Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Password proliferation is a serious problem on the web today. Most websites require users to register and create a username/password combination for future authentication. Unfortunately not many websites support reusable logins such as OpenID. The main problem is that of human memory. It is of course not reasonable to expect the user to remember 100+ […]
Microsoft Outlook allows saving of contact in vCard format (vcf) only one at a time through the Save As… dialog. The Import and Export menu options do not provide the ability to export all contacts as vCard. Obviously with a large address book it would be very impractical to go through the contacts and save […]
Sometimes the Windows system tray icon used to safely remove USB hardware disappears. It is not a good idea to simply unplug the USB device, especially a memory stick or hard drive, since this can lead to data loss or corruption. Also, the disk will not be unmounted cleanly and you may face issues when […]
Here’s how to stop the annoying beep (system bell) in VMware Player. These steps were tested with VMware Player 2.5 running a Debian Lenny server (guest) under Windows XP Professional (host). Open the following file in Notepad: C:Documents and Settings<your user>Application DataVMwarepreferences.ini (the drive might be different depending on your setup). Add the following line […]
Installing Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) will by default also install the OC4J application server. On Windows machines, it is not installed as a service, instead it runs in a dedicated command shell window. By default, OC4J will start automatically at the session startup, not only bringing up the annoying command line window but also […]
In a half-unofficial way, Microsoft offers a driver and a small utility to mount ISO CD-ROM images as a drive in Windows XP and Vista. It can be downloaded from a posting on Microsoft support site (here is the link directly to the self-extracting archive). The instructions are included in the “readme.txt” file. Although the […]