Jul/100
Windows: Cannot uninstall or upgrade Windows Search 3.x
Start – Run – paste the following line there and hit OK:
%systemroot%\$NtUninstallKB917013$\spuninst\spuninst.exe
This should bring up the hidden uninstaller.
Apr/100
VMware: Install Intel ET 82575 and 82576 drivers on ESX 4 vSphere
Download the ISO with drivers from HERE.
Burn to a CD and insert in the drive. Logon to the console as root and mount:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
Browse to /mnt and find the file “INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-1.3.19.12.1-offline_bundle-185976.zip”
Install the driver:
esxupdate --bundle=INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-1.3.19.12.1-offline_bundle-185976.zip update
Reboot.
Dec/090
Misc: BlackBerry activation error: service connection unavailable
- Remove the battery and reinsert it.
- Go to Options, Advanced Options, Host Routing Table.
- Click Menu, then Register Now.
Go back to your messages and wait a few seconds to see if you get a confirmation email. If so, try to reactivate, otherwise call your carrier and have them re-provision your phone.
Oct/090
Linux: Remove installed RPM packages manually
Sometimes you screw up an application and are unable to use rpm -e to remove them from your system. Here is how you go about doing that:
To find installed RPM packages:
rpm -qa | grep <string>
To remove:
rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches <package name>
Aug/0913
Misc: Asus Eee PC 1005HA network adapters and Ubuntu Jaunty netbook remix
There are several ways of doing this. You can download the Atheros driver source and compile, but this is by far the simplest since you only have to download the deb package and install to get your wireless network to work and do the rest while connected. Here is how:
Download your kernel’s Linux backports modules from here – mine was 2.6.28-11 generic. If you don’t know what your kernel version is use “uname -r” in console. Note that installing the wrong build can break your package manager and cause more frustration, so be careful. Copy the file to a flash drive and install it on the Eee. Reboot and your wireless NIC should work.
sudo dpkg -i linux-backports-modules-2.6.28-11-generic_2.6.28-11.12_i386.deb
Once your wireless connection is up and running, connect to the Internet, fire up Synaptic Package Manager and search for “eee”. You will see a package called “atl2-source” which is your Linux base driver for Atheros Ethernet Controller. Install, reboot and your wired network controller should also work. You can also run the following command in console instead of using Synaptic:
sudo aptitude atl2-source
There are a few more packages for Eee-PC in Synaptic… Make sure to install the ACPI driver.
