on July 5, 2010
by Wolf in Linux,
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The standard boot sequence of Ubuntu 10.04 is direct to log-in splash screen, unless you are running two or more operating systems on a “dual-boot” set-up. In a virtual machine, you are never running a dual-boot set-up. Let’s say you forgot your user password. To access the grub menu, which shows you all boot options, you have to let the booting VM capture your mouse, then hold the shift button down. You have the grub menu and the second line in the box is recovery. From there you can choose to go to the single-user root console to update your user password. This was tested in Sun VirtualBox. Somebody want to test it in VMWare and let us know if it works there?
Thanks to Brian Pitts for this solution.
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on June 25, 2010
by Wolf in Cloud Computing, Tech Security,
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Abstract Cloud computing is a growing area of concern in the IT security community because cloud architectures are literally popping up all over. Public clouds are available from Google.com, […]
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on May 27, 2010
by Wolf in Internet Scams,
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Maybe the title ought to be “How not to post comments.” I get large amounts of comment spam and I just delete it. Sometimes I laugh at it, but it […]
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on April 25, 2010
by Wolf in Tech_Review, Uncategorized,
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Chat Start Date: Apr 25 2010 10:10:08 AM (10:12:19 AM) Chat Technician: has entered the chat. (10:12:26 AM) Chat Technician: Hello, welcome to HostGator Live Chat. (10:12:29 AM) Wolf Halton: […]
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on April 3, 2010
by Wolf in Linux, Uncategorized,
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http://wiki.sourcefreedom.com was rendered unusable by a database error that hid the front page. It is now up and running so you can enter your Linux info for the community again. […]
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on January 2, 2010
by Wolf in Certifications,
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CompTIA (Computer Technology Industry Association) developed the A+ certification to validate the knowledge skills of Computer service technicians. To achieve the A+ Certification you must pass the: • The Essential […]
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on December 24, 2009
by Wolf in Tech_Review,
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Appeals court banned Microsoft from selling Word if it uses patented XML In 2007, i4i, a small Canadian company which owns a patent on the XML system used in MS […]
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on November 1, 2009
by Wolf in Linux,
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Have you contributed your top 10 Linux packages to the Wiki at SourceFreedom.com? The idea is to develop a community-based how-to list of what a new Linux user and later […]
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on September 20, 2009
by Wolf in Tech Security,
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Microsoft officials have stated that they are not going to fix bugs in their TCP/IP network communications stack in the venerable Windows XP. They say it is because the operating […]
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by Wolf in Programming,
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Or just as reasonably, Why use C++ when C is perfectly good?? C is the older of the two and is a “functional” language. “Functional” is not here the opposite […]
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on August 26, 2009
by Wolf in Tech_Review,
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This issue has been pending for some time, but for now has been resolved. The FCC upholds “Net Neutrality,” which means that carriers will be legally restrained from charging excess […]
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on March 13, 2009
by Wolf in Internet Scams, Tech Security,
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The Conficker Worm, aka Downadup Worm is on a rampage. Panda Security found it in January and it has been taking a real chunk out of the Windows desktop space. […]
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on February 24, 2009
by Wolf in Internet Scams,
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Not long ago, I told you the unfolding story of the FBI helping a set of Nigerian scammers who were upset that their identities were being stolen by some other […]
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on February 23, 2009
by Wolf in Linux,
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I updated one of our machines from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 about a week ago and an error appeared.. The mouse and keyboard input were ignored at the log-in screen. […]
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on February 22, 2009
by Wolf in OpenOffice.org,
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I have updated the info on OpenOffice.org Templates onhttp://wolfhalton.info/openofficeorg-templates/ The template-delivery system has gotten much better! The joy of Open Source is that the community has a way of solving […]
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on February 13, 2009
by Wolf in Linux,
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Easter Eggs in programming are undocumented features. These are usually passed down by word of mouth. Here are three Free the Fish This is a GUI Egg.. Hit [Alt] + […]
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on January 25, 2009
by Wolf in Internet Scams,
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This was very interesting. You probably go to a lot of sites and you may sign up at a lot of sites, or for email courses. Confirmation emails are quite […]
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on January 14, 2009
by Wolf in Open Source,
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Discovered by researcher Gean Huston last week. The keyboard shortcut “(Alt)/” = “ls -a” without the color-coding. Gean was doing a standard Command-line exercise when his finger slipped. Much to […]
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on January 11, 2009
by Wolf in OpenOffice.org,
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Adding a printed Watermark into an OpenOffice.org Document takes two steps. First you have to design your watermark in a graphics application and then add it to the document. Book […]
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on January 10, 2009
by Wolf in Tech Security,
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There are a proliferation of scam job listings and direct to the job-hunter emails coming into my test email box. You may also be getting a number of them. Below […]
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