Installing Ubuntu 8.04 on the virtual machine

Once the virtual machine had been created, it should show up on your Virtual PC Console:

 

Start the Ubuntu VPC, and go to CD and choose Capture ISO Image  and select the ISO image of Ubuntu. select the Language.

 

Choose English by Default and hit Enter.

 

Next, you have 5 options:

1. Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer "" this option is good when you are running Ubuntu from a live CD.
2. Install Ubuntu "" physical installation of Ubuntu on the physical hard disk
3. Check for CD Defects "" check if anything is wrong on the installation CD
4. Test Memory "" self explanatory, it checks the memory for any problem.
5. Boot from first hand hard disk.

Here I encountered an error when selecting the Install Ubuntu option:

An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered.

The virtual machine will reset now.

 

Here is the way around this problem. when you get to the option to unstall Ubuntu, press F4 and choose Safe graphics mode. then choose the first option on the menu:Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer.

If you still get the same problem do this:

At the prompt, press F4 and select "Safe graphics mode".
then press F6.

Modify the following boot line:

"Boot Options seed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -" Delete the part that says "quiet splash "" -" and replace it with "vga=791 noreplace-paravirt"

 

Sure - This option will make your Ubuntu boot onto the GUI. Now you start installing the ubuntu on to your local hard Drive

Click on the Install folder.  The installation wizard should come up:

Select the language and click Forward.  Next Choose your location:  Continue the same and complete the installation.

 

here is the place you get into issue after successful installation of VPC Ubuntu.

When you reboot the VPC -

 

I got the dreaded error:

An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered.   The virtual machine will reset now.

fix the booting problem.

When booting Ubuntu, press the Esc key when the GRUB loading is displayed. You should get 3 boot options menu:

Make sure, Ubuntu 8.04.1, Kernel 2.6.24-19-generic is selected, and press the letter E on your keyboard. You should get to the following window, with 3 options again:

Press the letter E again on your keyboard. on next window, delete the last piece of code that says "quiet splash "" """ and replace it with "noreplace-paravirt"

Press enter, you should get back to the previous window. Press B on your keyboard, Ubuntu should load fine now.

Login using the Root account to change these settings

Now, we need to make this change permanently. After you logon to your Ubuntu GUI go to Applications then Accessories and open Terminal

Type the following command on terminal "sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst" enter you password when asked. When you get to the menu, scroll to the very bottom and look for the following code line:

Go to the end of the line code and change the last piece of code, from "quiet splash "" """ to "noreplace-paravirt" press CTRL + O to write, press ENTER to accept it, and press CTRL + X to exit out.

Now you have done the Successful installation of Ubuntu 8.04 on VPC 2007.

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Actual new SKUs for the OS:

• Windows 7 Starter (limited to three apps concurrently)
• Windows 7 Home Basic (for emerging markets)
• Windows 7 Home Premium (adds Aero, Touch, Media Center)
• Windows 7 Professional (Remote Desktop host, Mobility Center, Presentation mode)
• Windows 7 Enterprise (volume license only, boot from virtual drive, BitLocker)
• Windows 7 Ultimate (limited availability, includes everything)

Starter edition : seems this edition will be offer to netbook to cut the cost with limited features
please note : Starter will not be offered through Retail market.

Enterprise Edition is for Enterprise Businesses - sold thru VLK

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How to Remove Vista from a Dual Boot system

1. Boot your computer in to Windows XP.

2. Ensure you have the Vista DVD image emulated or in the DVD drive.

3. Go to Start and Run. Type in e:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force (without quotes, and replacing e: with the drive letter of your Vista DVD).

4. Restart the computer, and you will notice the boot selection menu is gone.
Format the partition/drive where you had Vista installed.

5. Remove two files (Boot.BAK & Bootsect.BAK) on your XP drives root folder (C :), these were backup files of your previous boot loader, now no longer useful.

6. Optional: Restart to ensure it still works.

7. Use your partition software to merge your partitions together.

Now the complete system is out from vista and without the New Boot loader.

 

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Sign in now :  windows-7-beta-product-key_03  Only Limited beta products keys are available.It's limited to 2.5 Millions keys.

Available in 32 Bit and 64 Bit versions. Minimum Requirements Processor : 1GHZ for 32 and 64 bit Ram : 1 GB HDD : 16GB Graphics: 128 MB Memory on card

Good Luck - Download today and try it out!
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YES, good news Live messenger 2009 is out from its beta stage. Nothing much on this except the bugs, UI Look changes. You can download the Web installer : http://download.live.com/messenger/?mkt=en-us

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Error message when a Web browser sends a request for an active server page to a Web server that is running IIS 6.0: "Response buffer limit exceeded"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925764

Increase the buffer limit You can increase the buffering limit if one of the following conditions is true:

•	The client is not a Web browser.
•	You cannot redesign the application to take advantage of a paging technology, such as the GridView class.

If you must increase the buffer limit, select a buffer limit that allows for the largest known response size. If you do not know the largest response size in advance, you can increase the buffer limit to a large value during testing. After you finish testing, use the largest value that is in the sc-bytes field in the IIS log file for the response that is generated for the page.

To increase the buffering limit, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2.	Type the following command, and then press ENTER: cd /d %systemdrive%\inetpub\adminscripts
3.	Type the following command, and then press ENTER: cscript.exe adsutil.vbs SET w3svc/aspbufferinglimit LimitSize Note LimitSize represents the buffering limit size in bytes. For example, the number 67108864 sets the buffering limit size to 64 MB.

To confirm that the buffer limit is set correctly, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2.	Type the following command, and then press ENTER: cd /d %systemdrive%\inetpub\adminscripts
3.	Type the following command, and then press ENTER: cscript.exe adsutil.vbs GET w3svc/aspbufferinglimit

How to configure Local IP to Live ip in sonic firewall TZ170

 

This article says how to configure Local IP to Live ip in sonic firewall TZ170

Check the article attached

 

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Ru n MAC OSX in PearPC on Windows XP

Yes you can install MAC OS on windows xp machine now. check the document for full details.

ppcguide-v1.pdf (803.17 KB)

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/

 http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/getstart.html

 

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This article will give you more information on ports, protocals and services used on microsoft server OS.

The port information in this article should not be used to configure Windows Firewall. For information about configuring Windows Firewall, see the Windows Firewall Settings Technical Reference.
	Overview
	System services ports
	Ports and protocols
Active Directory port and protocol requirements

REFERENCES

How to configure a firewall for domains and trusts - 179442 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179442/)

 Information about TCP/IP port assignments - 174904 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174904/)

For more information about how to restrict Active Directory replication traffic, see the "Restricting Active Directory replication traffic to a specific port" -

224196 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224196/) 

Port Reference for MS TCP/IP" in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit -

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsnt/4/server/reskit/en-us/net/port_nts.mspx

TCP and UDP Port Assignments -

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/cnet/cnfc_por_GDQC.asp

Port Assignments and Protocol Numbers -

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/cnet/cnfc_por_ZQYU.asp

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority coordinates the use of well-known ports -

http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

For more information about how to configure DTC to use a specific range of ports, see the "Configuring Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) to work through a firewall" -

250367 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/250367/) 

File Replication Service

For more information about how to configure FRS to work with a firewall, see the "How to restrict FRS replication traffic to a specific static port" -

319553 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319553/) 

Internet Information Services

For more information about the ports that are used by IIS 4.0, by IIS 5.0, and by IIS 5.1, see the "Inetinfo services use additional ports beyond well-known ports" -

327859 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327859/)   

SQL Server

For more information about how SQL Server 2000 dynamically determines ports for secondary instances, see the "Behavior of SQL Server 2000 Network Library during dynamic port detection" -

286303 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286303/) 

For more information about the ports that are used by SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 for OLAP, see the "TCP ports used by OLAP services when connecting through a firewall" -

301901 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301901/) 

Terminal Services

For more information about how to configure the port that is used by Terminal Services, see the "How to change Terminal Server's listening port" -

187623 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187623/) 

 

 

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