System Admin

Mekong River6-Feb-06 20:32

6-Feb-06 20:32

Thank you very much for your information.

Gavin Taylor wrote:
if it is have you tried running a System Restore[^] and resuming from a previous state?

I never create a restore point, so i can't use system restore in my computer.

Gavin Taylor wrote:
If this doesn't work I'd check that MS AntiSpyware is upto date and it might be a good idea to try sweeping the computer with another spyware scanner like Ad-Aware[^] or something to be doublely sure.

I also have windows anti-spyware in my computer. And its automatically scan my computer at 2am during the time that i download a trail software. But its result never found anything. Maybe I need to return back to check it definition again because i think it was update automatically from the web.

Gavin Taylor6-Feb-06 21:36

Gavin Taylor

6-Feb-06 21:36

Roath Kanel wrote:
I never create a restore point, so i can't use system restore in my computer

Thats cool, Windows automatically makes a restore point for you on very a regular basis (every other day or something), so it's worth trying it anyways.

As for Ms AntiSpyware, I'd still try running a sweep with another scanner to be sure, from experience different scanners find different things.

Gavin Taylor
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Mekong River6-Feb-06 22:25

6-Feb-06 22:25

Thank you very much for your information.

Gavin Taylor wrote:
Thats cool, Windows automatically makes a restore point for you on very a regular basis (every other day or something), so it's worth trying it anyways.

I forget to tell you that i used to turn off system restore on all drive since the time that i install my windows. Because i heard that system restore will back up the virus into the computer if the virus infect my system.

Gavin Taylor wrote:
As for Ms AntiSpyware, I'd still try running a sweep with another scanner to be sure, from experience different scanners find different things.

Beside Ms windows anti-spyware and Ad-aware that you provide to me in the previous link, did you find any other tool that could clean the system effectively?

Dave Kreskowiak7-Feb-06 3:56

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7-Feb-06 3:56

Roath Kanel wrote:
Because i heard that system restore will back up the virus into the computer if the virus infect my system.

Well, you got bad advice. So what if the virus gets backed up? That's what anti-virus software is for! The point of a restore point is to create a last-known-good backup of the system. On XP, most application installers will force a restore point to be created before the installation takes place. This makes it very easy to go back to the old system if the new application screws something up. Or is your case, something unknown screws soemthing up.

Roath Kanel wrote:
did you find any other tool that could clean the system effectively?

There's a bunch. All you have to do is Google for "Anti Spyware".

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

rpkumar5-Feb-06 23:24

rpkumar

5-Feb-06 23:24

Dear All,
I am getting problem during installation of Php-5.0.5 in Mandrake 9.0 .

Apache2 is running in this OS.

When I am running ./configure --with -apxs2=/.../...
It is giving ....
Checking whether LIBXML2 Support... yes
Checking libxml2 installdir...no
Configure:Error xml2-config not found Please check your xml2 installation.
Although my libxml2 installed as checked from Mandrake control centre. but where is the location i do not know .
Please anybody in help ?
rpkumar

vmware and clustering

devfendar5-Feb-06 21:24

devfendar

5-Feb-06 21:24

Hi, trying to set up clustering with vmware. Following instructions on the following articles:

REF 1 Set up VMware to install Windows clusters. http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-1058354.html
REF 2 Using the VMware SCSI Disk Driver for Windows Guest Operating Systems. http://www.vmware.com/support/refer...in_scsidrv.html

I download from REF 2 and I didn't see any zip file (which contains the pln and dat files) mentioned in REF 1. All I found was a file named "vmscsi-1.2.0.2.flp". Any clue? Thanks.

Boot device

Mekong River5-Feb-06 16:57

5-Feb-06 16:57

Hi, my computer have a network card that do not support to boot from a network. Now I'm need to study the lesson on remote installation which require to boot from the network. Does anyone know any device (exp: usb) that just connect to my computer and it will boot to the specific machine in order to install OS from the remote destination?

Dave Kreskowiak6-Feb-06 4:12

6-Feb-06 4:12

You'll need a network card that support PXE Boot, and you'll need a service running on whatever server you're using that supports PXE. For Windows servers, this is the Remote Installation Services[^] or Automated Deployment Services[^].
That's really the only way you're going to learn how it works in the real world.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Mekong River6-Feb-06 4:37

6-Feb-06 4:37

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
You'll need a network card that support PXE Boot

Yes, I know about that. Currently, i have a network card that do not have PXE boot rom. What i want is just buy a usb pxe boot device that just plug to the usb port and configure in CMOS. Then my computer could boot up to install OS from the specific server.

Do you have any idea?

Dave Kreskowiak6-Feb-06 5:15

6-Feb-06 5:15

There is no USB PXE Boot device. You CAN however boot from a USB ThumnbDrive (if your system supports it!). In that case, all you need to do is configure a PXE Boot Disk using what Service you have installed on your Server, and put that on the ThumbDrive.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Mekong River6-Feb-06 15:34

Error in Installation Php on Mandrake 9.1

6-Feb-06 15:34

Thank you very much for your information.

rpkumar3-Feb-06 21:23

rpkumar

3-Feb-06 21:23

Dear All,
I am getting problem during installation of Php-5.0.5 in Mandrake 9.1 .

Apache2 is running in this OS.

When I am running ./configure --with -apxs2=/.../...
It is giving ....
"checking lex output file ./configure :line 2428: lex command not found. can not find output from lex : giving up
Anybody in help ?
rpkumar

Windows Desktop - Black and White

surya_soni3-Feb-06 15:27

surya_soni

3-Feb-06 15:27

Hi everybody,

From last few weeks, I am struggling to make my color monitor look like black and white monitor.

Can anyone suggest me any means, by which I can change my windows theme to be completely black and white.

Or by programming, how can I change my graphics driver to render my windows in black and white.

I am getting very desperate to get this done, please help me in any way..struggling for this has already wasted my lot of time.

thank you community in advance if you can come up with some solution to me.

cheers.

Surya

Surya, Australia

Re: Windows Desktop - Black and White

Dave Kreskowiak3-Feb-06 16:08

Create a window independent from skin/theme settings

3-Feb-06 16:08

surya_soni wrote:
by which I can change my windows theme to be completely black and white.

Control Panel - Display - Appearance tab - Advanced button. Start changing each element in the theme to some shaed of black and white.

This will NOT stop each application from drawing it's own elements in color.

But...why are you doing this????

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

paul11673-Feb-06 0:21

paul1167

3-Feb-06 0:21

Hello,

I am trying to create a custom window where my framework draws controls the nonclient areas completely; however, besides that the window should be as close to a standard as possible because I want to utilize it e.g. for DirectX.

Now, drawing of a window frame did not appear to be a big thing, it's just responding to the appropriate window messages. Only -- one problem is left.

Depending upon the current system setting "Properties"--"Display Properties"--"Appearence", the nonclient area is somehow clipped (e.g. rounded corners). Usage of function SetWindowRgn to achieve a strict rectangular window shape does not help. I guess the problem is caused by the metaregion but I do not see a way how to extend that region (Function SetMetaRgn produces an intersection of the current with the new region).

Is there a way to change the drawing rectangle of the nonclient area to the exact rectangle, regardless of the current appearence settings? D'Oh! | :doh:

-- modified at 9:40 Monday 6th February, 2006

Screensver property tab missing

Joe Q2-Feb-06 9:34

Joe Q

2-Feb-06 9:34

My company implemented a mandatory screen saver (all work related "rah-rah" thing) and made the Display->Property->Screensaver tab go away. I'm pretty sick of it poping up every 10 mins.

How can I get the screen saver tab back so I can change how long before it pops up and what pop's up?

Thanks

Re: Screensver property tab missing

Dave Kreskowiak2-Feb-06 9:58

Re: Screensver property tab missing

2-Feb-06 9:58

Basically, you can't.

Your company created a policy that sets the screen saver and takes the tab away. You COULD get the tab back, but only briefly. Policies refresh themselves every so often. The refresh will reset any changes you make to what the policy specifies.

The only thing you can do is bitch at your IT people and see if someone can get that policy reversed or at least changed to be more flexible.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

-- modified at 15:58 Thursday 2nd February, 2006

Joe Q2-Feb-06 10:04

Joe Q

2-Feb-06 10:04

I did find the setting in the registry to get the tab back but I haven't located the program that is being run to put up the screen saver. The registry still says Marquee.scr. I could probably write a program to change the registry back to what I want every morning before I get in.

I did replace all the "Inspirational/company rah-rah" pictures folder with a bunch of Dilbert cartoons.

Thanks,

Re: Screensver property tab missing

Dave Kreskowiak2-Feb-06 10:09

2-Feb-06 10:09

Those files aren't covered by the policy so you can get away with that.

Policy refresh can happen as fast as every minute, again controled by policy. Default, I think, was every 30 minutes. Also, you may no longer have the rights to change those registry values.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Virus problem

x-trate1-Feb-06 22:41

x-trate

1-Feb-06 22:41

Hello everybody,

I just got this virus that restarts the computer. I think is called MS Blast. I have a windows home edition with service pack installed. I 've downloaded the patch from microsoft.com, and when i try to install it. it sais that the service pack version is more recent then the patch. So, then how do i get the virus out? (without formatting?)
>Thanks a lot!

Re: Virus problem

toxcct2-Feb-06 0:28

toxcct

2-Feb-06 0:28

not sure it is the correct one, but look at this[^]...

TOXCCT >>> GEII power
[toxcct][VisualCalc 2.20][VCalc 3.0 soon...]

Re: Virus problem

hint_542-Feb-06 4:09

hint_54

2-Feb-06 4:09

x-trate:

Check http://www.psy.ucsd.edu/psynet/security/blaster.html[^]. They have several solutions for 3 of the Blaster's variants ("A","B" and "C").

hint_54

Re: Virus problem

Mekong River2-Feb-06 20:21