System Admin

Richard MacCutchan31-Dec-12 2:24

31-Dec-12 2:24

Try:

Control panel
Administrative Tools
Local Security Policy
Check the Security Settings, Account Policies, Password Policy settings.

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loctrice31-Dec-12 2:36

loctrice

31-Dec-12 2:36

I don't have an option to edit. There is a numeric up/down but it's disabled.

If it moves, compile it

Richard MacCutchan31-Dec-12 2:44

31-Dec-12 2:44

loctrice wrote:
it's disabled.

Probably means you don't have administrative privilege. I am making a few guesses here as this is based on Windows 7 Pro.

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Michael Martin31-Dec-12 19:54

Michael Martin

31-Dec-12 19:54

loctrice wrote:
This is getting on my nerves. How do I turn off password aging so I don't have to keep changing my password?

Haven't got Windows 8 installed, but since about NT you have the option in each user properties -

Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> Users -> Right Click Desired User -> Properties and select Password never expires

I think that should do it for you.

Did you watch the Junior Dos Santos and Cain Valasquez UFC fight?

It looked to me to be a setup to enable a 3rd fight. JDS did not try in any decent way to stopo a take down. Didn't try any take downs of his own so he could usae his newly acquired Ju Jitsu balck belt techniques.

At the very least he could have tried to knee Valesquez in the face each time he dived at JDS feet.

I want my beer money back, it was possibly the worst fight in UFC 155 including all the preliminaries.

loctrice1-Jan-13 1:27

loctrice

1-Jan-13 1:27

Odd but I don't see my user in that list. All the users that are in that list, the passwords are set to never expire.

I didn't watch the fight yet. I cannot stand commercial television, so I wait until they come out on dvd and then rent them. This works for me, but generally means I'm a few behind. I think there are two at the video store now that I need to watch still.

If it moves, compile it

Ubuntu installer problems

Michael Martin1-Jan-13 1:45

Michael Martin

1-Jan-13 1:45

loctrice wrote:
I didn't watch the fight yet. I cannot stand commercial television, so I wait until they come out on dvd and then rent them. This works for me, but generally means I'm a few behind. I think there are two at the video store now that I need to watch still.

I watch it on Pay Per View at the local pub while drinking a squillion.

loctrice wrote:
Odd but I don't see my user in that list. All the users that are in that list, the passwords are set to never expire.

Strange, I'll have to download and install Windows 8 to play with and see what the differences are.

Eddy Vluggen23-Nov-12 23:56

Eddy Vluggen

23-Nov-12 23:56

A user installed a package I created, didn't work. So, tried to install it manually; added Mono and libappstatusindicator from the terminal. Now the user is confronted with an error in the update-manager;

Some packages could not be installed
amberindicator:i386: Depends: debhelper (>=5) but 9.20120115ubuntu3 is installed
    Depends: mono-runtime (>= 2.10.8.1-1) but 2.10.8.1-1ubuntu2.2 is installed

The suggested resolution would be to run sudo apt-get -f install according to the docs, but that sounds like 'try this and see if it works'. That's usually good enough since we can always reinstall the system if things go wrong. Can't do that with a users' PC.

Who can tell me what I did wrong, and how to fix it? Does the error prevent other parts of the system from updating correctly?

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Albert Holguin10-Dec-12 4:12

Albert Holguin

10-Dec-12 4:12

Ever get this resolved? ...sounds like version number was being reported or checked for in an incorrect manner...

Eddy Vluggen10-Dec-12 13:09

Eddy Vluggen

10-Dec-12 13:09

Albert Holguin wrote:
Ever get this resolved?

Not yet

Albert Holguin wrote:
...sounds like version number was being reported or checked for in an incorrect manner...

Always nice when an irrational error-description suddenly starts to sound logical. There's a difference in versions for the different platforms?

Good enough starting point for a deeper Google, thanks Smile | :)

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Albert Holguin10-Dec-12 13:19

Albert Holguin

10-Dec-12 13:19

Eddy Vluggen wrote:
There's a difference in versions for the different platforms?

There could be... that's why a lot of packages in Linux provide source code instead of binaries, you could just rebuild for your platform. If you look at the error description, looks like some of those were built specifically for that version of Ubuntu... now, not sure how that got to the version number that the installer is looking at (not sure where this comes from specifically in Linux) but that seems to be the error source.

INSPIRON ONE upgrade HDD?

Eddy Vluggen10-Dec-12 13:49

Eddy Vluggen

10-Dec-12 13:49

Albert Holguin wrote:
There could be... that's why a lot of packages in Linux provide source code instead of binaries, you could just rebuild for your platform.

I have no problems invoking the compiler from code, nor in downloading the files; but mono needs to be there as a prerequisite, and also the CIL-bindings to existing Linux-libraries. (Well, at least for me $Shucks | :-\$ )

Albert Holguin wrote:
If you look at the error description, looks like some of those were built specifically for that version of Ubuntu... now, not sure how that got to the version number that the installer is looking at (not sure where this comes from specifically in Linux) but that seems to be the error source.

My dependencies are generic, not bound to a platform;

Architecture: i386
Depends: debhelper (>= 5), libappindicator0.1-cil-dev (>=0.4.92-0), libappindicator0.1-cil (>=0.4.92-0), mono-runtime (>=2.10.8.1-1)

At least it's a good starting point - thanks Smile | :)

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USB-Serial-Port Mystery

C-P-User-36-Nov-12 10:13

C-P-User-3

6-Nov-12 10:13

Today the ports were getting confused and Win'7 was lying to me again.

I first removed the device (Control panel ---> Devices and Printers ---> removed the external device which was connected by BlueTooth.)

I then went to device manager, and deleted all the ports that I knew were bogus.

I then went back to Devices and Printers

I added the known device.

Windows reported that COM20 was back on the list.

There were a total of 4 Com Ports

COM1
COM2
COM18
COM20

Within a few minutes, I watched, king of the clueless, as Windows started adding more Com ports, specifically,

COM25
COM28
COM29
COM30

Following this, Win'7 begins lying to me again, telling me that I have two COM20 ports.

This was exactly and precisely the same problem I had which kept me chasing clouds for 10 days, and I do not want to repeat the previous behavior.

There are a total of 4 USB devices connected to this machine

One USB Hub with three devices attached
-- A debugging device for the embedded system
-- An external hard drive
-- The bluetooth device

There is one other USB cable connected to thin air

What on earth is going on ?

Why is Win'7 reporting two COM20 ports ?

I welcome and thank anyone who can provide any answer behind all this.

Vaclav_6-Nov-12 8:56

Vaclav_

6-Nov-12 8:56

This may be an inappropriate place to ask this, but I am stuck.
So if it is, please just ignore my post. No preaching, please.

I am trying to replace faulty ( intermittent) HDD in my Windows7 Inspiron ONE.
I got as far as building Recovery partition on existing HDD and created repair CD.
I have also created system image ( standard Window7 option) on my new drive.
I can boot using the CD, than when I try to do recovery Window7 complains.
If I do it again, start with CD I get an error which basically said that I am using incompatible OS to finish the recovery.
I used non MS program to clone the HDD onto USB drive , but Windows7 won't boot using the USB.
Basically - I cannot start Windows7 using USB.
The Inspiron has only two SATA ports so if I start using CD I have only the original HDD.
So – ideally I need to be able to start Windows7 and have BOTH old and new HDD connected.
Any other standard options?
I do not have Windows7 CD, this devilish machine was given to me by frustrated user. Please no comments on that, OK. I'll be happy to just play Solitaire on it, but it would be nice if it stayed up for few games.

Thanks for you time.

PS I did find some “how to replace HDD” and used it to replace the hardware, but it fell short on how to clone the OS disk.

Herman<T>.Instance15-Nov-12 3:34

Herman<T>.Instance

15-Nov-12 3:34

sometimes the boot sees something changed. You should be able to enter the windows 7 set up and fix it

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Jörgen Andersson15-Dec-12 10:23

Jörgen Andersson

15-Dec-12 10:23

Get or borrow a USB CD player?

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

Vaclav_16-Dec-12 6:36

Vaclav_

16-Dec-12 6:36

I have opened the box and temporary installed two HDD. Since it has only two SATA ports I have no internal CD. I like your idea, however so far all my attempts to create Windows7 image on the second HDD have failed. But after all this work I am not convinced the original HDD is the problem. When it fails the LCD goes psychedelic and the box has to cool off before it will work again.
I wonder how one can "upgrade" to Windows8.
It would be nice if I could use the LCD as a second monitor to find out where is the problem. I am guessing that Inspiron has a LCD memeory somewhere, but I did not look.
But at this point Inspiron ONE is nice piece of furniture for the house..

Jörgen Andersson16-Dec-12 8:02

Jörgen Andersson

16-Dec-12 8:02

It sounds like faulty memory to me.

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Git Problem

SponzyP3-Nov-12 11:53

SponzyP

3-Nov-12 11:53

I am trying to install Git on my lucid vpn, I followed this tutorial.
http://kris.me.uk/2010/09/30/git-repository-server-gitolite.html[^]

It worked until I run this command:

src/gl-system-install ~/bin ~/share/gitolite/conf ~/share/gitolite/hooks

Which it outputs

bash: src/gl-system-install: No such file or directory

I can't find anything on it, it is my first time running gitolite anyone have any advice?

EDIT:
Found a directory gl-system-install

/home/git/src/gl-system-install

modified 3-Nov-12 22:25pm.

Re: Git Problem

Richard MacCutchan3-Nov-12 21:37

3-Nov-12 21:37

Member 8189522 wrote:
Found a directory gl-system-install

You need to search your directory tree for the executable (gl-system-install). Also you may like to check on the site where you downloaded this from to see if they have a support forum.

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Re: Git Problem

Albert Holguin20-Nov-12 7:53

Albert Holguin

20-Nov-12 7:53

See my answer to him... seems to me like he just missed the "log in as git user" step.

Re: Git Problem

Richard MacCutchan20-Nov-12 21:11