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How to Reset Your Lost Joomla Password in a few Easy Steps

Before we begin, you must have access to your database. If you don’t, pass these instructions on to someone that does. It’s also a good idea to backup your database before making changes, just in case something goes awry. Finding the Password Log in to your Joomla database (via phpMyAdmin for example) Click to edit [...]

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Unable to Mount ISOs to VMs after vSphere 4.1 Upgrade

Some people are experiencing issues mounting ISO files to VMs after performing a vSphere 4.0 to 4.1 upgrade.  Symptom includes receiving the error message “The remote device on VMNAME connected to PathToISOFile is disconnected.”  after attempting to mount an ISO file from within the vSphere client.  This issue appears to be a client incompatibility issue related [...]

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13 Of the Best Linux Tutorials and OpenCourseWare on the Web

#1 IBM’s New to Linux Linux Introduction If you are brand new to Linux and have no idea what it is or what you can do with it, IBM’s Linux Introduction is worth checking out. This tutorial guides readers through everything they need to know to start working with Linux. The tutorial also provides links [...]

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Delete all thumbs.db

Windows creates in every folder with pictures a thumbs.db file. Linux doesn’t need them, so here is a simple command to get rid of them. sudo find /home/user -name Thumbs.db -exec rm {} \; Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati [...]

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Remove empty directories

To remove empty directories in a directory structure use the following command : sudo find /begin/here -type d -empty -delete Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell [...]

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Print on local in a Citrix Session using Ubuntu 10.10

To add you local printer in your Citrix Session edit the following file /usr/lib/ICACLIENT/config/wfclient.ini Under the section WFClient add the following lines DefaultPrinter = (here use the cups printer name for the printer you want) DefaultPrinterDriver = Citrix PCL 4 Universal Driver Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share [...]

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Apply the “200 Lines Kernel Patch That Does Wonders”

The script has only been tested on Ubuntu (10.10 an 10.04) Even though I’ve tested the script, it may not work for everybody so use it as is. There are no guarantees it will work and I take no responsibility if it doesn’t. Always check the code of a script you run on your computer. [...]

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To Do List After installing Ubuntu 10.10 aka Maverick Meerkat

I ran into this great post with todos after installing Ubuntu 10.10 today. Here is the original 1 – Expand the Software Repository List First of all, lets make Ubuntu “see” more packages. Go to the terminal and edit your sources.list with : sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list Here is the content of my sources.list which I [...]

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You have not chosen to trust “AddTrust External CA Root”, the issuer of the server’s security certificate.

After installing the latest Citrix Client on my Ubuntu 10.10 laptop I wanted to log in a a Citrix Portal. I got the following error. You have not chosen to trust “AddTrust External CA Root”, the issuer of the server’s security certificate. This solved my problem: sudo cp /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/*.* /usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/ Bookmark on Delicious Digg this [...]

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Change the Virtuemart product search minimum characters

To change the minimum characters you want to search for in your VirtueMart store edit the following file administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/ps_main.php Change around line 1273 if( $strlen > 2 ) { to if( $strlen > 1 ) { for 2 character search Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit [...]

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