Malcolm's Tech Tips

Australia APN Information

Malcolm Chalmers — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:29:07 +0000

To get some internet services working on you mobile phone you need to set the APN information. This can be hard to find, but here’s a list of most australia telco’s

APNs | Ausdroid

Installing features in Windows 8 without an internet connection

Malcolm Chalmers — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:35:38 +0000

When ever you try and install a new feature on Windows 8 it tries to connect to the internet to check what else it might need to download.
But this fails if you don’t have an internet connection and then it won’t let you install the feature.

To get around this you need to :

Put the DVD in the drive or mount the iSO and run this from a CMD with adminrights:dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:d:sourcessxs /LimitAccess

Thats if you want to install .Net 3.5.1
I assume it also works for other features and for Windows Server 8

via .Net 3.5 Sp1 Won’t install in Windows 8?.

Unix Terminal Colors

Malcolm Chalmers — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:08:36 +0000

When using a puTTY or terminal window to a Unix server some people like to set the colors of the text or background, some people dont.

Sometimes I like to set the text color to be like to old school Amber monitors. To do this I use following color settings
RED: 255, GREEN: 128, BLUE: 0

If also found a very nice blue color once that I use occasionally.
RED: 5, GREEN: 150, BLUE: 229

Creating a linked file in UNIX

Malcolm Chalmers — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:05:15 +0000

Unix uses links a bit like Windows uses short cuts. Except that the Unix version is more robust. It appears to the system virtually identical to the file it is pointing to.

To create a link you need to use the following syntax :
#> ln -s

Cron on Linux

Malcolm Chalmers — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:11:16 +0000

Today I found a very good explaination on how Cron works on linux here : Cron on Linux.

It’s well set out and explained.

Very helpful.

How to Boot from VHD with Windows 8 Developer Preview

Malcolm Chalmers — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:01:10 +0000

I downloaded the recently release Windows 8 Developer Preview and was trying to work out which system to load it on when i found this article.

How to Boot from VHD with Windows 8 Developer Preview.

All the steps seems to work OK for me, but then Windows 8 didn’t want to install. Not sure, but several people in the comments section on the site says they got it working. And it did boot into win8 OK, it just didnt want to install.

Update : I haven’t been able to get this to work, but some people in the comments section at the link say they have. Best of luck if you want to try it yourself.

BCDEdit Command-Line Options

Malcolm Chalmers — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:58:31 +0000

The boot.ini that was used on older Windows systems to control which operating system you boot into on dual boot systems is handled by BCD or Boot Configuration Data in Vista and Windows 7.

To edit the BCD you need to use BCDEdit.

BCDEdit Command-Line Options.

and here’s an FAQ with some nice examples.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721886(WS.10).aspx

For an example of how to use BCDEdit to boot windows 8 from a VHD file have a look here.

http://www.hyper-v.nu/archives/hvredevoort/2011/09/how-to-boot-from-vhd-with-windows-8-developer-preview/

Secret Items on the Windows 7 Send To Menu

Malcolm Chalmers — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:55:43 +0000

you can create shortcuts in the Send To folder. Just type the following into the location bar:

shell:sendto

And then drag shortcuts to your preferred folders into this folder.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Secret Items on the Windows 7 Send To Menu – How-To Geek.

Restarting the Oracle eBusiness Suite Concurrent Manager

Malcolm Chalmers — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:20:15 +0000

Run

$FND_TOP/bin/startmgr.sh

you will need the password for the apps account.

To check it is running,

ps -ef | grep FNDLIBR

via http://easyoracleapps.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/concurrent-managers/#more-99

My first Blackberry application – Jot

Malcolm Chalmers — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:22:20 +0000

My first application is up for sale on Blackberry App World !

Buy Apps from BlackBerry App World.

It’s just a little program that allows you to “jot” down the time any event happens. You can group the events so you can keep track of multiple things.