Apr 5, 2012
Black Login Screen on Windows 2003 Server
Ran into an issue where a Windows 2003 R2 servers login screen was using a black color scheme. You could see part of the Windows 2003 login logo but nothing else. This issue is caused when all color schemes in the computer’s default profile may have been set to black for every scheme element. To correct it you can export the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors registry key from a working server... read more
Apr 3, 2012
Monitoring CPU temp on Fedora
recently found the need to monitor CPU temp on a Fedora 16 install. $ sudo yum install lm_sensors Once installed we need to configure lm_sensors. Run the command $ sudo sensors-detect You will be prompted with questions, accepting the defaults will work $ sudo sensors-detect # sensors-detect revision 5946 (2011-03-23 11:54:44 +0100) # System: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP45C-DS3R This program will help... read more
Apr 3, 2012
Create a Local Fedora 16 Repository
If you have several Fedora systems you can create your own local repository to reduce the amount of Internet traffic and control the updates you want to have available. Also, you can create repositories for other products you use or like. In this post we will cover creating a local Fedora 16 repository. Update: You can use this same process on Fedora 17 & 18, just change the version number. Two... read more
Apr 3, 2012
Running ASP.NET on Apache 2.2
Continuing with running Apache 2.x on Windows systems (Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2) I found the desire to be able to deliver ASPX pages on the Windows server in my development environment. Upon searching the Internet I came across an Apache module mod_aspdotnet.so found here. The module is no longer being actively updated but works well on Apache 2.0 – 2.2 installations. This implementation is... read more
Apr 2, 2012
LibreOffice 3.5.1 Released
The latest version of LibreOffice 3.5.1 has been released. If you are looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office and tired of waiting on OpenOffice releases then you will want to go and get this great alternative. Personally I like this alternative to Office and really impressed with the releases and features it adds. read more
