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How To Enable Root Login to GUI in Fedora 13

{ Posted on Sep 03 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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Starting with Fedora 10 (and continuing with Fedora 11 and Fedora 13), graphical root login was disabled by default. Allowing root login to the GUI poses a number of security risks, so doing so is not recommended. In most cases, ...Read More »

Set up VNC on RHEL 5.5 / CentOS 5.5

{ Posted on Aug 27 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post detailing how to set up VNC on a Fedora 12 Box and connect to it from a Windows VNC client securely over the Internet. The original article is here. The steps to setting ...Read More »

How to Activate Your AT&T iPhone 4

{ Posted on Aug 17 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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If you're having trouble activating your new AT&T iPhone 4, or if you got an error message when you tried to activate your AT&T iPhone using iTunes or on the AT&T website, don't worry. Here are some easy instructions to ...Read More »

Renewing a Self-Signed SSL Certificate on Fedora/CentOS

{ Posted on Aug 17 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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One of my web servers sent me this email this morning: Subject: The certificate for ServerName.com has expired################# SSL Certificate Warning ################Certificate for hostname 'ServerName.com', in file (or by nickname):/etc/pki/tls/certs/server.crtThe certificate needs to be renewed; this can be done using the ...Read More »

Set up VNC from Windows to Fedora 12 Over the Internet

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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I'm writing this in a VNC session from Windows 7, via a secure SSH tunnel over the Internet, to a remote Fedora 12 desktop. If you'd like to be able to do the same thing, just follow these 10 easy ...Read More »

Upgrade (or Downgrade) Windows 7 Ultimate or Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Home

{ Posted on Feb 05 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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If you're an "ultimate" geek running an "Ultimate" edition of Windows (such as Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows 7 Ultimate), but you want to upgrade or downgrade to Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Home Premium, or Windows 7 Home Basic, ...Read More »

Migrating an Active Directory Domain Controller from Windows 2000 to Windows 2008 R2

{ Posted on Jan 22 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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Officially, Microsoft says a direct migration from a Windows 2000 Server Domain Controller to Windows 2008 R2 (or even just regular Windows 2008) isn't supported. But I just did it... in about an hour. You can, too! My Setup  I've got a ...Read More »

Using the Local Default Gateway with a Windows VPN Connection

{ Posted on Jan 10 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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To stay connected while I'm out of the office or travelling, I use a VPN connection from my laptop to a Windows Server. And while the benefit of being able to quickly and securely access my documents and other files on the server over ...Read More »

Using Windows Live Family Safety with a Windows Domain

{ Posted on Jan 07 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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I used Version 1 of Windows Live Family Safety when it first came out. It was an idea long overdue: hosted control over which websites, IM contacts, and email addresses your kids are allowed to use, with some built-in monitoring. When ...Read More »

Enabling Desktop Effects on Fedora 12 with ATI Radeon HD 3650

{ Posted on Jan 03 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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I've got a Dell Studio 1737 laptop, on which I dual-boot Windows 7 and Fedora 12. But with the default  graphics drivers installed by FC12, I'd receive an Accelerated Graphics Not Available error message if I tried to enable System ...Read More »
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