Logitech TouchMouse for iPhone (Windows)

So earlier today, I downloaded the Logitech TouchMouse iPhone app. First I installed the app, then I installed the Logitech Tough Mouse Server on Windows 7. But the annoying thing? It didn't work. Why? Because of the built in Windows firewall. Thing is, the instructions are really vague. So I'm here to tell you how to make this work. In Windows 7 (or Vista), click on Start and type the word "Firewall". You will see a list of things come up. Click on the one that says, "Allow a program through the Windows Firewall". You'll notice everything is grayed out. So at the window, click the "Change Settings" button. This ungrays everything and allows you to make changes. Scroll down to the "Logitech" exception and make sure both check boxes are checked. Then just click ok. It should all work after that. See the below picture for reference.

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Windows Vista: vista clean install using upgrade CD

Source: http://forums.cnet.com

Step 1. Boot the PC from the Vista DVD.

Step 2. Select "Install Now," but do not enter the Product Key from the Vista packaging. Leave the input box blank. Also, turn off the option Automatically activate Windows when I'm online. In the next dialog box that appears, confirm that you really do want to install Vista without entering a Product Key.

Step 3. Correctly indicate the version of Vista that you're installing: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate.

Step 4. Select the "Custom (Advanced)" install, not the "Upgrade" install.

Step 5. Vista copies files at length and reboots itself one or more times. Wait for the install to complete. At this point, you might think that you could "activate" Vista, but you can't. That's because you haven't installed the Vista upgrade yet. To do that, run the DVD's setup.exe program again, but this time from the Vista desktop. The easiest way to start setup again is to eject and then reinsert the DVD.


Step 6. Click "Install Now." Select Do not get the latest updates for installation. (You can check for these updates later.)

Step 7. This time, do enter the Product Key from the Vista packaging. Once again, turn off the option Automatically activate Windows when I'm online.

Step 8. On this second install, make sure to select "Upgrade," not "Custom (Advanced)." You're not doing a clean install now, you're upgrading to Vista.

Step 9. Wait while Vista copies files and reboots itself. No user interaction is required. Do not boot from the DVD when asked if you'd like to do so. Instead, wait a few seconds and the setup process will continue on its way. Some DOS-like, character-mode menus will appear, but don't interact with them. After a few seconds, the correct choice will run for you automatically.

Step 10. After you click a button labeled Start in the Thank You dialog box, Vista's login screen will eventually appear. Enter the username and password that you selected during the first install. You're done upgrading to Vista.

Step 11. Within 30 days, you must "activate" your copy of Vista or it'll lose functionality. To activate Vista, click Show more details in the Welcome Center that automatically displays upon each boot-up, then click Activate Windows now. If you've dismissed the Welcome Center, access the correct dialog box by clicking Start, Control Panel, System & Maintenance, System. If you purchased a legitimate copy of Vista, it should quickly activate over the Internet. (You can instead activate by calling Microsoft on the phone, which avoids your PC exchanging information with Microsoft's server.

How to create an ISO image of a CD in Nero 6.6.0.16

How to create an ISO image of a CD in Nero 6.6.0.16. Seems like very few people on the Internets know how to do this so I am officially documenting it here. This way I don't have to spend hours and hours Googling everytime I need to remember how to do this.

• Insert the original CD into the cdrom drive.
  
  
• Launch Nero 6.6.0.16
  
  
• In the "Applications" section, choose Nero Burning ROM. Cancel the wizard that comes up after that.
  
  
• File > Preferences... | Expert Features | check box the part that says "Enable all supported recorder formats for the Image Recorder"
  
  
• Click OK, then close Nero Burning ROM
  
  
• In the top portion of the main Window, be sure "CD" is selected. Then from "favorites" choose "Copy CD"
  
  
• In the next "Nero Express" window, be sure to change Destination Drive to "Image Recorder"
  
  
• Then click the "More..." button below.
  
  
• Then click the "Save Tracks" button.
  
  
• At the next window, if you are lucky, the "Output File Format:" option will be available for you to select "ISO" from.
  

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Access Windows directories over network from Linux

At work I have an Active Directory domain and most of my systems are Windows XP clients of this domain. I also have a Red Hat Enterprise network that uses NIS. At my desk, I have a machine that dual boots Vista and Fedora 8. And of course I have VMWare guests on each one. Anyway.....

So I'm on my Fedora box and I simply want to copy a file to the Windows 2003 SBS file server. I have created a shared dir on the server, but how to access it? There are several ways.

First, the GUI way

Click anywhere in a blank space on the X desktop and then hit Alt+F2 on your keyboard. This will bring up the "Run Application" dialog box. Type this in the box:

smb://your_windows_username@IP_address_of_server/shared_dir_name

You can also use the fully qualfied host name if you like. But for the sake of accuracy, I went with IP address. So let's say you have a machine with the IP address of 192.168.1.10, your Windows username is "JimSmith2001" and the name of the shared directory is "backup". Then you could type this:

smb://JimSmith2001@192.168.1.10/backup

Then just click on "Run" and enter your password when it prompts you. Make sure the domain is entered properly. If your domain name is hello.com, then put in HELLO for the domain name.

Next is the CLI way

Just type this:
$ sudo mkdir -p /winserver/backup
$ sudo mount -t cifs -o username=JimSmith2001,password=JimSmithsPassword //192.168.1.10/backup /winserver/backup

Basically you are making a directory to mount to, and then simply mounting the remote Windows directory to it. You can replace cifs with smbfs if the above doesn't work. I think the smbfs is no longer supported though (or something like that). You'll have to research that on your own. But hopefully this will get you started. Good luck!


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