It has been almost a year since my last look at Puppy Linux so I dusted off the old ThinkPad 600e laptop (pentium 2!) and had a look at Puppy 4.2.1. Initially it would hang while booting from CD. After some searching I learned to give the “acpi=force” argument at boot and that got things …
Monthly Archive: August 2009
Aug 24
Remote Server Admin Tools for Windows 7
If you’re running the latest Windows 7 RTM release and happen to be in charge of managing a Windows network, you’ll definitely want to get the latest Remote Server Admin Tools. They just make your life easier and let you manage just about everything from your local machine. Quick note though: After you install, you’re …
Aug 22
A Quick Look at Untangle
I’ve been running the same “SOHO” firewall at home since 2001. My trusty Netgear FVS318. A pretty solid unit and hasn’t ever let me down, but old enough not to be upgradeable. This week I decided to have a look around see what else is out there to use. See, while the FVS318 has certainly …
Aug 19
Revisiting Documenting Job Schedules with Google Calendar
About a year ago I wrote about my new method of documenting scheduled jobs with Google Calendar. Since that article I’ve been diligently updating my calendars as jobs have been added, deleted or changed. Earlier today I was modifying the schedule of a job when I realized my idea had a fatal flaw. I noticed …
Aug 18
Tip on vmnetcfg
Tip: vmnetcfg is a really handy tool to tweak VMware network configs. Just don’t forget to run it as admin if on Vista or Win 7 (I always do…).
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