System Admin

15-Nov-11 5:03

Hi,

what's your suggestion? what's the best ADSL router for small business? and are there any type of router which will be able to block the internet by user ID?

Thanks,
Jassim

Re: Best ADSL Router

ruready5113-Jan-12 13:52

ruready511

3-Jan-12 13:52

jrahma,

I can't really answer your question because I truthfully don't know a thing about ADSL routers. However, I'd like to provide an alternative solution.

I would steer away from putting money into hardware for something like a ADSL router. Instead, just get one that can connect you to the internet and leave all of the routing, NATing, internet access control, and reporting features to a capable platform like Untangle[^].

I use Untangle at my work. We have 3 offices and I have setup an Untangle box at each site - and I love it. It can handle internet access like you mentioned, but that is a paid feature (most of the platform is free).

Hope you find something that suites your needs.

-David

Clean the Setup

Jassim Rahma12-Nov-11 3:36

Multiple desktops vs multiple VMs

12-Nov-11 3:36

Hi,

I have noticed Microsoft has removed the Windows Installer Clean Utility..

How can I clean the setup if I am using Windows Server 2003 on 32bit?

I have installed a Panasonic PBX software and it's not getting removed.. everytime I try to remove from the control panel it says (Was removed successfully) but it's still there in the program Folders as well as the Control Panel->Programs.

Re: Clean the Setup

SCraw285527-Nov-11 17:21

SCraw2855

27-Nov-11 17:21

You may have to manually delete the entries in the "Program Folders", which you may also want to check the All Users\start menu as well for left-overs.

Common Files is another folder to check as well. Be sure to give REGEDIT some due attention before calling it gone. These areas are usually the last place to hide for uninstalled software.

P.S. CCLeaner will make sure all the loose-ends are tied up too!

Hope this helps.

bosedk4-Nov-11 1:07

bosedk

4-Nov-11 1:07

I am planning to setup a small home network with a couple of servers for music, videos, documents etc. It is also a setup for me to learn more about network programming and administration.

Since the current multiple core CPUs are used nowhere near their potential, I am thinking of replacing the hardwares with VMs.

Also I feel that this would be easy on my electricity bill and the room would be less cluttered too.

I have a few questions.

1. would you recommend that? would you do that?
2. will I be able to "manage" the network similar to managing the physical machines?
3. would the ip address of host be shared or could each vm get its own?
4. could you provide links to some similar setups?

edit: I forgot this question.
5. I am thinking of running one VM per core on a multiple core CPU. Would that be possible? I suppose yes and I would have to use Windows 7 to which a VM is just another piece of program, right? Should I bother about this in the first place?

modified 4-Nov-11 7:43am.

phil.o4-Nov-11 1:36

4-Nov-11 1:36

Hi!

bosedk wrote:
1. would you recommend that? would you do that?

Yes, for sure.

bosedk wrote:
2. will I be able to "manage" the network similar to managing the physical
machines?

Again, yes. You can reach your servers as if they were physical ones. Managing your machines will be even simpler as you won't have to deal with hardware driver related issues.

bosedk wrote:
3. would the ip address of host be shared or could each vm get its own?

You have the choice for this. You can configure several virtual switches depending on your needs ; a virtual switch can be shared between the host and his VMs, it can be private or it can be shared between the VMs only.
When you setup a virtual network card for your VM, you 'plug' it to one of the switches you configured. In your VM, you will see a network card that you can configure as you want (DHCP or not, etc...).

bosedk wrote:
4. could you provide links to some similar setups?

I don't have any but I'm sure you can find some useful examples just by googling.

Regards.

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bosedk4-Nov-11 1:38

bosedk

4-Nov-11 1:38

Great. Thanks.

phil.o4-Nov-11 1:52

4-Nov-11 1:52

You're welcome Smile | :)

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phil.o4-Nov-11 1:52

4-Nov-11 1:52

bosedk wrote:
5. I am thinking of running one VM per core on a multiple core CPU. Would that
be possible? I suppose yes and I would have to use Windows 7 to which a VM is
just another piece of program, right? Should I bother about this in the first
place?

When you configure your VM you can assign it the number of cores you want to, as well as tha amount of RAM that it will use.

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IE Error

Kanel Roath2-Nov-11 18:37

Kanel Roath

2-Nov-11 18:37

Hi, I got a problem that my IE keep pop up error message. I could not find solution to fix this problem. And when I check the application log in event viewer, it describe as below:

CSS

Event Type: Error
Event Source:   Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID:   1000
Date:       11/3/2011
Time:       11:29:15 AM
User:       N/A
Computer:   SABENAPC
Description:
Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 8.0.6001.18702, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74   Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c   ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 69 65 78   ure  iex
0018: 70 6c 6f 72 65 2e 65 78   plore.ex
0020: 65 20 38 2e 30 2e 36 30   e 8.0.60
0028: 30 31 2e 31 38 37 30 32   01.18702
0030: 20 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e    in unkn
0038: 6f 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e   own 0.0.
0040: 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f   0.0 at o
0048: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30   ffset 00
0050: 30 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a   000000..

Could you please helpe me what is the cause of the problem and how to fix it?

Thank

Re: IE Error

Albert Holguin2-Nov-11 19:21

Albert Holguin

2-Nov-11 19:21

That sure sounds like a bad debug dump since it provides no useful information. Usually internet explorer has a "safe mode" that it can be run as, try running it in safe mode, if it works, then theres a plug-in causing the crash. At that point, your best option is to just uninstall all the plugins and start fresh. If that doesn't work, you may have to download and install a fresh copy of internet explorer (current version is 9) or try using another browser such as Firefox or Opra.

Re: IE Error

phil.o4-Nov-11 1:39

4-Nov-11 1:39

I would search for complementary modules attached to IE, and deactivate/uninstall any that would seem suspicious to me.
Also a little Windows Update trip could make things in order.

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Re: IE Error

SCraw285527-Nov-11 17:25

SCraw2855

27-Nov-11 17:25

Try clearing your browser history and Internet Temp Files. Is the pop-up blocker enabled, or is it trying to reuse the existing window?

Make sure the "reuse windows for..." is unchecked in the advanced tab under Internet Tools.

Let us know what you find.

FREE virtualization

Jassim Rahma28-Oct-11 14:05

28-Oct-11 14:05

Hi,

I have a windows server 2008 machine.

I want to install linux operating system on it to have both a up-and-running the same time, therefore I am looking for a FREE and good virtual machine tool?

what's your recommendation please?

Thanks..

Philippe Mori29-Oct-11 3:32

Philippe Mori

29-Oct-11 3:32

Yoiu mighht try Virtual Box

Philippe Mori

Jassim Rahma29-Oct-11 9:04

29-Oct-11 9:04

great philip Smile | :)

I didn't know virtual box has windows edition as well.. i thought it will only virtualize linux

Thanks,

luke_g1-Nov-11 1:49

luke_g

1-Nov-11 1:49

I second VirtualBox. I use it at work (on a Windows host) and home (on a Linux host) and it does everything I need.