How to tunnel with SSH - Secure Windows to UNIX or Linux connectivity

Learn how to tunnel with ssh, to get Windows to UNIX connectivity in a secure world. With new security threats cropping up every day, network managers are understandably protective of their computing assets. Enhanced security measures, however, can inflict significant hardships on legitimate users and can lead to frustration, productivity losses, and dangerous attempts at [...]

Disable automatic install of Internet Explorer 7

The final version of IE7 will probably be available this month. Microsoft plans to distribute IE7 as an automatic update in November or December. This cuts both ways. On the one hand, IE7 brings more security; on the other hand it could cause compatibility problems. Depending on the kind of users you have, it might [...]

TightVNC - Free Remote Control Tool

TightVNC is a free, cross-platform remote control software package derived from the popular VNC software. VNC stand for Vitual Network Computing which allow remotely view and fully-interact with one computer from any other computer or mobile device anywhere on the Internet. TightVNC includes better compression algorithms for improved performance over WAN [...]

Howto : Install PHP 5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4

It appears that many people or sys admin want to run php 5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Unfortunately Redhat does not provide this package (RPM file) for RHEL. You can download source code and install php 5 from official php site. This requires compiler collection on your system. Download source code and just follow [...]

Firefox 2.0 Relese Candidate 3

It seems that Firefox 2.0 getting stablised and ready for release soon.
It is currently in Release Candidate 3 phase and has very good enhancements over the previous version.
Download it from mozilla site here
Firefox 2.0 Relese Candidate 3
Originally from Chandrasekhar Vallabhaneni by Chandu

How to extract an RPM package without installing it

Most of you may know to how extract a tarballs and/or a zip files. Someone recently PM me with a question:
How do I extract an RPM package without installing it on my Fedora Core Linux v5?
To be frank there is no direct RPM option available via rpm command to extract an RPM file. [...]

Windows Live Messenger problems? Here’s a fix.

Ed Bott is probably my favorite person to read when it comes to covering Windows and other Microsoft software. Today I noticed a little post he had regarding a way to fix Windows Live Messenger in case you find yourself unable to log in. I didn’t think much of it, until my wife asked me [...]

Quicktips - How to configure automatic login in WinXP

Here’s a quick tip which is useful for many users who are the only people logging into their machines. If you find yourself with an XP machine that’s constantly asking you for a password and you want to skip this step (say on a laptop) then this tip is for you!
To get to the [...]

Google Website Optimizer

Google Analytics Blog has announced a new Website Optimizer in limited release to AdWords advertisers:
Website Optimizer is a free tool that helps AdWords advertisers test different landing pages and determine which one drives the most conversions. A true multivariate testing tool, Website Optmizer allows you to test variations of headlines, promotional copy, and images. [...]

Internet Explorer 7 Final Released

Microsoft finally officially release Internet Explorer 7 to customer and updated the main pages talk abuot new Internet Explorer released. Microsoft also describe that IE7 will be made available via Automatic Updates on the 1st of November. There is no worry so urgent to download it.
The official IE 7 releases is 7.0.5730.11 build and is [...]

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