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○ Recovering files from a Corrupted TrueCrypt Container with a corrupted filesystem in a Corrupted HDD with Broken or Bad Sectors

2011-11-13T14:02:00.003Z

TrueCrypt is a great tool.BTW, a suggestion to truecrypt programmers, to solve the "format it now" nagging screen when you plug in a TrueCrypt Disk. ( This is achievable if the partition RAW Type outside TrueCrypt Container is changed to Hidden NTFS ) Onto the issue...You have a corrupted filesystem on a corrupted disk with a truecrypt volume in it but you can't read the contents anymore. I

○ Cant activate windows Access to the Web Proxy filter is denied

2011-11-13T12:10:00.000Z

If you get this error probably means http://wpa.ddoe.microsoft.com is being blocked by your firewall. I all your traffic is authenticated, add it to your allowed anonymous websites list. Done Taken from: http://bitboard.blogspot.com/

○ Failed to register dbface.ocx

2011-11-13T12:05:00.000Z

This is an old component. The error may also say "Can't Register dbface.ocx" New Operating systems as of this date may lack this component because it is part of an old runtime. Install MSVBVM50 - Visual Basic 5.0 Runtime Taken from: http://bitboard.blogspot.com/

○ Pointing XP SP3 Client to WSUS Server

2011-11-13T11:57:00.000Z

If for some reason a client with Windows XP SP3 is not receiving updates from WSUS when the server deploying them is part of W8k Server family, you might want to follow these steps: 1 - Edit Defult Workstation GPO: 2 - Add/Remove Templates: 3 - Open Wuau.adm: 4 - Navigate to windows components on computer configuration and select windows update: 5 - Specify Intranet Microsoft Update

Fixing GAC when Shfusion.dll does work with c:\windows\Assembly in Windows 7

2010-10-09T19:58:00.000+01:00

Hello, I just had to publish this, countless hours spent over this trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with a project not compiling in Visual Studio 2010 using CrystalDecisions Assemblys, namely: CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.EngineCrystalDecisions.Shared Everytime i tried to compile it would give out an error: "Type ReportDocument is not defined" When all the correct references were

Step-by-Step Installing RALUS - BackupExec 2010 Remote Agent for Linux on Ubuntu 8.04

2010-09-04T19:07:00.058+01:00

These steps should work as equally with Debian, as Ubuntu is based on Debian. To find out the distribution version of your Ubuntu installation do: cat /etc/issueorcat /etc/apt/sources.list Now let's get going, the version of RALUS i will actually install is RALUS_RMALS_RAMS-2896.9.tar.gz :(It's located in LinuxUnixMac Folder of your Backup Exec 2010 DVD Disk)Copy the RALUS TAR.gZ to a folder of

PHP file_exists function bug and Domain Migration

2010-05-02T17:17:00.002+01:00

First of all, no, this is not a Bug report. Just a friendly title to someone who might be asking themselves the same thing. The other day i was reported that our Intranet website was not working properly. I looked at the PHP code to see if everything was in order and runned a few tests with variable placing inside the file_exists and the function was returning false when the file actually

PostgreSQL "Export to file"

2010-05-02T17:16:00.000+01:00

How to export Postgres query results to a CSV file: 1 - Press SQL Editor Icon 2 - Make query 3 - From the SQL Editor Icon, File -> Export Taken from: http://bitboard.blogspot.com/

Can't add ODBC entry

2010-05-02T16:56:00.000+01:00

The answer for this is simple, the tool to manage ODBC entry's on Windows is ODBCAD32.exe If you can't add an entry on the SYSTEM DSN tab the first thing you need to remember is that you have to run the tool with administrative provilidges to be able to add entrys in this tab. Otherwise the only tab you will have permissions to add entry's to will be the USER DSN. This obviously is because the

10 Steps to totally and completely Remove Panda Anti Virus Protection Service from Computer or Server

2010-05-02T16:02:00.003+01:00

I decided to add this here first so i won't forget, second so that anyone experiencing the same issue and is tired of looking for the web with no success on this, can apply the procedure i tell you here, and move on to be productive. Well, how to fully remove Panda Services from the computer?Why you would want to remove it? For the second question, you might want to add a new protection from

○ Programming a MXM graphics module bios (by performing a hard flash).

2010-02-28T12:53:00.001Z

In a previous post we talked about how to revive a dead GPU card using the tweezer method. In this post you will se further info to complement that revival using eeprom programmable cards, credits will go to Michal.T and we will quote is own words, so let's get started: Situations may vary when people are left with a not functional mxm graphics module/card. The most common situation should be

○ oPEn Shell Menu and Network drive with Access Denied

2010-01-16T19:38:00.004Z

If you can't access a network drive trough My comnputer saying "Access Denied" and you see a "oPEn" entry when you right click this network drive, you may be having difficulty accessing this network path when navigating to "My computer" in Explorer. This behaviour in my experience can be left overs from malware for instance. Specially if you log in with other domain account and there you can

○ Restarting server shares service for network folders

2010-01-16T19:29:00.001Z

Different network shares can exist in a server environment. If you happened to restart one of your main server that had shared network folders active and not anymore, you have to restart the corresponding services. To check what resources are being shared on the server type at the command prompt: "net share" To see a list of your previously shared network folders on the server open regedit and

○ Renaming User accounts in AD and changing Documents and Settings Folder

2010-01-12T20:34:00.001Z

Yes, this is from microsoft, it is just so I won't forget i know i can easily find this on my corner :D Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236621/en-us Identify the user's profile path. There are two methods to identify the profile path. Either by user path settings or user SID. The user SID method is preferred. User SID method Use the GETSID tool from the Windows Server Resource

○ Opening Google.com in new tab "about:tabs" automatically in IE8

2009-12-12T10:00:00.002Z

I have been *not* using this feature for a long time. Everytime i pressed the "new tab" button i would always write www.google.com as a starting point. Not anymore, now it's automatic, you just have to: 1. Open Tools -> Internet Options: 2. Push Tab Settings and define new tab settings: Done. (Not much of a challenge tough :P)

○ Windows DLL files Checker

2009-11-28T11:48:00.005Z

To perform a windows DLL files test for integrity to see if they are intact and in their original versions there is a good native tool called SFC that only system administrators can perform: This will check to see wether your currently being used DLL files are trust worthy and/or match those on the DLL Cache folder. I have a progress percentage indicator as you can see in this screenshot but

○ Removing HD1.exe Virus

2009-11-28T11:31:00.008Z

Hello, i decided to write something about this because i found the information available at this time. This virus from what i have been seing recently spreads mostly from USB pens, on operative systems that have the Autorun Feature turned on for USB Removable devices. It starts by: 1- writing a file named autorun.inf on your USB pendrive with the following content: [autorun] OPeN=rEcYClEr\

○ IVT_Virtual_0000 Driver

2009-11-14T20:27:00.007Z

If you have this device hanging on your device manager waiting for a driver, probably you instaled IVT BlueSoleil on your computer without installing the native Bluetooth drivers from the manufacturer first. Or, the IVT version you have is not compatible with your windows version.I came across this issue and what i did to solve it was to: 1. Download the latest trial version, right now it's

○ Unknown device ACPI\ITE8707\4&2D46162D&0 on ASUS C90s

2009-11-14T19:27:00.008Z

Another struggle for a unknown device. Funny thing is when i had XP i did not detect it, neither with vista, but windows 7 did. Finally discovered that this unknown device corresponds to ITECIR Infrared Receiver You have to download ite_ir_5.03_vista32-64 driver for it to install, here are 2 screenshots: And voilaThanks for reading, i hope this helps.

○ How to view Windows Registry in DOS Mode

2009-11-09T22:26:00.008Z

This makes a usefull feature when all you have is a command line and want to sneak in the windows registry. You will have to have a PATH variable defined to the reg.exe file or direct access however otherwise it won't run. The usage is: REG Operation /? Examples: REG QUERY /?REG ADD /?REG DELETE /?REG COPY /?REG SAVE /?REG RESTORE /?REG LOAD /?REG UNLOAD /?REG COMPARE /?REG EXPORT /?REG IMPORT /

○ Intel 845GE Graphics Driver for Windows Vista/7

2009-11-07T21:34:00.013Z

Ufff, i was installing a version of Windows Seven on my brother's computer, but Windows 7 did not detected /installed the proper drivers so i had to search for an alternative. The Standard VGA Graphics Adapter it gave me, could not go over 1024x1280 resolutions. I needed higher resolutions as i have a capable monitor of 1920x1200. Drivers were definitely not helping me. After hours spent, i

○ Garmin 1390 GPS Diagnose Diagnostics "hack" trick

2009-10-31T13:39:00.017Z

Well, this is not actually a hack, it is just a trick. Here's the main screen: If you tap the upper right Battery Icon for 5 seconds this interesting menu will pop up: Here you have a secret diagnostics page. You can test ROM, RAM, monitor temperature levels, USB cable detections, battery level, etc...Press next and you have further options: I Pressed Start Test, but it's a background

○ Can't remove network printer connection? Forcing removal / uninstall

2009-10-29T20:42:00.006Z

If you are having problems removing a printer from the Printers folder, this may be the answer for you: When you add a network printer connection to your computer, the printer's shared name is placed on your printers folder as well. When you try to remove this connection later on, the computer will communicate with the server to check if that printer still exists ( don't ask why) but, even if

Installing Wavelink Studio Client

2009-10-26T23:18:00.003Z

For those who are not easily familiared with activesync and Windows mobile or Pocket PC with Windows CE operating, it might not be just plain simple to install an application to it like we do in windows. ActiveSync helps to transfer content to some degree. But i found that different applications may have different installation "quircks" and for this particular installation, you have to: 1 -

○ MAIL FORWARD vs MAIL ALIAS

2009-07-25T17:39:00.006+01:00

These two can confusing but they are actually to different things and very easy to understandIndependentely if the mail received on a mailbox is to be send internally (to another internal mailbox) or externally (to a mailbox from another domain) Mail Forwardis the correct choice if you want to send everything from the original mailbox to another mailbox MAIL ALIAS is for instance if you have the

○ Large Resolutions on Small LCD's

2009-06-25T22:03:00.005+01:00

For a long time now i have been looking for a new buy: A TFT Monitor with large resolution. But the market doesn't seem to be moving torwards that segment i only ask why? Im sure almost everybody enjoy's more space and freedom to work and certainly it's not because of lack of technology, the other day i stumbled upon a Dell Latitude D830, what a great example!!! The LCD is only 15,4" and can

○ BlogSpot Titles Disappeared

2009-05-22T14:23:00.007+01:00

Today i was just going to add a new post and noticed i had no titles on blogger.com/post-create.g page. First i tought i had to do with the template code ( i did revert to classic mode, and changed a few lines ). But then to investigate things further i looked at the post-create.g source code and there was this line: