In this guide Pidgin will be configured to work with our previously installed and configured Openfire server.
Step 1
Download the latest version from http://www.pidgin.im/download/
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Openfire Configuration on Windows
Posted by ePlus
on October 6, 2011
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This is a follow up guide from Openfire Installation on Windows,on configuring Openfire on a Windows platform. Some pre-requisites for this guide are:
Step 1
From the Openfire console window click Launch Admin
Openfire Installation on Windows
Posted by ePlus
on October 5, 2011
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The following guide is installing Openfire in a Windows environment. From the Openfire page:
Openfire is a real time collaboration (RTC) server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber). Openfire is incredibly easy to setup and administer, but offers rock-solid security and performance.
Step 1
Go to http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/index.jsp and download the latest version of Openfire executable which includes Java JRE
Installing PostgreSQL on Windows
Posted by ePlus
on October 3, 2011
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This is a very basic guide in installing and PostgreSQL on a Windows platform. The following guides will involve creating a user and a database, and ultimately install and configure Openfire!
Step 1
Go to http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload and download the latest version for your architecture
Printer Spooler Problems
Posted by ePlus
on April 12, 2011
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If one experiences printing problems such as:
- Unable to print
- Unable to delete print queue jobs
- Other various Print Spooler errors
Then the below script should fix the majority of the issues related to either the spooler service or spooler files:
@echo off echo. echo Purging the print queue . . . net stop Spooler echo Deleting all print jobs . . . ping localhost -n 4 > nul del /q %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\printers\*.* net start Spooler echo Done! ping localhost -n 4 > nul
Simply save the script above in a Notepad document changing the extension to either .BAT or .CMD and running it.
What it does is that it stops the Spooler service, deletes all of the jobs in the queue (if any) and then re-starts the Spooler service again!
Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Configurator
Posted by ePlus
on March 1, 2011
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If you ever have the need to install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core for security reasons, hardware limitations or whatever, then Core Configurator is your life safer!
Core Configurator is a simple GUI which brings together the most frequently used tools for easy administration of a Core server. It’s main features are:
- Product Licensing
- Networking Features
- DCPromo Tool
- ISCSI Settings
- Server Roles and Features
- User and Group Permissions
- Share Creation and Deletion
- Dynamic Firewall settings
- Display | Screensaver Settings
- Add & Remove Drivers
- Proxy settings
- Windows Updates (Including WSUS)
- Multipath I/O
- Hyper-V including virtual machine thumbnails
- JoinDomain and Computer rename
- Add/remove programs
- Services
- WinRM
- Complete logging of all commands executed
Core Configurator is free and open source. It can be downloaded from http://coreconfig.codeplex.com/
Installing Core Configurator
- Download either the ISO or the ZIP and connect it to your Windows 2008 R2 x64 Server Core installation (I am using the ISO for this example)
- Make sure that we are in the root of C:\ with the following command:
c:\
- Make a directory where all of the Core Configurator files will be copied over:
mkdir coreconfig
- With the CD/DVD in the drive (or mounted), we’ll copy over the contents of the disc to the folder we just created earlier:
copy d:\ c:\coreconfig
- Go into the directory were the files have been copied over to:
cd c:\coreconfig
- And start Core Configurator GUI:
Start_CoreConfig.wsf
N.B. If it asks to install PowerShell or any other additional software just allow it to install them to prevent any errors that might crop up later on.
Bandwidth Monitor
Posted by ePlus
on February 25, 2011
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If you are in need of a good bandwidth monitor to keep an eye on your download/upload speed and quota than look no further than NetSpeedMonitor.
It has a very minimalistic look and feel but at the same time offers a the required information with a good number of settings to customise it further if the wizard is not enough.
It comes in both 32bit and 64bit versions!
Convert USB Webcam to IP Camera
Posted by ePlus
on February 20, 2011
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If you find yourself having a spare laptop/desktop lying around and a old USB webcam, then why not create your own home surveillance system?
True it isn’t going to no high quality kit but, better than nothing right? So let’s get started!
Requirements
- Laptop/Desktop/Spare machine
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- USB Webcam
Internet Explorer 9 RC Download Links
Posted by ePlus
on February 15, 2011
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