Archive for May, 2012
Using your DVD as a yum repository on a RPM based Linux
May 26th
So, you’ve just gotten a fresh installed Linux system with Oracle Linux or Redhat Linux from the sysadmin. And with Oracle Linux you can not use the internet (forbidden by company laws is a common one), or you got Redhat Linux and can not use up2date for some reason. Most of the time, when installing Oracle products I am allowed to use the root account myself during the install. The DVD most of the time is still present in the drive.
How to Upgrade to Adobe Reader X and delete all older versions
May 25th
In a small to medium environment (< 500 pc’s), it’s not a really tough job to keep all pc’s up to date with the latest version of Adobe Reader. A couple of pc’s that might report problems, can be cured … Read the rest
23-May-2012
May 23rd
Wiki taken offline
The number of “users” that create an account on the VMS wiki to post spam content, chnages from day to day, but there is hardly a day that there aren’t any. It’s no big deal to spend 15 minutes a day – or twice a day – to disable these accounts and remove spam. But no day should be forgotten, or the data is captured by search engines – with all consequences. And I use the latest version of MoinMoin….
Wordpress – even the older version that I still have to use (no time to update) – offers the ability to disable creation of accounts, and if enabled, the email address needs to be valid. Anyway, each new user can only post comments – if enabled – and that is scanned for abusive content, deleting it when that is found; and there is also me to accept the comment – or refuse it…
Alas, MoinMoin – even this latest version – lacks such facilities, and my knowledge of Python is nill…
There is a way to prevent users to post messages: but that requires an HTTPS connection and setting things up in the configuration; I’ve tried it, but the documentation on the MoinMoin site isn’t conclusive and I ended upo with a wiki that didn;t start at all…
Push notifications werken niet in Windows 8 / Win RT ?
May 22nd
Gister ben ik bezig geweest met Push Notifications voor mijn WinRT app. Heb de implementatie gevolgd zoals op http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465460.aspx werd beschreven en na wat debug werk kreeg ik een 200 van de Push Service terug. Helaas kwam de Toast notificatie niet door in mijn app. Van alles geprobeerd zoals opnieuw een secret code aangevraagd maar geen success.
MEET Windows Azure on June the 7th
May 16th
Windows Azure is on my radar since its first public CTP at PDC’2008. Nowadays a lot of my working hours and beyond are filled with Windows Azure! And I love it.
Rittman Mead BI Forum Atlanta, GA
May 16th
Today is my first day at the Rittman Mead BI Forum in Atlanta, GA.
My ‘Ignite-style’ presentation on Groups, Roles and Issues went pretty well. I think… 
Great sessions, great insight from Oracle Corp and listening to Stewart Bryson (@stewartbryson) is always a good thing to do !
“A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing” in Hyper-V
May 14th
In the installation process of Windows 2008 R2 as a VM in HyperV, the following error may suddenly come up: “(Load driver) A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now. Note: If the Windows installation media is in [...]
“A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing” in Hyper-V
May 14th
In the installation process of Windows 2008 R2 as a VM in HyperV, the following error may suddenly come up: “(Load driver) A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now. Note: If the Windows installation media is in [...]
Turnstile transition v2.0
May 14th
Mark Monster kiddingly commented on my last post that a continuum transition in combination with the turnstile, would be awesome.