AS400 Printing Din4 Format
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 Posted in AS400, Computer, OS | No Comments »So, here are the settings I am using right now for printing stuff in ignorance of a better solution using a printer emulation (sorry this is German as I do not have an English Client Access version): Datei->Druckerkonfiguration: PDT: nein Datei->Seite einrichten->Ausrichtung: Oberer Rand: ...
Ubuntu: Mouse Buttons
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in Computer, Linux | No Comments »Here is a nice tutorial how to bind mouse buttons to keys. I used this on my V220 Logitech mouse. It works seamlessly. http://gaarai.com/2009/02/13/navigate-in-ubuntu-nautilus-using-the-mouse/ For more information about mappings look for the "-text" section in the "man xvkbd" manual pages.
AS400 Codepages
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 Posted in AS400, Computer, Uncategorized | No Comments »OK, as I am from Germany I had trouble finding the right code page when using the iSeries Client Access printer emulation. It turned out that 1252 was the right one. Also the code page for the 5250 emulation would ...
Fix Master Boot Record (Win 7)
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in OS, Windows | No Comments »See this little page: http://www.wintotal.de/tipparchiv/?id=1695 It links to a German web page, sorry.
Cloning OS with Case Study: Windows NT/XP/7
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Computer, Linux, OS, Windows | No Comments »So the general headline is cloning, so basically backing up you system. Some commercial software that was mentioned when I researched was: Acronis True Image Ghost There are a lot more, see for example here: http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_alternatives.htm But as I am a fan of open ...
Grub2 without Linux
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Computer, Linux, Windows | No Comments »I wanted to create a system where I can plug in operating systems as I like. Meaning switching from a Win/Linux dual boot to Win/Win etc. I thought Grub or Grub2 would be a good way to do so. It ...
Titan Quest: Journey to a Multiplayer Game
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in Games, Windows | No Comments »Problem One It is a little tricky to make Titan Quest behave the way you want it to. My friend and me tried to play a multiplayer using LAN. We had the problem that his hosted games were not visible to ...
University of Würzburg and Shew VPN
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Computer, Windows | No Comments »Cisco does not provide any Client-Software for Vista64. So this is what can be done: Download and install the free VPN-Software: Shew Soft VPNClient Create a *.vpn file with these contents (source: http://www.shrew.net/static/howto/CiscoPix/ciscopix.vpn): n:version:2 n:network-ike-port:500 n:network-mtu-size:1380 n:client-addr-auto:1 n:network-natt-port:4500 n:network-natt-rate:15 n:network-frag-size:540 n:network-dpd-enable:1 n:client-banner-enable:1 n:network-notify-enable:1 n:client-wins-used:0 n:client-wins-auto:1 n:client-dns-used:1 n:client-dns-auto:1 n:client-splitdns-used:1 n:client-splitdns-auto:1 n:phase1-dhgroup:2 n:phase1-life-secs:86400 n:phase1-life-kbytes:0 n:phase2-life-secs:3600 n:phase2-life-kbytes:0 n:policy-list-auto:1 n:policy-nailed:0 n:vendor-chkpt-enable:0 s:network-host:132.187.1.5 s:client-auto-mode:pull s:client-iface:virtual s:network-natt-mode:enable s:network-frag-mode:enable s:auth-method:mutual-psk-xauth s:ident-client-type:keyid s:ident-server-type:address s:ident-client-data:Login b:auth-mutual-psk:<<invalid key>> s:phase1-exchange:aggressive s:phase1-cipher:auto s:phase1-hash:auto s:phase2-transform:auto s:phase2-hmac:auto s:ipcomp-transform:disabled n:phase2-pfsgroup:-1 Import your created *.vpn to the Shrew ...
Find MAC-Adress of connected devices (Windows)
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Computer, Windows | No Comments »Using windows (at least Vista) you can figure out the MAC-Adresses of all connected devices by typing arp -a in the command line (Run -> "cmd").
Windows 2000, WG311T Atheros, WPA
Friday, March 20th, 2009 Posted in Computer, OS, Windows | No Comments »Old OS, old wLan card and WPA. Bad combination. I tried Netgears own drivers and didn't suceed ... always some kind of issues coming up. After some researching I found this site: http://www.phoenixnetworks.net/atheros.php and this is the driver one needs to use: http://www.phoenixnetworks.net/atheros/Atheros5_0_0_107.zip