MB    00:08
Running rpm_check_debug
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
Package glibc-devel needs glibc = 2.5-24, this is not available.
Package glibc-devel needs glibc = 2.5-24, this is not available.
Package glibc-devel needs glibc-headers = 2.5-24, this is not available.
Package glibc-devel needs glibc-headers = 2.5-24, this is not available.
Complete!

When I ran rpm -qi glib afterwards, I saw version 2.5-24 still listed. I tried yum update glibc as well, though I didn't expect the results to be different; they weren't. I then checked for glibc files in the yum cache. There appeared to be both 32-bit and 64-bit versions present.

# ls /var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc*
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-2.5-24.i686.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-2.5-24.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-2.5-34.i686.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-2.5-34.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-common-2.5-24.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-common-2.5-34.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-devel-2.5-24.i386.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-devel-2.5-24.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-devel-2.5-34.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-headers-2.5-24.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc-headers-2.5-34.x86_64.rpm

I removed all of them from the yum cache with rm -f /var/cache/yum/base/packages/glibc*. When I tried yum update glibc again, however, the results were the same.

I checked the arch of the installed glibc packages.

# rpm -qa --qf  '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n'|grep glibc
glibc-devel-2.5-24.x86_64
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26.x86_64
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26.i386
glibc-devel-2.5-24.i386
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26.x86_64
glibc-2.5-24.x86_64
glibc-2.5-24.i686
glibc-common-2.5-24.x86_64
glibc-headers-2.5-24.x86_64

I did have 32-bit and 64-bit versions installed. I decided to try listing all of the glibc packages for the yum update command. That worked much better.

# yum update glibc glibc-common glibc-devel glibc-headers
Loading "priorities" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
 * base: mirrors.rit.edu
 * updates: ftp.lug.udel.edu
 * addons: ftp.lug.udel.edu
 * extras: ftp.lug.udel.edu
338 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 glibc                   x86_64     2.5-34           base              4.7 M
 glibc                   i686       2.5-34           base              5.2 M
 glibc-common            x86_64     2.5-34           base               16 M
 glibc-devel             i386       2.5-34           base              2.0 M
 glibc-devel             x86_64     2.5-34           base              2.4 M
 glibc-headers           x86_64     2.5-34           base              589 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       6 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 31 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): glibc-devel-2.5-34 100% |=========================| 2.0 MB    00:03
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Updating  : glibc-common                 ####################### [ 1/12]
  Updating  : glibc                        ####################### [ 2/12]
  Updating  : glibc                        ####################### [ 3/12]
warning: /etc/ld.so.conf created as /etc/ld.so.conf.rpmnew
warning: /etc/localtime created as /etc/localtime.rpmnew
warning: /etc/nsswitch.conf created as /etc/nsswitch.conf.rpmnew
  Updating  : glibc-headers                ####################### [ 4/12]
  Updating  : glibc-devel                  ####################### [ 5/12]
  Updating  : glibc-devel                  ####################### [ 6/12]
  Cleanup   : glibc                        ####################### [ 7/12]
  Cleanup   : glibc-headers                ####################### [ 8/12]
  Cleanup   : glibc-devel                  ####################### [ 9/12]
  Cleanup   : glibc-common                 ####################### [10/12]
  Cleanup   : glibc-devel                  ####################### [11/12]
  Cleanup   : glibc                        ####################### [12/12]

Updated: glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-34 glibc.i686 0:2.5-34 glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-34 glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-34 glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-34 glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-34
Complete!

I then checked the architecture for the installed packages again:

# rpm -qa --qf  '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n'|grep glibc
glibc-devel-2.5-34.i386
glibc-2.5-34.x86_64
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26.x86_64
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26.i386
glibc-headers-2.5-34.x86_64
glibc-common-2.5-34.x86_64
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.5-34.x86_64
glibc-2.5-34.i686

But when I tried to install ncat again, I got the same error as before.

# rpm --install ncat-4.85BETA7-1.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) is needed by ncat-4.85BETA7-1.x86_64

When I checked on what was required for the ncat package, I saw the following:

# rpm --requires -qp ncat-4.85BETA7-1.x86_64.rpm
libc.so.6()(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit)
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rtld(GNU_HASH)

I then tried installing the 32-bit version of ncat, but that attempt failed as well.

# rpm --install ncat-4.85BETA7-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7) is needed by ncat-4.85BETA7-1.i386

Since I had already expended far more time than I anticipated in trying to install netcat, I decided to try an alternative program with similar capabilities, socat, instead. I didn't have any problems installing it.

# yum install socat
Loading "priorities" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
 * base: mirrors.rit.edu
 * updates: ftp.lug.udel.edu
 * addons: centos.aol.com
 * extras: ftp.lug.udel.edu
338 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package socat.x86_64 0:1.7.1.0-1.el5.rf set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
 socat                   x86_64     1.7.1.0-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          398 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 398 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): socat-1.7.1.0-1.el 100% |=========================| 398 kB    00:01
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: socat                        ######################### [1/1]

Installed: socat.x86_64 0:1.7.1.0-1.el5.rf
Complete!

References:

1. Nmap
2. Ncat
   MP: Weblog
3. Re: [rhelv5-list] Updating RHEL5.2 causes yum to loop infinitely...
   The Mail Archive
4. Socat
   Top 100 Nework Security Tools
5. socat - Multipurpose relay
   dest-unreach.org

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Each year in Japan and the U.S., as well as some other countries, there are Cherry Blossom Festivals held when the cherry blossoms appear.

Japan gave the U.S. 3,020 sakura trees, aka cherry trees, to the U.S. in 1912 as a gesture of friendship. Those trees were planted in Sakura Park in Manhattan and along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Japan sent another 3,800 trees to the U.S. in 1965. The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. has been a popular tourist attraction in the early spring for many years.

Also on April 1, you can get a special gift, if you speak to Tortimer, the tortoise-like character. If you talk to him on other special days, you can get other items from him.

To get the following of Tortimer's goods, speak to him on the corresponding day noted below.

• Cool Globe - Nature Day
• Leaf - April Fool's Day
• Picnic Basket - Labor Day
• Resetti Model - Groundhog Day
• Sailboat Model - Explorer's Day
• Wheat Bundle - Harvest Moon

References:

1. What does it mean if you have red trees ...
   Date: April 5, 2008
   GameSpot
2. Cherry blossom
   Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
3. National Cherry Blossom Festival
   Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[ More Info ]

[/network/chat/live_messenger] permanent link

Normally, you will see your default email client and web browser at the top of the start menu. There may also be other items already on the menu.

If you want to add another item at the top of the start menu in the same section as the shortcuts for your default email client and web browser, all you need to do is click on Start, select All Programs and then locate the the program you wish to add to the menu. Right-click on that program and select Pin to Start menu. In the example below, Windows Live Messenger has been selected to be added to the Start menu.

You will then see the program on the upper-left side of the Start menu. You can now run the program by clicking on the Start button and selecting the program from that location.

If you ever want to remove the program from the Start menu, click the Start button, right-click on the program, and choose Unpin from the Start menu.

1. Customize your Start menu
   Published: September 7, 2006
   Microsoft Corporation

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./configure --enable-specialauth CFLAGS=-gstabs+

[ More Info ]

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I first checked to see whether the patch was already installed with showrev -p. It was not installed.

# showrev -p | grep 108162
#

If a patch is installed, you would see something like the following:

# showrev -p | grep 106938-09
Patch: 106938-09 Obsoletes: 107018-04, 107332-04, 108412-01 Requires:  Incompati
bles:  Packages: SUNWcsu, SUNWcslx, SUNWcsl, SUNWarc, SUNWarcx, SUNWscpux, SUNWs
ra

I placed the .zip patch file I downloaded into /var/spool/patch, unzipped it and installed the patch with patchadd.

# unzip 108162-08.zip
Archive:  108162-08.zip
   creating: 108162-08/
  inflating: 108162-08/.diPatch
  inflating: 108162-08/patchinfo
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/pkgmap
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/pkginfo
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/install/
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/install/checkinstall
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/install/copyright
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/install/i.none
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/install/patch_checkinstall
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/install/patch_postinstall
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/install/postinstall
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/install/preinstall
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/reloc/
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/reloc/sbin/
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsr/reloc/sbin/jsh
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/pkgmap
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/pkginfo
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/install/
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/install/checkinstall
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/install/copyright
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/install/i.none
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/install/patch_checkinstall
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/install/patch_postinstall
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/install/postinstall
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/install/preinstall
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/reloc/
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/
   creating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/jsh
  inflating: 108162-08/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/ksh
  inflating: 108162-08/README.108162-08
# patchadd 108162-08

Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
Installing patch packages...

Patch number 108162-08 has been successfully installed.
See /var/sadm/patch/108162-08/log for details

Patch packages installed:
  SUNWcsr
  SUNWcsu

I checked the installation log file in /var/sadm/108162-08 and saw the following.

# cat /var/sadm/patch/108162-08/log

This appears to be an attempt to install the same architecture and
version of a package which is already installed.  This installation
will attempt to overwrite this package.

Dryrun complete.
No changes were made to the system.

This appears to be an attempt to install the same architecture and
version of a package which is already installed.  This installation
will attempt to overwrite this package.

Dryrun complete.
No changes were made to the system.

This appears to be an attempt to install the same architecture and
version of a package which is already installed.  This installation
will attempt to overwrite this package.


Installation of <SUNWcsr> was successful.

This appears to be an attempt to install the same architecture and
version of a package which is already installed.  This installation
will attempt to overwrite this package.


Installation of <SUNWcsu> was successful.

I then checked on the patch with showrev -p.

# showrev -p | grep 108162-08
Patch: 108162-08 Obsoletes: 108416-02 Requires:  Incompatibles:  Packages: SUNWc
su, SUNWcsr

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# unzip 107443-24.zip
Archive:  107443-24.zip
   creating: 107443-24/
  inflating: 107443-24/.diPatch
  inflating: 107443-24/patchinfo
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/pkgmap
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/pkginfo
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/install/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/install/checkinstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/install/copyright
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/install/i.none
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/install/patch_checkinstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/install/patch_postinstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/install/postinstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/install/preinstall
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/reloc/
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/libpkg.a
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/pkgmap
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/pkginfo
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/install/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/install/checkinstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/install/copyright
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/install/i.none
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/install/patch_checkinstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/install/patch_postinstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/install/postinstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/install/preinstall
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/pkginfo
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/pkgmk
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/pkgparam
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/pkgproto
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/bin/pkgtrans
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/bin/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/bin/pkginstall
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/bin/pkgname
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/bin/pkgremove
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/scripts/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/scripts/cmdexec
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/scripts/i.awk
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/scripts/i.build
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/scripts/i.sed
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/scripts/r.awk
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/scripts/r.build
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sadm/install/scripts/r.sed
   creating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sbin/
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sbin/installf
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sbin/pkgadd
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sbin/pkgchk
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sbin/pkgmv
  inflating: 107443-24/SUNWcsu/reloc/usr/sbin/pkgrm
  inflating: 107443-24/README.107443-24
  inflating: 107443-24/LEGAL_LICENSE.TXT
# ls 107443-24
LEGAL_LICENSE.TXT  SUNWarc            patchinfo
README.107443-24   SUNWcsu
# patchadd /var/spool/patch/107443-24

Checking installed patches...
ERROR: This patch requires patch  107332-03
which has not been applied to the system.

Patchadd is terminating.

The 107332 patch was available from the SunSolve site, but its status was listed as "obsolete". That patch was obsoleted by patch 106938-07, which was in turn obsoleted by patch 106938-08, which was itself obsoleted by patch 106938-09, which has a title of "SunOS 5.7: libresolv, in.named, libadm, & nslookup patch".

I downloaded the SunOS 5.7: libresolv, in.named, libadm, & nslookup patch into /var/spool/patch and uncompressed it.

# unzip 106938-09.zip
Archive:  106938-09.zip
   creating: 106938-09/
  inflating: 106938-09/.diPatch
  inflating: 106938-09/patchinfo
   creating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/pkgmap
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/pkginfo
   creating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/install/
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/install/checkinstall
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/install/copyright
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/install/i.none
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/install/patch_checkinstall
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/install/patch_postinstall
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/install/postinstall
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/install/preinstall
   creating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/
   creating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/
   creating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/libadm.a
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/llib-l300.ln
  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/llib-l300s.ln
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  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/llib-lauth.ln
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  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/llib-lcurses.ln
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  inflating: 106938-09/SUNWarc/reloc/usr/lib/llib-ldoor.ln
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I then installed both patches with patchadd.

# patchadd -M /var/spool/patch 106938-09 107443-24

Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
Installing patch packages...

Patch number 106938-09 has been successfully installed.
See /var/sadm/patch/106938-09/log for details

Patch packages installed:
  SUNWarc
  SUNWarcx
  SUNWcsl
  SUNWcslx
  SUNWcsu
  SUNWscpux
  SUNWsra

Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
Installing patch packages...

Patch number 107443-24 has been successfully installed.
See /var/sadm/patch/107443-24/log for details

Patch packages installed:
  SUNWarc
  SUNWcsu

When patchadd installs patches, it creates a directory of the form /var/sadm/patch/patch_id, where patch_id is the id for the patch, e.g 107443-24. It copies the README file there and creates a log file for the patch installation in that directory.

# ls /var/sadm/patch/107443-24
README.107443-24  log
# ls /var/sadm/patch/106938-09
README.106938-09  log

Files Included in the 107443-24 Patch:

/usr/bin/pkginfo
/usr/bin/pkgmk
/usr/bin/pkgparam
/usr/bin/pkgproto
/usr/bin/pkgtrans
/usr/lib/libpkg.a
/usr/sadm/install/bin/pkginstall
/usr/sadm/install/bin/pkgname
/usr/sadm/install/bin/pkgremove
/usr/sadm/install/scripts/cmdexec
/usr/sadm/install/scripts/i.awk
/usr/sadm/install/scripts/i.build
/usr/sadm/install/scripts/i.sed
/usr/sadm/install/scripts/r.awk
/usr/sadm/install/scripts/r.build
/usr/sadm/install/scripts/r.sed
/usr/sbin/installf
/usr/sbin/pkgadd
/usr/sbin/pkgask
/usr/sbin/pkgchk
/usr/sbin/pkgmv
/usr/sbin/pkgrm
/usr/sbin/removef

ReadMe for Patch 107443-24

Files Included in the 106938-09 Patch: 
/usr/lib/libadm.a
/usr/lib/libadm.so.1
/usr/lib/libresolv.so.1
/usr/lib/libresolv.so.2
/usr/lib/llib-l300.ln
/usr/lib/llib-l300s.ln
/usr/lib/llib-l4014.ln
/usr/lib/llib-l450.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lTL.ln
/usr/lib/llib-ladm
/usr/lib/llib-ladm.ln
/usr/lib/llib-laio.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lauth.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lbsm.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lc.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lc2stubs.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lcmd.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lcurses.ln
/usr/lib/llib-ldevice.ln
/usr/lib/llib-ldoor.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lkstat.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lkvm.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lmtmalloc.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lnls.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lnsl
/usr/lib/llib-lnsl.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lpam.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lplot.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lrac.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lresolv
/usr/lib/llib-lresolv.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lsec.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lthread.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lvolmgt.ln
/usr/lib/llib-lvt0.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/libadm.so.1
/usr/lib/sparcv9/libresolv.so.2
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-l300.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-l300s.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-l4014.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-l450.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-ladm.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-laio.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lbsm.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lc.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lcmd.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lcurses.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-ldevice.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-ldoor.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lkstat.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lkvm.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lmtmalloc.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lnls.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lnsl.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lpam.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lplot.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lrac.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lresolv.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lsec.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lthread.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lvolmgt.ln
/usr/lib/sparcv9/llib-lvt0.ln
/usr/sbin/in.named
/usr/sbin/nslookup
/usr/ucblib/llib-lucb.ln
/usr/ucblib/sparcv9/llib-lucb.ln
/usr/xpg4/lib/llib-lcurses.ln
/usr/xpg4/lib/sparcv9/llib-lcurses.ln

ReadMe for Patch 106938-09

1. patchadd(1M) - apply a patch package to a system running the Solaris operating environment
   Sun Microsystems Documentation
2. Solaris Patch Installation
   Developer Resources for Java Technology

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# unzip 111113-02.zip
Archive:  111113-02.zip
   creating: 111113-02/
  inflating: 111113-02/.diPatch
   creating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/pkgmap
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/pkginfo
   creating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/install/
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/install/checkinstall
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/install/copyright
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/install/i.none
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/install/patch_checkinstall
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/install/patch_postinstall
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/install/postinstall
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   creating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/reloc/
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   creating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/reloc/usr/bin/
  inflating: 111113-02/SUNWesu/reloc/usr/bin/nawk
  inflating: 111113-02/README.111113-02
# cd 111113-02
# ls
README.111113-02  SUNWesu
# patchadd /var/spool/patch/111113-02

Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
Installing patch packages...

Patch number 111113-02 has been successfully installed.
See /var/sadm/patch/111113-02/log for details

Patch packages installed:
  SUNWesu

Files Included in this Patch:
/usr/bin/nawk
Problem Description:
4451613 *nawk* record limit corrupts patch checking when installing patch

ReadMe for Patch 111113-02

[/os/unix/solaris/5_7] permanent link

Furl is offering one the capability to transfer one's Furl bookmarks to Diigo, so I signed up for a Diigo account and requested the transfer of my bookmarks. I've also downloaded my archived webpages from Furl.

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# ssh -V
OpenSSH_4.7p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8f 11 Oct 2007
# /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl version
OpenSSL 0.9.8f 11 Oct 2007

Version 0.9.8j is currently available, so I downloaded it from sunfreeware.com. The sunfreeware.com site provides the following information for OpenSSL 0.98j for the SPARC platform:

openssl-0.9.8j-sol7-sparc-local.gz openssl is an open source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library - installs in /usr/local/ssl. Note to users with sun4m machines. The openssl package here was built on a sun4u system and will not work on your machines. The one built for Solaris 2.5 was built on a sun4m machine and has been tested and does work. If you do uname -a and you get sun4m in the result, install the Solaris 2.5 openssl package instead. The configure option used for making openssl was solaris-sparcv9-gcc shared. You may also need to install either gcc-3.4.6 or libgcc-3.4.6 to obtain the libgcc_s.so.1 library. openssl is often used to make machines more secure. Make sure you know what you are doing. Any security problems are your responsiblitiy. See our Disclaimer.

openssl-0.9.8j.tar.gz Source Code. [Details]

I unzipped the file I downloaded and installed the package.

# gunzip openssl-0.9.8j-sol7-sparc-local.gz
# pkgadd -d ./openssl-0.9.8j-sol7-sparc-local

The following packages are available:
  1  SMCossl     openssl
                 (sparc) 0.9.8j

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: 1

Processing package instance <SMCossl> from </tmp/openssl-0.9.8j-sol7-sparc-local>

openssl
(sparc) 0.9.8j
The OpenSSL Group
Using </usr/local> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
   771 package pathnames are already properly installed.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.
## Checking for setuid/setgid programs.

Installing openssl as <SMCossl>

## Installing part 1 of 1.
/usr/local/doc/openssl/CHANGES
/usr/local/doc/openssl/CHANGES.SSLeay
/usr/local/doc/openssl/FAQ
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL.DJGPP
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL.MacOS
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL.NW
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL.OS2
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL.VMS
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL.W32
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL.W64
/usr/local/doc/openssl/INSTALL.WCE
/usr/local/doc/openssl/NEWS
/usr/local/doc/openssl/README
<text snipped>
/usr/local/ssl/man/man7/des_modes.7
/usr/local/ssl/misc/CA.pl
/usr/local/ssl/misc/CA.sh
/usr/local/ssl/misc/c_hash
/usr/local/ssl/misc/c_info
/usr/local/ssl/misc/c_issuer
/usr/local/ssl/misc/c_name
/usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf
[ verifying class <none> ]

Installation of <SMCossl> was successful.

I then verified the new version was installed.

# /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl version
OpenSSL 0.9.8j 07 Jan 2009

When I then ran the ssh command, I realized I needed to upgrade ssh as well.

# ssh -V
OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 908070, you have 9080af

Sunfreeware.com listed the current OpenSSH version as 5.2p1.

openssh-5.2p1-sol7-sparc-local.gz Openssh is an open source version of the SSH secure shell system - installs in /usr/local. PAM support is included and requires its own configuration. Openssh also requires the installation of the packages openssl-0.9.8j (do not use the older openssl packages), zlib, gcc-3.4.6 or libgcc-3.4.6, prngd and optionally, but highly recommended, the perl, egd and tcp_wrappers packages. You MUST read the OpenSSH installation page for installation details and helpful web sites. For example, the /usr/local/etc/sshd_config file may need to be edited. openssh is often used to make machines more secure. Make sure you know what you are doing. Any security problems are your responsiblitiy. The main ssh web site is at the [Details] link below. It is also important that you read our Disclaimer.

openssh-5.2p1.tar.gz Source Code. [Details]

So I downloaded and installed the latest OpenSSH package from sunfreeware.com as well.

# wget -q ftp://ftp.sunfreeware.com/pub/freeware/sparc/7/openssh-5.2p1-sol7-sparc-local.gz
# gunzip openssh-5.2p1-sol7-sparc-local.gz
# pkgadd -d ./openssh-5.2p1-sol7-sparc-local

The following packages are available:
  1  SMCosh521     openssh
                   (sparc) 5.2p1

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: 1

Processing package instance <SMCosh521> from </tmp/openssh-5.2p1-sol7-sparc-local>

openssh
(sparc) 5.2p1
The OpenSSH Group
Using </usr/local> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
   16 package pathnames are already properly installed.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.

The following files are already installed on the system and are being
used by another package:
  /usr/local/bin/scp
  /usr/local/bin/sftp
  /usr/local/bin/ssh
  /usr/local/bin/ssh-add
  /usr/local/bin/ssh-agent
  /usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen
  /usr/local/bin/ssh-keyscan
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/CREDITS
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/ChangeLog
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/INSTALL
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/LICENCE
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/OVERVIEW
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/README
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/README.dns
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/README.platform
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/README.privsep
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/README.smartcard
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/README.tun
  /usr/local/doc/openssh/TODO
<text snipped>
  /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
  /usr/local/etc/sshd_config
  /usr/local/libexec/sftp-server
  /usr/local/libexec/ssh-keysign
  /usr/local/libexec/ssh-rand-helper
  /usr/local/sbin/sshd
  /usr/local/share/Ssh.bin

Do you want to install these conflicting files [y,n,?,q] y
## Checking for setuid/setgid programs.

Installing openssh as <SMCosh521>

## Installing part 1 of 1.
/usr/local/bin/scp
/usr/local/bin/sftp
/usr/local/bin/ssh
/usr/local/bin/ssh-add
/usr/local/bin/ssh-agent
/usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen
/usr/local/bin/ssh-keyscan
/usr/local/doc/openssh/CREDITS
/usr/local/doc/openssh/ChangeLog
/usr/local/doc/openssh/INSTALL
/usr/local/doc/openssh/LICENCE
/usr/local/doc/openssh/OVERVIEW
/usr/local/doc/openssh/README
<text snipped>
/usr/local/share/man/man1/ssh.1
/usr/local/share/man/man5/ssh_config.5
/usr/local/share/man/man5/sshd_config.5
/usr/local/share/man/man8/sftp-server.8
/usr/local/share/man/man8/ssh-keysign.8
/usr/local/share/man/man8/ssh-rand-helper.8
/usr/local/share/man/man8/sshd.8
[ verifying class <none> ]

Installation of <SMCosh521> was successful.

I then rechecked the version of ssh on the system. The version was now up-to-date.

# ssh -V
OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8j 07 Jan 2009

The OpenSSH installation page stated "It has been noted that on some Solaris systems, scp and sftp may not work unless /usr/local/bin in in your PATH before /usr/bin. The older scp that comes with Solaris may conflict with the new openssl packages." So I tested sftp and scp to ensure they worked by transferring a file to another system.

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1. Boot the system from the BartPE disc.
2. Click on Go and select Command Prompt (CMD) .
3. At the command prompt, type regedit.
4. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
5. From the File menu, choose Load Hive.

   A series of message boxes may appear that state that the folder cannot be found and that the location is unavailable. Ignore these messages and click OK when they appear.

   The Load Hive dialog box appears.

6. In the Files of type box, select All Files .
7. Navigate to the registry location on your target device.

   For example, if Windows is on drive C, navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\config.

8. In the config folder, select the hive you want to edit. The choices are as follows:
   • SAM
   • SECURITY
   • SOFTWARE
   • SYSTEM
   Select a file with one of the above names without an extension (you may also see .sav and .log files in the directory).
9. Click on OK.
10. In the Load Hive dialog box type a Key Name. For example, Drive_C.

    To load more hives, repeat the previous steps.

11. Choose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and then choose the new registry key(s) you created.
12. Edit or view the registry keys.
13. When you have completed your reg key changes, choose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and a key you created within it, e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drive_C
14. Choose the File menu, and then choose Unload Hive When prompted as to whether you are sure you want to unload the current key and all of its subkeys, choose Yes.

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So I changed the subnet mask to 192.168.4.240, which provides an address range of 16 addresses (14 usable for hosts, since 192.168.4.0 is the subnet id and 192.168.0.15 is then the broadcast address). I then tried setting the ending IP address for the DHCP server built into the router to 7. When the router rebooted that address was back at 12 again. This time I just left it, since at least this time all of the addresses the built-in DHCP server would assign will be within the subnet range.

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1. Connect to the system via telnet. From the initial welcome screen you must enter a password to proceed, if password protection is enabled. If password protection is disabled, the main menu is displayed. By default, password protection is disabled. If password protection is enabled, the default password is switch.

   
   
   
   
   
               W     W
               W  W  W  EEEEEE  L        CCCC    OOOO   M    M  EEEEEE
               W  W  W  E       L       C    C  O    O  MM  MM  E
               W  W  W  EEEEE   L       C       O    O  M MM M  EEEEE
               W  W  W  E       L       C       O    O  M    M  E
               W  W  W  E       L       C    C  O    O  M    M  E
                WW WW   EEEEEE  LLLLLL   CCCC    OOOO   M    M  EEEEEE
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Enter password:
   

2. From the main menu, select System Manager.

                                  PowerConnect 3024
                                      Main Menu
   
   
   
   
   
                                a. System Manager
                                b. Port Manager
                                c. Address Manager
                                d. Spanning Tree
                                e. VLAN and CoS Setup
                                f. Port Trunking
                                g. Port Mirroring
                                h. SNMP Management
                                i. Multimedia Support
                                j. Statistics
                                k. Save Configuration
   
   
   
   
   ================================================================================
   Hit <Enter> to configure General, IP, Password, NVRAM, Firmware, or Reset
                                                   <Ctrl-L> Refresh  <Ctrl-W> Save
   

3. Then select IP Settings.

                                  PowerConnect 3024
                                    System Manager
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
                                  a. General Info
                                  b. IP Settings
                                  c. Security Admin
                                  d. Firmware Update
                                  e. Reset
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   ================================================================================
   Hit <Enter> to configure the IP Address, Gateway Address, or Network Mask
   <ESC> Back                                      <Ctrl-L> Refresh  <Ctrl-W> Save

4. Change the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address to the appropriate values for your LAN.

                                  PowerConnect 3024
                              System Manager/IP Settings
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
                                IP Address:  192.168.0.4  
                              Network Mask:  255.255.255.0
                           Default Gateway:  192.168.0.1
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   ================================================================================
   Enter this switch's IP address
   <ESC> Back                                      <Ctrl-L> Refresh  <Ctrl-W> Save
   

   Note: if you hit enter the values are changed, but not saved, so you can revert to the previous values by powering off the switch and powering it back on. If you are changing the address, such that the new address is no longer in the same subnet as the existing address and the gateway IP address will also change, rather than just changing from an address in the same subnet to another, I would suggest changing the gateway address first, because you can't change the IP address and then use the cursor keys to move to other fields. When you type in the new IP address, you can hit Escape to undo the change or Enter to accept it. If the change would place the switch in a different subnet than the system from which you have connected to the switch by telnet, you will be immediately disconnected when you hit Enter.
   
   But, if you change the gateway address first and hit Enter, the cursor will automatically jump to the IP address field, where you can then change the IP address. You will still be disconnected as soon as the IP address is changed to one that isn't in the same subnet as the connecting system, but then you've got both values changed.

5. If you are just changing the IP to one in the same subnet, hit Ctrl-W to save the new configuration. If you've been disconnected, because you changed the IP address to one in a different subnet, reconfigure the connecting system, log back into the PowerConnect 3024 and save the configuration.

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I wanted to create a Calvin and Hobbes smiley pack for Drupal (I'm using Drupal 6), since Calvin and Hobbes is my favorite comic. Within the /modules/smileys/packs/ directory beneath the directory where Drupal was installed, I created a Calvin directory. I put the following GIF images in that directory:

# ls
angry.gif  goofy.gif    not-again.gif  oops.gif       sour.gif   yell.gif
geez.gif   nah-nah.gif  omg.gif        pick-nose.gif  tired.gif  yuck.gif

But Drupal won't be able to use those emoticons unless you create a .pak file, e.g. Calvin.pak and place it in the same directory.

To get an idea of what should go into that file, you can take a look at the Example.pak file in the /modules/smileys/packs/Example directory. That file contains the following lines:

barf.gif=+:Barf!=+::sick: :barf:
jawdrop.gif=+:Jawdropping!=+::jawdrop:
cool.png=+:Cool=+:8) 8-) :cool:
puzzled.png=+:Puzzled=+::? :-? :puzzled:
shock.png=+:Shocked=+::O :-O :shocked:
tongue.png=+:Sticking out tongue=+::P :-P :tongue:
evil.png=+:Evil=+:}:) }:-) :evil:
lol.png=+:Laughing out loud=+::D :-D :lol:
sad.png=+:Sad=+::( :-( :sad:
wink.png=+:Eye=+:;) ;-) :wink:
smile.png=+:Smiling=+::) :-) :smile:

If I look at the files in the Example directory, I see the following files.

barf.gif          cool.png  Example.pak  puzzled.png  shock.png   wink.png
blank-blue.png    die.gif   jawdrop.gif  README.txt   smile.png
blank-yellow.png  evil.png  lol.png      sad.png      tongue.png

So I can see that there is a line in Example.pak for every graphics file, in this case .gif and .png files, in the Example directory. At the end of each line is a descriptive code in the form of :emoticon:, i.e. a colon followed by a name for the emoticon followed by another colon, e.g. :tongue:.

For the "sticking out tongue" emoticon, I see the following line:

tongue.png=+:Sticking out tongue=+::P :-P :tongue:

I could just click on the emoticon to insert it in a posting, if I had enabled the use of the "smiley select box" (see Smileys Module for Drupal for instructions on how to enable that select box). Or, by using the codes shown on the entry for tongue.png in the Example.pak file, if I edited a forum posting and typed :tongue: and then previewed or saved the posting, where I had inserted :tongue: the emoticon with a tongue sticking out would be displayed. I could also use :-P or just :P to insert the emoticon. I.e., I could use any of the codes that appear after the +:Sticking out tongue=+: part of the entry for tongue.png.

If I look at the Jawdropping entry, I see the following:

jawdrop.gif=+:Jawdropping!=+::jawdrop:

In that case, there is only one text code to insert the jawdropping smiley, i.e. :jawdrop:.

So now I think I see how to set up the entries in a Calvin.pak file. These are the entries I placed in that file:

angry.gif=+:Calvin angry=+::calvin-angry:
geez.gif=+:Calvin Geez=+::calvin-geez:
goofy.gif=+:Calvin Goofy=+::calvin-goofy:
nah-nah.gif=+:Calvin Nah-nah=+::calvin-nah-nah:
not-again.gif=+:Calvin Not-again=+::calvin-not-again:
omg.gif=+:Calvin OMG=+::calvin-omg:
oops.gif=+:Calvin Oops=+::calvin-oops:
pick-nose.gif=+:Calvin Pick-nose::calvin-pick-nose:
sour.gif=+:Calvin Sour=+::calvin-sour:
tired.gif=+:Calvin Tired=+::calvin-tired:
yell.gif=+:Calvin Yell=+::calvin-yell:
yuck.gif=+:Calvin Yuck=+::calvin-yuck:

The format I used for each entry is as follows:

name_of_image=+:description=+::text_to_produce_image:

I.e. I put the name of the image as the first part of the line. Next comes a description for it beginning with an equal sign, then a plus sign and then a colon. Next comes the descriptive text for the image, then an equal sign, followed by a plus sign and then a colon. After that I put the code that can be typed in a posting that will be translated to the image when the posting is previewed or saved. E.g. :calvin-yell: will produce , the emoticon for a yelling Calvin.

Once I have the images in place and the .pak file created, I can log into Drupal as an administrator, click on Administer, Site configuration, Smileys, and then click on Import at the top of the page. I now see Calvin listed as a smiley pack that can be installed (it won't show up until you have created the .pak file for it). I can click on Install to enable use of the smileys in that pack.

If I click on List at the top of the page, I will see the Calvin smileys.

I can see the yelling Calvin emoticon on the left. I see :calvin_yell: listed as an acronym and the description is "Calvin Yell" with the Category listed as "Calvin". If you don't see pictures with any of the emoticons, make sure you haven't misspelled the file name. If you have misspelled one of the file names, correct the misspelling; you may have to click on Import, select Uninstall for the smiley pack and then click on Install to reinstall it

Download Calvin Smiley Pack for Drupal
View Calvin Smiley Pack emoticons

References:

1. Adding Smiley Packs to Drupal
   Date: March 15, 2009
   MoonPoint Support
2. Smileys Module for Drupal
   Date: March 15, 2009
   MoonPoint Support
3. Smileys
   Drupal Modules - Search, Rate, and Review Drupal Modules

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First you need to have downloaded, installed, and enabled the smileys module. If you haven't already done so, you can use the instructions at Smileys Module for Drupal to do so.

Once you've enabled smiley support, download the smiley pack that you wish to use. In this example, I'm going to use the animatedFUN pack available from Smiley Packs ( phpBB pak packages) for Drupal.

I moved the zip file I downloaded in this case to the modules/smileys/packs directory beneath the directory where Drupal is installed on the website. I then unzipped it. This particular zip file created a __MACOSX subdirectory as well, which isn't needed, so I deleted it.

# unzip animatedFUN.zip
# rm -f --recursive __MACOSX/animatedFUN/
# rmdir __MACOSX
# ls animatedFUN/
animatedFUN.pak       give.gif         iloveyou.gif          respect.gif
attention.gif         happy.gif        Iloveyou-marquee.gif  rose.gif
cat_angry.gif         hellowoman.gif   nihao.gif             shotgun.gif
cordialgreetings.gif  hugsnkisses.gif  no.gif                threat.gif
dog_exiting.gif       iamcrying.gif    read.gif

Once the smiley pack is extracted to a modules/smileys/packs directory, you can take the following steps:

1. Click on Administer
2. Click on Site configuration.
3. Click on Smileys.
4. Click on Import, which appears near the top of the page.

   

5. Locate the Smiley Pack you wish to import and then click on Install. Under the Operations column, the status of the pack should change from "Install" to "Uninstall", indicating the pack has been successfully installed.

If you then click on Administer, Site configuration, and Smileys, you should see the new smiley pack smileys displayed.

If you decide that you don't really like the smiley pack you've installed and want to remove it, take the following steps:

1. Click on Administer
2. Click on Site configuration.
3. Click on Smileys.
4. Click on Import, which appears near the top of the page.
5. Click on Uninstall next to the smiley pack you wish to uninstall. Its status should change to "Install".

References:

1. Smileys Module for Drupal
   MoonPoint Support
2. Smiley Packs (phpBB pak packages) for Drupal
   By: Gurpartap Singh
   myzonelabs.com | jack of everything, master of none

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A filter that substitutes ASCII smileys with images. Also known as Emoticons, Smilies, Icons.

The package includes phpBB smileys pack import/export module. I'm maintaining a page for Smiley packs at: http://myzonelabs.com/node/3. Create an issue if you want to host your own pack; or you may comment with the link over there.

Since I had Drupal version 6 on the webserver where I wanted to use them, I downloaded the version 6 filter. I unzipped and untarred the contents of the file I downloaded in the /tmp directory on the system.

# gunzip smileys-6.x-1.0-alpha5.tar.gz
# tar -xvf smileys-6.x-1.0-alpha5.tar

# cp --recursive /tmp/smileys .

I then logged into Drupal as the administrator for the site, selected Administer, Site Building, then Modules. Under Core - required, I now saw Smileys. I clicked on Smileys, then enabled Smileys and Smileys Import. I then clicked on Save Configuration.

I then clicked on Administer, Site Configuration, and Smileys. I could then see 40 emoticons. I clicked on Settings at the top of the page. I enabled smileys for Nodes and Comments and on the following node types:

Blog entry
Book page
Forum topic
Page
Poll
Story

I left "expand select-box fieldset by default", "enable smileys dialog window", and "enable titles in dialog window" checked and clicked on Save Configuration.

I then went to Administer, Site configurationand Input formats. The default format ws "Filtered HTML". I clicked on Configure for it. Under the "Filters" section, I clicked on Smileys to enable the filter to replace smileys inside posts with images. I then clicked on Save configuration.

At that point someone making a posting to a forum would be able to type ;) and have the wink.png image appear in the posting in place of the ;) when the posting is previewed or saved.

But it would be nice to give users the option of viewing the available emoticons and selecting the one they want just by clicking on it. To make the list of available emoticons visible, click on Administer, select User management, then Permissions. Then in the Smileys section of the permissions webpage, check "use smiley select box" for "anonymous user" and/or "authenticated user". Click on Save Permissions to save the change.

After taking the steps above, when I then edited a forum entry that I had already posted, I was able to pick a smiley for the posting by clicking on it. I saw :) appear in the posting when I clicked on the smiley. But when I clicked on Preview, I saw the smiley image appear in the posting.

Download Smiley Module

Drupal - modules for Drupal versions 5 and 6
MoonPoint - 6.x-1.0-alpha5 (January 5, 2009)

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Note: for dates from 1940 up through 1957, you can view a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1957, the following four charts were produced:

• Best Sellers in Stores - ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
• Most Played by Jockeys - ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
• Most Played in Jukeboxes - ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States (this chart was discontinued in June 1957).
• Top 100 - an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play.

NOTE: Billboard changed its issue dates from a Saturday to a Monday schedule on April 29, thus causing a one-week inconsistency.

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For instance I have an old hub with a model number of EZHub9. I couldn't find any information on the manufacturer by doing a Google or Live Search on the model number. There was an FCC ID, KFYPEH9, listed on the bottom of the device. I went to the FCC Equipment Authorization Search page and put the first 3 characters, KFY, of the ID in the Grantee Code field and the remaining characters PEH9 in the product code page. Nothing was found when I performed the search on that FCC ID, but when I searched just on the grantee code, KFY, I found the company was Runtop, Inc., a Taiwanese company. I also found a product listed for the company with a similar model number, KFYPEH5.

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Firefox
PuTTY

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#
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
# file mime.types for specific file types.
#
#AddType application/x-tar .tgz
AddType application/octet-stream .cab

I then restarted the Apache webserver with apachectl restart. When I visited the URL again, I was prompted as to whether I wanted to download the file.

References:

1. Adding Another MIME Type to Apache
   MoonPoint Support
2. Apache Module mod_mime
   The Apache Server Project
3. Help: Unable to serve XBAP from Apache?
   Posted: August 29, 2006
   Vista Forums

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When I checked MapQuest's Configuring Your Browser for MapQuest page, I didn't see configuration information listed for Netscape nor was Netscape listed on its Browsers and operating system MapQuest supports page.

Since I couldn't find a way to use MapQuest with Netscape, but someone else who used the system had already installed Firefox 3.0.6, I tried viewing the site with Firefox. I didn't have any problems using the site with that browser, so I put a shortcut on his desktop to take him to the site using Firefox, since that seemed the option to which he could most readily adjust, since he uses Netscape for his email as well as web browsing.

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Once you have the software installed and configured, you can set up a new database using the instructions in Creating a MySQL Database.

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# groups jsmith
staff code210

To place an account in an additional group, you can use the command usermod --groups newgroup account.

# usermod jsmith programmers

References:

1. Managing Group Access on Linux and Unix

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There is a way to create a new installation CD that incorporates the latest service pack into the version that came on your installation CD. The process is called "slipstreaming". There are various tools to help you create a slipstream disc; nLite, is one such tool. For instructions on how to use nLite for such a purpose, see Slipstreaming XP SP 3 with nLite.

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As one of the commenters on the article by Mr. Perez noted, many people who see Google Street View images as a significant privacy issue may ignore far more serious privacy issues, such as warrantless wiretapping.

You can see where Street View is available in the U.S. at http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/.

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I had problems with the dsiplay of an HP tc4400 laptop, which was running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3, after updating the video driver. When I right-clicked on the desktop and selected Properties, then Settings, I found the screen resolution was 640x480. The color quality was "Lowest (4 bit)", i.e. only 16 colors. I couldn't increase either setting. I clicked on the Advanced button and then the Adapter tab. When I clicked on List All Modes, the only options were those shown below:

List of valid modes

640 by 480, 16 Colors, Default Refresh
800 by 600, 16 Colors, Default Refresh

I changed the setting to 800x600 to make it a little better. I didn't get any error messages, but the resolution remained at 800 x 600.

Under the Display adapters setting of the Device Manager, I found two adapters listed:

Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

The names were exactly the same, as were the drivers:

I right-clicked on the second one and chose Uninstall. Whem prompted to restart the system, I did so.

When the system rebooted, I saw the following error message:

The system notified me it had found a new video adapter and suggested I reboot again, which I did.

The resolution was still at 640 x 480, but when I checked the video adapters listed in the Device Manager, I saw the following:

Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family

Though the names and drivers differed from what I had seen previously, the names of the two entries were exactly the same, as were the drivers for them:

I right-clicked on the bottom entry and chose "uninstall". I again had to restart the computer. But, when I logged in again, I found both entries listed in the Device Manager again. I removed both of them by right-clicking on them and choosing "uninstall". I then rebooted again. This time I had a 640 x 480 resultion again, but the color quality was "Highest (32 bit)". I was able to change the resolution to 800 x 600 by right-clicking on the desktop and choosing Settings.

Shortly afterwards I saw the "Found New Hardware" balloon pop up with "Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family" listed as the new hardware found. I saw the message "Windows has finished installing new devices. The software that supports your device requires that you restart your computer. You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect. Do you want to restart your compute now?" I chose "yes."

When the system rebooted, it was back to the 640 x 480 resolution. When I checked the Device Manager, I saw the "Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family" listed twice again with the March 23, 2006 driver listed for both again. I again uninstalled both adapters from within the Device Manager and then rebooted. I had 32-bit color and 800 x 600 resolution when I logged in. When I right-clicked on the desktop, chose Properties, Settings, Advanced, then Adapter, I didn't see an adapter listed under Adapter Type. Clicking on Properties showed VGASave under the General tab. CLicking on the Driver tab showed the following:

Service name: VGASave
Display name: VGA Display Controller

But again I was notified of a "System Settings CHange" with the message that "Windows has finished installing new devices..." I chose not to restart the system immediately. I checked what the Device Manager was showing. It showed the same duplicated "Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family" entries as before with both having the Intel March 23, 2006 driver associated with them. But the top entry had an exclamation mark in a yellow circle next to it. I right-clicked on that one and chose "disable" rather than "uninstall" this time. I then rebooted.

After rebooting, I had the 800 x 600 resolution and 32-bit color. The Device Manager still showed the duplicated Display Adapters with the same March 23, 2006 Intel driver for both, but there was a red "X" next to the top entry. Right-clicking on the Desktop and choosing Properties, Settings, Advanced, Adapter showed nothing listed under Adapter Type and the following for Adapter Information

I changed the resolution to 1024 x 768 and rebooted again, just to make sure the settings would remain and the problem wouldn't recur. The problem did not recur.

References:

1. The Device Manager in Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
   PC Buyer Beware! - Personal Computers: How Best to Fix PC/Computer Problems, Buy, Build, Upgrade, Recover, Restore, Repair and Protect PCs

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I submitted the file, which has an MD5 hash of 93d2546e58042ebe7f5ae26ec0ec50b3, to VirusTotal, a free service "that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines." It reported the file was first received on 10.07.2006 22:08:05 (CET). I had it reanalyze the file. VirusTotal reported that 91.18%, i.e. 31 of 34, of the antimalware programs with which it scanned the file identified the file as being malware (see VirusTotal report)

I also submitted the file to VirSCAN.org, "a FREE on-line scan service, which checks uploaded files for malware", using multiple antivirus engines. On uploading files you want to be checked, you can see the result of scanning and how dangerous and harmful/harmless for your computer those files are. VirSCAN reported that 76%, i.e. 28 of 37, of the antimalware programs it used reported the file as being malware (see VirSCAN report).

I also submitted the file to Jotti's Online Malware Scan, another free malware scanning site, for analysis. On that site, 18 of the 19 antivirus programs it used detected the file as malware (see Jotti report).

ThreatExpert, "an advanced automated threat analysis system designed to analyze and report the behavior of computer viruses, worms, trojans, adware, spyware, and other security-related risks in a fully automated mode" identified the file as being associated with Spyware.FavoriteMan (see ThreatExpert report).

ThreatExpert provided the following information on Spyware.FavoriteMan:

FavoriteMan is a Browser Helper Object, which connects to its controlling servers to download and install other programs and add entries to your Internet Explorer favorites menu or computer desktop. This program has been known to download at least 28 different adware or spyware programs. Some controlling servers are www.f1organizer.com, www.prize4all.com, www.yourspecialoffers.com and www.r-vision.org.

ThreatExpert indicated that the file creates the following files on the system:

%System%\ATPartners.dll
%System%\im64.dll

I had found ATPartners.dll on the system on February 27 of 2005 when I had scanned the system with other antimalware software. I had removed ATPartners.dll at that time. Apparently 42odhr0b.exe was left in the user's local settings\temp folder from that time. Checking my notes for information on FavoriteMan, I found I had encountered it on other systems, e.g. a Windows 98 system on March 28, 2004 (see Windows 98 System Hanging After Login) and a Windows 98 Second Edition system on April 25 of 2005 (see Calsdr.Dll Remnant).

Download a zipped copy of 42odhr0b.exe for analysis or testing antimalware software (use zoo as userid and malware as password). Note: You do so at your own risk; this file can infect a system, so only run the program on a test system.

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I uploaded the file to VirusTotal, a free online virus and malware scan website for analysis. Twenty-four of the 39 malware scan programs with which it scanned the file reported it contained malware (see VirusTotal report).

I also uploaded the file to VirSCAN.org, another multi-engine virus scanner site. It reported "The file are 23010852235.exe uploaded by other users and scanned successfully at 2008/01/18 20:48:04". I had it rescan the file. It reported that 49%, i.e. 18 of 37, of the malware detection programs that it used, identified the file as containing malware (see VirSCAN report).

File Name: 	23010852235.exe
File Size: 	3072
File Type: 	PE32 executable for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit
MD5: 	        9ec78aac59b04643bfb43415c6fa2909
SHA1: 	        546e2d9c76fad865ac56b89fa54a864d564f1c16
Compressed: 	NA

Prevx, a security company that makes software that "identifies malicious code by its 'behavior'" lists SYSNSAD.EXE as being an alias for a file with this MD5 hash (see Prevx report).

The Prevx report states the following:

A file with the name SYSNSAD.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:

Microsoft Corporation; File Compare Utility; 5.1.2600.0
Microsoft Corporation; File Compare Utility; 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)

When I examined the file with Filealyzer , I saw the following version information:

The version information was likely inserted by the malware author to try to disguise the file as an innocuous Microsoft-provided operating system file.

I had Spybot fix the problem, i.e. delete the file.

Download 23010852235.exe for analysis or testing antimalware software (use zoo as userid and malware as password). Note: You do so at your own risk; this file can infect a system, so only run the program on a test system.

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C:\TEMP>dir /ah \Windows\$NT*KB*
 Volume in drive C is Sys-WinXP
 Volume Serial Number is B0E3-65A7

 Directory of C:\Windows

01/21/2005  02:34 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB828741$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB833987$
01/21/2005  07:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB834707$
01/21/2005  02:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB835732$
01/21/2005  02:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB840987$
01/21/2005  02:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB841356$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB841533$
01/21/2005  01:21 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB842773$
02/12/2005  07:59 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB867282$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB871250$
02/12/2005  07:59 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB873333$
01/21/2005  05:13 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB873339$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB873339_0$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB873376$
02/12/2005  07:59 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB885250$
01/21/2005  05:13 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB885835$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB885835_0$
01/21/2005  05:13 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB885836$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB885836_0$
01/21/2005  07:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB886185$
02/12/2005  07:59 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB887472$
02/22/2005  07:22 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB887742$
01/21/2005  07:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB887797$
02/12/2005  07:59 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB888113$
02/12/2005  07:58 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB888302$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB889293-IE6SP1-20041111.2356
19$
01/07/2006  11:46 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890046$
09/02/2005  03:39 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890046_0$
02/12/2005  07:58 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890047$
01/21/2005  05:13 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890175$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890175_0$
05/14/2005  07:07 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890859$
05/14/2005  07:08 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890923$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB891711$
02/12/2005  07:59 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB891781$
05/14/2005  07:08 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB893066$
05/14/2005  07:08 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB893086$
09/02/2005  03:40 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB893756$
09/02/2005  03:39 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB894391$
01/07/2006  11:46 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB896344$
09/02/2005  03:39 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB896358$
09/02/2005  03:40 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB896422$
09/02/2005  03:40 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB896423$
01/07/2006  11:48 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB896424$
09/02/2005  03:39 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB896428$
10/23/2005  10:05 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB896688$
09/02/2005  03:39 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB896727$
09/02/2005  03:28 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB898461$
09/02/2005  03:40 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB899587$
09/02/2005  03:39 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB899588$
10/23/2005  10:05 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB899589$
09/02/2005  03:40 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB899591$
08/13/2006  09:32 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB900485$
10/23/2005  10:05 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB900725$
01/07/2006  11:46 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB900930$
10/23/2005  10:06 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB901017$
09/02/2005  03:39 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB901214$
03/22/2006  07:55 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB902344$
10/23/2005  10:05 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB902400$
10/23/2005  10:04 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB904706$
03/22/2006  07:57 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB904942$
10/23/2005  10:05 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB905414$
10/23/2005  10:04 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB905749$
01/07/2006  11:53 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB905915$
01/12/2006  10:58 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB908519$
08/13/2006  09:29 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB908531$
01/07/2006  11:49 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB910437$
08/13/2006  09:35 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB911280$
08/13/2006  09:32 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB911562$
03/22/2006  07:56 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB911564$
03/22/2006  07:55 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB911565$
08/13/2006  09:29 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB911567$
03/22/2006  07:55 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB911927$
03/22/2006  07:57 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB912475$
01/07/2006  11:53 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB912919$
03/22/2006  07:57 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB912945$
03/22/2006  07:56 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB913446$
08/13/2006  09:29 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB913580$
08/13/2006  09:30 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB914388$
08/13/2006  09:29 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB914389$
04/20/2007  10:10 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB914440$
04/20/2007  10:11 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB915865$
08/13/2006  09:29 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB916595$
08/13/2006  09:32 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB917159$
08/13/2006  09:30 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB917344$
08/13/2006  09:30 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB917422$
08/13/2006  09:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB917734_WMP10$
08/13/2006  09:30 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB917953$
03/21/2007  10:32 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB918118$
08/13/2006  09:30 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB918439$
08/13/2006  09:30 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB918899$
09/15/2006  07:32 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB919007$
01/12/2007  02:35 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB920213$
08/13/2006  09:35 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB920214$
04/20/2007  09:53 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB920342$
08/13/2006  09:30 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB920670$
08/13/2006  09:29 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB920683$
09/15/2006  07:32 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB920685$
09/15/2006  07:32 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB920872$
08/13/2006  09:31 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB921398$
12/29/2007  08:03 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB921503$
08/13/2006  09:35 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB921883$
09/15/2006  07:32 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB922582$
08/13/2006  09:35 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB922616$
10/16/2006  09:54 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB922819$
10/16/2006  09:51 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB923191$
10/16/2006  09:54 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB923414$
01/12/2007  02:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB923689$
01/12/2007  02:35 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB923694$
01/12/2007  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB923980$
10/16/2006  09:54 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB924191$
01/12/2007  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB924270$
10/16/2006  09:53 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB924496$
03/21/2007  10:34 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB924667$
01/12/2007  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB925398_WMP64$
01/12/2007  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB925454$
10/07/2006  01:29 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB925486$
04/20/2007  07:47 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB925720$
04/20/2007  09:54 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB925876$
04/20/2007  09:36 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB925902$
04/20/2007  09:59 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB926239$
01/12/2007  02:35 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB926255$
03/21/2007  10:33 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB926436$
03/21/2007  10:34 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB927779$
03/21/2007  10:34 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB927802$
05/31/2007  11:08 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB927891$
03/21/2007  10:32 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB928090$
03/21/2007  10:34 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB928255$
03/21/2007  10:31 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB928843$
12/29/2007  08:00 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB929123$
03/21/2007  10:33 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB929338$
04/20/2007  07:45 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB929399$
01/12/2007  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB929969$
04/20/2007  09:36 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB930178$
05/12/2007  03:04 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB930916$
04/20/2007  09:36 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB931261$
04/20/2007  09:37 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB931784$
03/21/2007  10:33 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB931836$
04/20/2007  09:35 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB932168$
09/17/2008  11:37 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB932823-v3$
12/29/2007  08:03 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB933729$
12/29/2007  07:54 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB935839$
12/29/2007  07:54 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB935840$
12/29/2007  08:03 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB936021$
12/29/2007  08:03 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB936357$
12/29/2007  07:53 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB936782_WMP11$
12/29/2007  08:04 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB937894$
09/17/2008  11:37 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB938464$
12/29/2007  08:03 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB938828$
12/29/2007  08:03 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB938829$
12/29/2007  07:55 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB939683$
12/29/2007  07:55 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB941202$
12/29/2007  07:55 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB941568$
12/29/2007  07:59 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB941569$
01/15/2008  07:12 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB941644$
12/29/2007  07:59 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB942763$
12/29/2007  08:04 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB943460$
01/15/2008  07:12 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB943485$
12/29/2007  07:53 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB944653$
09/17/2008  11:44 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB946648$
09/17/2008  11:37 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB950749$
09/17/2008  11:40 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB950762$
09/17/2008  11:41 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB950974$
09/17/2008  11:39 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB951066$
09/17/2008  11:40 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB951072-v2$
09/17/2008  11:45 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB951376-v2$
09/17/2008  11:41 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB951698$
09/17/2008  11:38 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB951748$
12/18/2008  10:16 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB952069_WM9$
09/17/2008  11:40 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB952287$
09/17/2008  11:44 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB952954$
09/17/2008  11:44 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB953839$
09/17/2008  11:37 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB954154_WM11$
09/17/2008  11:41 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB954156_WM9L$
11/08/2008  10:42 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB954211$
12/18/2008  10:12 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB954600$
11/21/2008  11:23 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB955069$
12/18/2008  10:15 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB955839$
11/08/2008  10:43 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB956391$
12/18/2008  10:12 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB956802$
11/08/2008  10:43 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB956803$
11/08/2008  10:41 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB956841$
11/08/2008  10:43 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB957095$
11/21/2008  11:24 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB957097$
11/08/2008  10:40 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB958644$
02/14/2009  10:34 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB958687$
02/14/2009  10:34 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB960715$
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
             187 Dir(s)  46,294,913,024 bytes free

After I ran Remove Hotfix Backups, Windows Explorer reported "Free space: 46,308,824 bytes 43.1 GB" and checking for $NT*KB* directories showed the following:

C:\TEMP>dir /ah \Windows\$NT*KB*
 Volume in drive C is Sys-WinXP
 Volume Serial Number is B0E3-65A7

 Directory of C:\Windows

01/21/2005  02:34 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB828741$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB833987$
01/21/2005  02:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB835732$
01/21/2005  02:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB840987$
01/21/2005  02:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB841356$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB841533$
01/21/2005  01:21 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB842773$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB871250$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB873339_0$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB873376$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB885835_0$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB885836_0$
01/21/2005  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB889293-IE6SP1-20041111.2356
19$
09/02/2005  03:39 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890046_0$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB890175_0$
01/21/2005  02:38 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB891711$
08/13/2006  09:36 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB917734_WMP10$
01/12/2007  02:37 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB925398_WMP64$
09/17/2008  11:37 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB932823-v3$
12/29/2007  07:53 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB936782_WMP11$
09/17/2008  11:40 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB951072-v2$
09/17/2008  11:45 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB951376-v2$
12/18/2008  10:16 PM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB952069_WM9$
09/17/2008  11:37 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB954154_WM11$
09/17/2008  11:41 AM    <DIR>          $NtUninstallKB954156_WM9L$
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
              25 Dir(s)  46,308,941,824 bytes free

I also removed the $NTServicePackUninstal directory under C:\Windows, which was using 338 MB (355,138,581 bytes) of disk space and holding 2,457 files, by holding down the Shift key to ensure the folder wouldn't go into the Recycle Bin, but, instead would be permanently removed, selected Delete. When asked to confirm the deletion of an exe file I chose "Yes to All" to avoid further prompts for the removal of executable files in the directory.

References:

1. Freeing Disk Space
   MoonPoint Support
2. Remove Hotfix Backup Files
   By Doug Knox
   May 29, 2004
3. Freeing Disk Space on a Windows XP Home Edition System
   MoonPoint Support

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I created a script, bios-info.vbs from the code provided on Microsoft's webpage that will retrieve the information from the BIOS.

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I have the Toshiba Power Management Utility configured on the system to sound an alarm and display a message when the battery charges drops to 10%. I have it configured to sound an alarm, display a message, and hibernate when the charge drops to 5%. But it never takes those actions. Instead, the laptop just powers off.

So that I could at least have some forwarning of when the battery charge is getting very low, I installed Laptop Battery Power Monitor, which places a battery widget on the desktop which displays the battery's charge level and which appears above other windows.

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When you run the downloaded file, setup.exe, by default, it will attempt to extract the files stored within itself to c:\Temp\BatteryMonitor2006. If there is no c:\Temp directory, you will receive the message below:

WinZip Self-Extractor

Could not create "c:\Temp\BatteryMonitor2006" - unzip operation cancelled. OK

In that case, choose another directory into which the files will be extracted. The software requires 6,992 KB of free space on the disk on which it will be installed.

The installation process creates a program group named Duomart.com. Within it you will find a Laptop Battery Power Monitor group. When you run the progam it will place a battery widget on your desktop showing the battery charge level.

That widget will remain over top of windows that you open. Moving the mouse pointer over it will display information about the state of the battery. If you right-click on it, you can change the size of the battery displayed. You also have the option to adjust its transparency or close the program.

The software can be downloaded from the developer website, which is a source for purchasing computer accessories, bluetooth devices, or laptop batteries. Other sources for the software are listed below.

Download Sites

DuoMart
MoonPoint Support
FileBuzz

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C:\>reg query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme /v
 Wallpaper

! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme
    Wallpaper   REG_EXPAND_SZ   %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Ripple.jpg

From a batch file, though, I only want the filename, i.e. %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Ripple.jpg.

I can select just that part of the output usng the FOR /F command in a batch file. The syntax of the FOR /F command is as follows:

FOR /F ["options"] %%parameter IN ('command_to_process') DO command

Key
   options:
      delims=xxx   The delimiter character(s)
                   (default = a space)
      skip=n       A number of lines to skip at the beginning. 
                   (default = 0)
      eol=;        Character at the start of each line to indicate a comment
                   The default is a semicolon ;  Use "eol=" to process all lines 
      tokens=n     Specifies which numbered items to 
                   read from each line 
                         (default = 1)

      usebackq     Specify `back quotes`
                      the command_to_process is placed in `BACK quotes`
                      instead of 'straight' quotes

   command_to_process : The output of the 'command_to_process' is 
                        passed into the FOR parameter.

   command     : The command to carry out, including any 
                 command-line parameters.

   %%parameter : A replaceable parameter:
                 in a batch file use %%G (on the command line %G)

FOR /F processing of a command consists of reading the output from the command one line at a time and then breaking the line up into individual items of data or 'tokens'. The DO command is then executed with the parameter(s) set to the token(s) found.

By default, /F breaks up the command output at each blank space, and any blank lines are skipped. You can override this default parsing behavior by specifying the "options" parameter. The options must be contained within double quotes.

In this case, the last line of output is the following:

    Wallpaper   REG_EXPAND_SZ   %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Ripple.jpg

The delimiter between the fields in the output is the tab character (I checked for whether the delimiter was spaces or tabs with hod by redirecting the output of the reg query command to a file with reg query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme /v Wallpaper > temp.txt). For the FOR /F command, the default delimiter is the space and tab characters so I don't have to specify delims=. But, if I don't, the output will be incorrect in cases where the path name or file name contain spaces, since the second space will be treated as a demarcation point, so that the space-separated parts of the path name or file name are treated as separate tokens.

"Tokens" are the parts of the line separated by the delimiter. In this case, I'm only interested in the third token, i.e. %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Ripple.jpg, so I can use the following lines in a batch file:

FOR /F "tokens=3" %%R in ('reg query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme /v Wallpaper') DO SET wallpaper=%%R
echo %wallpaper%

I used the tokens=3 option to select just the third token on the output line. The %%R for the parameter name is arbitrary. I could have called it %%S, %%T, etc., instead, if I wished. The command I wished to process is enclosed between '( and )'. Note: for the reg query command, if the registry key contains spaces in the key name, then you must enclose the registry key name within double quotes as in the following batch file example:

@echo off FOR /F "tokens=3" %%R in ('reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v ConvertedWallpaper') DO SET wallpaper_file=%%R
echo %wallpaper_file%

The output produced by the batch file is shown below:

C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Ripple.jpg

But, if I checked the value for OriginalWallper in the registry key HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop with reg query as below, I would see a path name containing spaces.

C:\>reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v OriginalWallpaper

! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
    OriginalWallpaper   REG_SZ  C:\Documents and Settings\James\Local Settings\A
pplication Data\Microsoft\Wallpaper1.bmp

If I don't specify delims= in the batch file, e.g., if I use the code below, I would get incorrect output.

@echo off FOR /F "tokens=3" %%R in ('reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v OriginalWallpaper') DO SET wallpaper_file=%%R echo %wallpaper_file%

The output would be as shown below:

C:\Documents

That is because C:\Documents will be treated as one token and then the space between Documents and and Settings is treated as the demarcation point between two tokens. But, if I instead include delims= and immediately hit the tab key, that problem won't occur, since the the horizontal tab character between the fields will be used to break up the line into tokens.

@echo off FOR /F "delims= tokens=3" %%R in ('reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v OriginalWallpaper') DO SET wallpaper_file=%%R echo %wallpaper_file%

You can't see any character after the delims=, but in order for the FOR /F command to work in this case, I had to type delims= and then hit the tab key while editing the file in Windows Notepad. If you then save the file, it will produce the correct output, e.g.:

C:\Documents and Settings\James\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Wallpaper1.bmp

Note: if you are using Vim as your editor on a Windows system, as I usually do, then you need to insert the tab character after delims= by hitting the Ctrl-I keys simultaneously. You can then hit the spacebar and type tokens=. If you just hit the tab key, your output won't be as you expect.

Wallpaper-info.bat is an example batch file to query the values in the Windows registry pertaining to the file used for the Windows wallpaper using the FOR /F command.

References:

1. For - Loop through command output
   SS64.com
2. NT's FOR /F command: tokens and delims
   Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages

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If you just type hod file the contents of file will be displayed in both hexadecimal and ASCII.

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Utilities\hod.exe" temp.txt
          0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f   0123456789abcdef
       0: 0d 0a 21 20 52 45 47 2e 45 58 45 20 56 45 52 53  ..! REG.EXE VERS
      10: 49 4f 4e 20 33 2e 30 0d 0a 0d 0a 48 4b 45 59 5f  ION 3.0....HKEY_
      20: 43 55 52 52 45 4e 54 5f 55 53 45 52 5c 53 6f 66  CURRENT_USER\Sof
      30: 74 77 61 72 65 5c 4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 5c  tware\Microsoft\
      40: 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 5c 43 75 72 72 65 6e 74 56  Windows\CurrentV
      50: 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 5c 54 68 65 6d 65 73 5c 4c 61  ersion\Themes\La
      60: 73 74 54 68 65 6d 65 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 57 61 6c  stTheme..    Wal
      70: 6c 70 61 70 65 72 09 52 45 47 5f 45 58 50 41 4e  lpaper.REG_EXPAN
      80: 44 5f 53 5a 09 25 53 79 73 74 65 6d 52 6f 6f 74  D_SZ.%SystemRoot
      90: 25 5c 57 65 62 5c 57 61 6c 6c 70 61 70 65 72 5c  %\Web\Wallpaper\
      a0: 52 69 70 70 6c 65 2e 6a 70 67 0d 0a 0d 0a        Ripple.jpg....

For help on using the program, use the -h option.

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Utilities\hod.exe" -h
usage: C:\Program Files\Utilities\File\Analysis\hod.exe [options] <filename>
Where the options are:
 -v      : show version information
 -h      : show this help
 -o      : dump in octal
 -8      : show as block of 8 bytes
 -x str  : convert a hex input to decimal
 -d      : show offsets in decimal
 -s      : show identical output lines
 -r      : reverse hod hexdump to binary
 -w      : reverse regular hex bytes to binary

If no filename specified, it will read from stdin

Example:
$ hod file
$ hod < file
$ cat file | hod
$ cat file | hod -
$ hod < file
$ hod -o file
$ echo "hello" | hod
$ echo -n "hello" | hod
$ hod -x 1c0
1c0 : 448
$ echo "0a 01 ff ef 0b" | hod -w > bin.bin
$ hod bin.bin | hod -r > bin_again.bin

Note: -r and -w works with hexadecimal only.

If you want to convert an ASCII string, such as the word hello, to its hexadecimal equivalent, you can use the echo command to pipe the word to hod, as below.

C:\>echo hello | "C:\Program Files\Utilities\hod.exe"
          0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f   0123456789abcdef
       0: 68 65 6c 6c 6f 20 0a                             hello .

From the above output, you can see that the letters in hello have the following hexadecimal equivalent representation.

A space (hex 20) is listed after hello, since there was a space between the word and the | pipe operator that feeds the output of the echo command to hod. If I had placed the | immediately after hello, i.e. echo hello|, it wouldn't have been listed. A line feed (hex 0a) is shown after the space.

Download hod

Author's website

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If you are using Microsoft Windows, such as Windows XP, you can extract a substring from a variable string using character positional notation, i.e. %myvar:~char_skip_num%. I.e., where you have some variable, e.g. %myvar%, you can place the :~ operator prior to the ending % and then specify a the number of characters to skip followed by the ending %.

E.g. from a command line if you checked the value of a user profile variable, i.e. %userprofile%, for a user named James, you might see the following:

C:\>echo %userprofile%
C:\Documents and Settings\James

If I wanted to extract just the user's account name, i.e. James, I could use the following:

C:\>echo %userprofile:~26%
James

The "J" in James is the 27^th character, so I used 26 to have the first 26 characters skipped.

You can also specify that you only want to extract a certain number of characters by putting a comma after the number of characters to be skipped followed by the number of characters to extract. E.g, if I only wanted to extract the first 3 characters starting at position 27, I could use the following:

C:\>echo %userprofile:~26,3%
Jam

If you don't want to skip any characters, but specify only a certain number of characters to extract, you can use the syntax %myvar:~0,x where you specify that zero characters are to be skipped and x represents the number of characters to extract from the string.

C:\>echo %userprofile:~0,3%
C:\

You can also specify that you want to start the extraction from the end of the line rather than the beginning by using -x, where x is some number, for the starting position. E.g. you could use the following to extract the last 3 characters from the line:

C:\>echo %userprofile:~-3%
mes

You can specify the number of characters to extract, just as noted before, with this method as well. E.g. to extract the substring that starts at 3 characters from the end of the string, but only includes 2 characters from that point, the following could be used:

C:\>echo %userprofile:~-3,2%
me

If you are using a batch file, e.g. substring-extract-example.bat, you could display just the desired part of the string as follows:

@echo off
echo %userprofile:~-3,2%

When the batch file is executed, it wold display just "me"

C:\>substr-extract-example
me

For further examples, see Variables: extract part of a variable (substring)

References:

1. Variables: extract part of a variable (substring)
   SS64.com
2. Substrings in Windows Batch Files
   Terminally Incoherent

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I came across the site by accident while doing a search on a company name. The site revealed that the president of the company had made a campaign contribution to George W. Bush in 2004. I tried a search on my zip code and the site returned a list of people in my zip code who had made contributions to either the Democratic or Republican party and the amount donated.

The site states the following:

All calculations are based on public records filed with the FEC of contributions by all individuals totaling more than $200 (and some totaling less than $200) to a single Republican or Democratic presidential campaign or national committee for the 2004 and 2008 election cycles.

FundRace is updated according to the reporting schedule set by the FEC. Public contribution data is geocoded using public U.S. Census Bureau data. Dynamic maps are powered by Google Maps.

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1. Type runas /user:administrator cmd to obtain a command prompt under the administrator account. Note: you may have to use owner or some other account in the administrator group, depending on your particular system, instead of the administrator account.
2. Type powercfg.cpl in the new command prompt window that opens for the administrator account.

For a list of of Control Panel tools and how to run them from the command line, see How to run Control Panel tools by typing a command.

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Because I also hear the fan making a fair amount of noise at times, I thought I would install a utility to monitor the fan speed and CPU temperature. I used SpeedFan 4.37, but found that the laptop's motherboard doesn't support such monitoring. The temperature of the hard drive in the laptop can be monitored, though. I see it varies between 34 and 37 degrees Celsius.

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1. Open elogd.cfg, which is stored in the ELOG installation directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\ELOG\elogd.cfg, with Notepad from an administrator account.
2. In the global section add a Logbook dir = <directory> line where <directory> is the directory where you wish to have the logbooks stored. Note: don't use quotes around directory names, even if there are spaces in the names of directories in the path to the logbook directory. E.g.:

   [global]
   port = 8080
   logbook dir = C:\Documents and Settings\James\My Documents\ELOG\logbooks

3. You then need to create a section in elogd.cfg for the logbook. Put the name of the logbook between "[" and "]" and then add the relevant lines for that particular logbook. E.g.:

   [sysadmin]
   Theme = default
   Comment = System Administration
   Attributes = Author, Type, Category, Subject
   Options Type = Configuration, Malware Scan, Patches, Problem, Problem Fixed, Routine, Software Installation, Upgrade, Other
   Options Category = General, Hardware, Software, Network, Security, Other
   Options Author = John Smith
   Required Attributes = Author

4. Save the modified elogd.cfg.
5. Restart ELOG, which you can do from an administrator account from the command line using the following commands:

   C:\>net stop elogd
   The elogd service is stopping.
   The elogd service was stopped successfully.
   
   
   C:\>net start elogd
   The elogd service is starting.
   The elogd service was started successfully.

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1. Click on Start.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. If the Control Panel is set for "category view", click on Performance and Maintenance then Toshiba Power Management. If it is instead set to "classic view", you will already see Toshiba Power Management, which you should click on.
4. Click on the Advanced tab.
5. Check the box for "Enable hibernate support". Once you've enabled hibernate support by clicking on the checkbox, you can also set the system to go into hibernation mode when you close the top of the laptop by changing the setting to "hibernate" under "when I close the lid of my portable computer."

   

6. Click on OK.
7. Close the Control Panel window.

Note: in order to enable hibernate support, you will need enough free space on the hard drive to hold the contents of the system's memory. You can determine the amount of memory in the system by clicking on Start, selecting Run, typing winver and hitting Enter. In the window that then opens, you will see a value for "Physical memory available to Windows". You will need that amount of disk space free on the hard drive, because the contents of memory are written to the file hiberfil.sys, usually in c:\hiberfil.sys when the system is put into hibernation mode. If you don't have at least that amount of disk space free, you won't be able to enable hibernation support.

Once hibernation support is enabled, you can put the system into hibernation by clicking on Start, selecting Turn Off Computer, moving the mouse pointer over Stand By, and then hitting the Shift key. The Stand By option should then change to Hibernate, which you can click on to hibernate the computer.

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First, you need to download the MVC zip file. Unzip the contents of the file and then run the setup.exe program to place the software on the system on which you downloaded it. You can then copy the contents of the directory into which you install it onto an AVG Rescue CD using the instructions at Creating an AVG Rescue CD.

Once you've got the software on the rescue CD and have booted the target system, i.e. the one you need to scan for viruses or other malware, you will need to copy the directory in which it is located from the CD onto the drive created in memory on the system, or onto a USB drive, such as a thumb drive, attached to the system in order to run it. If you attempt to run the software directly from the rescue CD, you will receive the error message "Unable to load signatures file." But you can run it if you copy it to the RAM drive creatied from the system's memory, e.g. drive Z. You can then go to that directory using the FreeCommander program on the AVG Rescue CD and start the MVC program by double-clicking on MVC.exe.

When the program starts you will be prompted to perform one of the following scans:

• Quick scan: Scan only at-risk and system files
• Full scan: Scan all files on your hard drive
• Deep scan: Scal all files on your hard drive deeply
• Custom scan: Scan a specific set of files

You can click on Settings to chose what to do when an infected file is detected. The default option is to ask the user what action should be performed.

• Ask user for action
• Automatically delete the infected file

If you click on Updates you can choose to download the latest version of Multi Virus Cleaner for free. The date on the signatures file is displayed at this window.

Signatures file:	v8.6.0 - 04-DEC-2008
Virus signatures:	6373 Show list

If you are running the software from the rescue CD, click on Custom scan on the startup window, which you can reach by clicking on the Home button. Then click on the Next button and select drive C, i.e. the partition on which Windows is loaded on the hard drive, then click on the Scan button.

MVC will report it has found an infected file ENGINE.DLL in the C:\AVG_Rescue_Temp directory with the virus "EICAR TEST STRING (SAFE)". Click on the Ignore button, since this is just a test file many antivirus programs, such as the AVG Rescue CD antivirus program, use to verify that antivirus software is working.

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The steps for creating an AVG Rescue CD are listed here.

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You can use regedit, which provides a GUI interface for editing the registry or you can use the reg command at a command prompt to query and modify the registry.

Since I was logged in under an unprivileged account, i.e. one not in the Administrators group, I first opened a command prompt under that account and then used the runas command to open another command prompt under an account in the Administrators group, in this case the "Owner" account on the laptop.

C:\>runas /user:owner cmd

I then used the reg query command to check the current registry entry applying to the "owner" account that kept it from being visible at the welcome screen for Windows XP.

C:\>reg query "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\CurrentVersion
\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList" /v Owner

! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Special
Accounts\UserList
    Owner       REG_DWORD       0x0

A value of zero in the key HKLM\software\microsoft\windows nt\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList\userid means the account represented by userid won't be visible at the Welcome Screen. If you put a value of one there, then the account will be visible.

I then changed the value with the reg add command. Note: when using the reg add command, if a value already exists in the registry for a key, you will be prompted as to whether you want to override it unless you use the /f option with the command.

C:\>reg add "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\CurrentVersion\W
inlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList" /v Owner /t REG_DWORD /d 1
Value Owner exists, overwrite(Y/N)? y

The operation completed successfully

C:\>reg query "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\CurrentVersion
\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList" /v Owner

! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Special
Accounts\UserList
    Owner       REG_DWORD       0x1

I was then able to use the Windows logo key + L to obtain the welcome screen where I could now see the "Owner" account listed as one of those I could select.

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The company provides a brief history for itself on the page stating "Founded in 1949 as the Wards Company, Circuit City is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of the liquidation announcement (January 16, 2009), the company operated 567 stores in 153 media markets in the U.S. and approximately 765 retail stores and dealer outlets in Canada."

The webpage states that a liquidator will be selling off the remaining inventory in the U.S. stores and that liquidator will be setting prices for items in the stores.

Circuit City made the announcement that they are going out of business on January 16 and stated that closing sales will start as early as January 17, 2009 with the expectation that they will conclude by the end of March. The stores will be closed when the liquidation sales are completed.

The announcement also states that associates at the company's headquarters have been asked to return today, Monday, January 19 to find out more about their status and to retrieve their personal belongings.

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One thing I really liked about Chrome is that a problem in one tab doesn't lead to the whole browser crashing. Each tab is associated with a separate process, unlike for other browsers, such as Firefox and versions of Internet Explorer prior to version 8. I haven't tried Internet Explorer 8 yet, but I've long been aggravated by Internet Explorer's tendency to crash due to a problem with one webpage. I tend to have many webpages open at once and I like to be able to retrace my steps leading to a particular webpage by using the back button. I've always liked Opera's ability to reopen the browser after a crash and have all of my tabs restored, plus be able to backup within a tab to view webpages I've visited to get to the current one.

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You can create new empty keyrings with gpg --list-keys.

C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG>gpg --list-keys
gpg: keyring `C:/Documents and Settings/JDoe/Application Data/gnupg\pubring.gpg
' created
gpg: C:/Documents and Settings/JDoe/Application Data/gnupg\trustdb.gpg: trustdb
 created

Note: gpg uses the forward slash, "/", which is used on Unix, Linux, and other operating systems to separate directories, in its output, though Windows actually uses a backward slash, "\".

If you need to transfer keyrings from a Linux or Unix system to a Windows system, the keyrings are likely to be stored in ~/.gnupg on that system, i.e. in a .gnupg beneath a user's home directory. Transfer the .gpg files, i.e. pubring.gpg, secring.gpg, trustdb.gpg

To import someone's public key into the public keyring, you can use the instructions at Importing a Public Key with GPG.

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I had been accessing the spreadsheet, but when I attempted to enter a value in one of its cells, I kept getting a message stating I was leaving a secure connection. I would click on OK and the message would keep repeating until I finally got the message above..

I first tried deleting the Google cookies I found on the PC I was using. I was using Internet Explorer (IE), so the cookies were in C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Cookies, where Username was the account I was logged into the PC under. I deleted the following cookies and logged out of Google Docs, but still got the message about a virus or spyware application:

username@docs.google[1].txt
username@google[2].txt

That didn't resolve the problem./ I finally closed the instance of Internet Explorer I had open and then looked for Google cookies again. I deleted the one I found and opened another instance of Internet Explorer. I was then able to log into Google Docs again and access the spreadsheet.

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Rhino Software, Inc., the developer of FTP Voyager, provides information on configuring the software to run automatically as a service at Running FTP Voyager Scheduler as a System Service, which states the following:

FTP Voyager Scheduler can be configured to run as a system service by checking the box under View | Options | General | Run as a System Service. It is important to note that if you did not select this option at installation, you will need to uninstall and reinstall FTP Voyager before this will work properly. Instructions for backing up FTP Voyager settings can be found in KB article 1189

In version 12.3.0.1 of FTP Voyager, you can take the following steps to run FTP Voyager Scheduler as a system service.

1. In FTP Voyager Scheduler, click on View.
2. Select Options.
3. Under the General tab, click on "Run as a system service" to put a check in the checkbox next to it.
4. Click on OK.

To verify the software is configured to run as a system service, you can type services.msc at a command prompt. You should see a Startup Type of "automatic" next to FTP Voyager Scheduler.

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