Archive for the ‘Computer’ Category

Fritz!Box 7050 und Kabel Deutschland

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Computer | No Comments »

Sorry for another German article: Also, mein Ziel war es die Fritz!Box 7050 und Kabel Deutschland einzurichten. Dafür muss man ein bisschen tricksen. Das wird im folgenden Dokument recht gut beschrieben: http://autohotkey.net/file/users/Members/Ace_NoOne/tmp/FRITZBox_und_Kabelmodem.jpg

Open Office Writer Spreadsheet Functions

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Computer | No Comments »

When using spreadsheet functions in OpenOfice Writer application, beware that the syntax differs from the OpenOffice Spreadsheet application. An example is the ROUND function. To round to two decimals OpenOffice Writer wants this syntax: ROUND(3,4567;2) while OpenOffice Spreadsheet requires 3,4567 ROUND 2.

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: ...

Kabel Deutschland Change IP

Friday, July 30th, 2010 Posted in Computer | No Comments »

This is not tested by me, but according to a friend: To change the IP-address assigned by Kabel Deutschland for your internet connection do the following: Unplug the modem from the router and from the cable connection and probably turning it off ...

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 ...

Eclipse Plug-In Dependencies

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in Programming | No Comments »

I had plugin A as a dependency of plugin B. A had some .*jars in its build path. Plugin B was supposed to use some of the classes in those *.jars. When I added the corresponding packages to be exported ...