System Admin

Albert Holguin31-Jan-13 7:35

31-Jan-13 7:35

Something I've begun doing for my multi-boot machines is to just put different OS's on different drives.... and choose boot OS by adjusting boot device order. Works well and there's never any interference... and it's really easy to do (provided you can easily change the disk).

Casey Sheridan31-Jan-13 7:38

31-Jan-13 7:38

Albert Holguin wrote:
and it's really easy to do (provided you can easily change the disk)

I would love to do that!

Unfortunately, the disk is a terror to get at. I'd have to tear apart the entire computer to get at it. Cry | :((

Albert Holguin31-Jan-13 10:59

31-Jan-13 10:59

Does it happen to have room for two drives? ...if so, you can still do this, just pop one in, load OS, remove, pop the other load OS... place both in, choose OS by changing boot order. One of my laptops has two drives in it but it's not as common on lower end models (or smaller/sleeker models).

Casey Sheridan31-Jan-13 14:04

31-Jan-13 14:04

Albert Holguin wrote:
but it's not as common on lower end models

Mine is like the lowest of the low. Frown | :(

Here's a 5 minute video showing the complexities of getting to my drive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbnFKmwiTto[^]
It doesn't look like it has room for another. Cry | :((

Albert Holguin31-Jan-13 14:28

31-Jan-13 14:28

I've never seen a drive that difficult to remove! ...that's ridiculous!

Casey Sheridan31-Jan-13 14:31

31-Jan-13 14:31

That's about what I thought.

It came as a particular shock after having the luxury of one little panel on my Dell Latitude E6400. Frown | :(

Albert Holguin31-Jan-13 14:36

31-Jan-13 14:36

Oh well, sometimes you don't think about things like that until you've already purchased the product. Now you know for next time, make sure the hardware is reasonably accessible. I just bought a new desktop and it has easily removable SATA drive bays, so I load different operating systems on different bays. I can easily swap drives when I want and they also have a key lock so I can secure them if need be.

Casey Sheridan31-Jan-13 15:38

How to create a segmented network within my home network?

31-Jan-13 15:38

Albert Holguin wrote:
Now you know for next time, make sure the hardware is reasonably accessible.

Yep. That's something that will be pretty high on my list of qualifications for next time.

Jun Du9-Jan-13 10:38

Jun Du

9-Jan-13 10:38

Now I have a home network controlled by a router. Can I create a segmented network by adding another hub/switch to the network, and how? I need hands-on instructions, not concept. Thanks!

Best,
Jun

How to access internet using my Laptop sim card slot

URVISH_SUTHAR13-Jan-13 23:41

URVISH_SUTHAR1

3-Jan-13 23:41

Can anyone please know me if they use this

I wanted to use my Laptop sim card slot for connect internet

Model: Lenovo edge E430

Re: How to access internet using my Laptop sim card slot

Michael Martin5-Jan-13 22:58

Michael Martin

5-Jan-13 22:58

URVISHSUTHAR wrote:

Can anyone please know me if they use this

I wanted to use my Laptop sim card slot for connect internet

Model: Lenovo edge E430

I've never used any Lenovo laptops, but back at my last IT job I had to get this working with Dell Latitude E6330. To get the SIM card to work I had to reinstall the Wireless LAN Controller software/driver which detected the SIM in the slot and initialised it during installation. All worked fine after that.

It maybe some what different for the Lenovo, but I reckon it will be similar.

Michael Martin
Australia

"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

windows 8 password renewal

loctrice31-Dec-12 2:05

loctrice

31-Dec-12 2:05

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

If it moves, compile it

Richard MacCutchan31-Dec-12 2:24

Richard MacCutchan

31-Dec-12 2:24

Try:

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

One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.

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

Richard MacCutchan

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.

One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.

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?

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
They hate us for our freedom![^]

Albert Holguin10-Dec-12 4:12

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 | :)

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
They hate us for our freedom![^]

Albert Holguin10-Dec-12 13:19

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.