If there is an enum key here, rename it to old_renum

this should fix this issue related to Configuration Manager: The Specified device instance handle does not correspond to a present device.

Questions, comments or suggestions welcome.

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skype: error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

apparently due to the fact it was unable to find libasound.so.2 which is provided by the alsa-libs.i386 package. This was further verified by running:

ldd /usr/bin/skype

for those of you unfamilar with ldd, it lists all the pacakge dependencies and whether or not it can find each file, if you have this problem and run this command, you will likely find that for libasound.so.2 you get => not found.

I then ran yum install alsa-lib.i386 but found it was already installed. This quickly led to the solution :: Uninstall alsa then reinstall.. which did indeed fix the problem.

to do this:
yum remove alsa-lib.i386 (this will also uninstall skype)
yum install alsa-lib.i386 (this reinstalls alsa)

then browse to http://www.skype.com/download and download the new rpm.

Let me know if this fixes your problem.

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Never fear, this can easily be fixed. To fix this, download the Windows Support Tools :

• Windows 2003 sp1 Support Tools
• Windows 2000 Support Tools

After installing the support tools, verify your dns on the server is set correctly.  Generally I set domain controllers to have their DNS boxes BLANK.. (ie they use themselves to resolve DNS.   If they cannot find the DNS entry they seek, they use the root servers to do recursive queries.).

To check dns, goto TCP/IP properties of your Local Area Connection.. and in the “Use  the following DNS server addresses:”  set this value to blank.  It should give you a message when you hit ok that it is using localhost as the DNS server.

Now goto the command prompt and in c:\program files\support tools run :

dcdiag /fix

then run

netdiag /fix

Finally run

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
net stop server
net start server

If you refresh your DNS you should now have all your entries in DNS that you need for AD to work properly..  The above command verify more than just fixing the DNS issues, but it doesnt hurt to run them and the dcdiag and netdiag will make sure your AD / DNS are the way they need to be.

One other note.   Net stop server stop more than just DNS .. it also stops Netlogon and Distributed File systems.   THESE SERVICES DO NOT START BACK UP ON THEIR OWN–   so after you’ve done the steps above I recommend either a quick reboot or if you cant do that go into service and start any automatic services that are stopped (such as netlogon and distributed file systems..   Your server should now work fine!

Now sit back and relax.

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To update your device.xml file and vendor.xml files right click on the links below:

https://www.blackberry.com/Desktop/Download/XML/Device.xml
https://www.blackberry.com/Desktop/Download/XML/Vendor.xml

and save them to the following location on the BES server:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader

You should not need to restart any services after making this update.  After completing the update, please try to redeploy back to the device.

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The trick to getting an external computer to join an internal network is the switch user button.

1. First, have the user login to the local admin account.
2. After the user has logged in, have him connect to the company VPN.  The computer is now joined to the internal company network as if he were anyone else in the office.
3. If you need to join the computer to the domain, you can now follow the standard steps in computer properties to join the doman.  Then reboot and repeat process (steps 1-2).
4. After the computer is joined to the doman, or if you’re just trying to get him to login with a domain account, now have him hit switch user, and login to his domain account.  As long as the vpn connection is still active, you should be able to login to the the domain account and also get new group policy settings pushed to the machine.

Once the the user has logged into the domain once, he should not need to vpn in again to login a second time as his domain credentials will now be cached on the machine.   You now have a remote profile for this user that uses the Corporate Domain.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to comment below.  Also, if you found this article helpful please digg or del.icio.us this site.

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• Logging into the switch
• Naming your VLANs
• Assigning IP Addresses to each VLAN
• Enabling Routing on your switch
• Testing

To read the complete article, Click here.

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In Vista, this tool has been renamed msinfo32.exe  typing msinfo32 in the run or search dialog boxes should provide the tool you are used to.  I also noticed that it runs alot faster in vista than it did in XP.

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The question then becomes, how do you transfer pre-existing vm’s to the datastore?  On first glance it appears you can only create new machines or access VM’s that are on a network share.

However, there is an easier way!  The best way I’ve found to copy VM’s to to the data store is to copy them via SSH/SCP.

In order to do this, you need to turn on the SSH server that is built into the base OS:

1. First, login to console 1 :  (press ctrl-alt-f1)
2. Type in : unsupported and press enter.
3. You should now see a tech support warning and a prompt to login.
4. Login as root and enter your password.
5. you should now have a root linux hash ( #   )
6. Edit /etc/inetd.conf  using vi editor (vi /etc/inetd.conf)
7. and remove the comments in front of the ssh section (remove the # signs. You may have to hit i to enter insert mode.  esc will get you out of insert mode. )
8. Save the file (Shift-ZZ)
9. and reboot (init 6)

You can now use a program like winSCP to copy files to and from your vmware server.

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To validate a javascript form add a javascript function that contains the validation information… Below is an example.

Add this section to the form html page between the header tags (adjust as necessary for your page):

<script language=”JavaScript” type=”text/javascript”>
<!– // function validate(form)
{
if(form.first.value == “”) {
window.alert(“Please make sure the \’ First Name \’ field was properly completed.”);
return false;
}
if(form.last.value == “”) {
window.alert(“Please make sure the \’ Last Name \’ field was properly completed.”);
return false;
}
if(form.phone.value.length < 12) {
window.alert(“Please make sure the \’ Phone \’ field is formated as: 703-555-5555.”);
return false;
}
}

As you can see we are basically looking at a values entered and then comparing them to what we expect to find.

Now we must add the section of code that triggers our function to run.

In the top of the form add this: onsubmit=”return checkform(this);

so your new line would be :

<form method=”POST” action=”submit.asp” name=”form” onsubmit=”return validate(this);”>

This will now call the javascript function when the user clicks the submit button. It will not launch the submit.asp page until the user has passed the validation test.

To test for not a value put an ! infront of the equation to be tested like the example below:

if(!(form.phone.value.length < 12)) { ……

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If you go to properties on an IIS site, you will see what IP the site is currently using (such as all unassigned) and what ports the server is listening on (such as 80 and 443) …

Even if these settings are correct, you should click on the advanced button next to ip address and make sure the ip address and port settings are correct for both regular http and ssl.  I recently had an issue on a server where the main page looked perfect, but IIS has failed to correctly update the IP Address for the ssl section meaning it no longer served https requests for the site.

In addition, another useful tool for diagnosing port / ip issues within iis is netstat.  If you run netstat -a from the command prompt, you will see all ports and IP’s the server is listening on and what service is using the port.   It can help you diagnose what is happening if a particular service fails to bind properly.

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