Notes

This page contains a small knowledge base of problems I encountered, and the solutions I found.

• Ability to record MP3's lost on Windows XP
• Apache upgrade disables secure Web site
• ATIRW.DLL failed to register
• Bandwidth Limiting on Apache Server
• Bootable Linux on a Mirrored Partition
• Broken NTP Daemon
• Broken SIGALRM on Linux
• Browser Bookmarks on a Motorola Timeport 280 Phone
• Checking the argument of HELO/EHLO in sendmail
• Compiling Regina on Slackware
• Copying encrypted files to a non-encrypted destination in Windows
• Corrupt /var/run/utmp on Linux
• Creating a bootable Windows XP CD with custom drivers
• Failure to start PCMCIA CD-ROM drive under Linux
• Dead keyboard = dead motherboard? Not necessarily.
• Energizer ER-OF800 UPS under Linux
• Energizer FileSaver application handle leak
• Error 1024 in InstallShield X Express
• Error: bad register name `%%eax' when compiling in-line assembly with GNU C
• Error "unresolved external symbol WinMain referenced in function WinMainCRTStartup" when compiling a Windows CE project
• FoxPro application fails with I/O Operation Failure
• Graphical traffic monitoring
• HTML combo boxes
• How Can Noise Improve Signal Quality?
• How to enable software RAID (mirroring) in Windows XP?
• How to solve the "The Win 16 Subsystem has insufficent resources to continue running" problem on Windows XP (solution by Dan Fulger)
• IDEA plugin fails to work with GPG/GnuPG
• IDispatch::Invoke returns E_PARAMNOTFOUND when you try to set a property
• Intermittent Mouse Movement and Other Performance Issues with VMware
• 'Internal Error' When Trying to Renew a DHCP Lease on Windows 2000 after a network adapter change
• Invalid command 'LoadModule' with the Apache Server
• Invalid Drive X:\ (Error 1327) when attempting to reinstall Office 2003
• IP tunnelling, masquerading, and more: a case study
• Jump logic with inline assembly in Visual C++
• Linux cdrecord fails (and system may hang)
• Linux cdrecord stops with "No such device. Cannot open '/dev/pg0'"
• Maple and Meijer's G-function: a numerical instability and a cure
• Mixing Digital Audio - a practical solution
• No Internet Subscription Option with Norton Antivirus
• Numbered equations and other scientific publishing tips for Microsoft Word (link to a Microsoft Research Web site)
• ODBC and MySQL crash with OpenOffice under Linux
• On DVDs, Copy Protection, and the Microsoft Monopoly
• Oracle 9i Application Server restart failure
• Oracle 9i AS error "No ApplicationInfo is associated with application named: appname"
• Oracle 9i AS installation fails with "Invalid database domain name"
• Oracle Cheat Sheet
• PHP fails with 'Call to undefined function: mysql_connect()'
• ProFTPD failure (hangs with 100% CPU utilization)
• Remote Desktop Fails to Shut Down after Application Exits
• Rogers AT&T GPRS data service without Portage Plus software
• Samba prints blank page after print job
• A Simple Encryption Method
• Sound for DOS Programs under Windows NT
• Soundblaster-16 Driver Parameters for Linux
• System Hangs at "Verifying DMI Pool Data" Message
• Testing sendmail relay filtering
• Undefined symbol 'dbm_fetch' with the Apache server
• Unexpected error (1072) occurred at line 5218 in setup.c
• Using mktime to convert UTC dates
• Using pcAnywhere on TCP-only Connections
• Using Portage Plus (Rogers AT&T GPRS data service) with Linux
• Using regex maps in sendmail
• Using the TENSOR packages in GPL MAXIMA
• Using two NE2000-compatible network cards in a Linux machine
• VMware in a virtual framebuffer
• Where Did My Default Beep Go?
• Window placement in Internet Explorer
• Window placement in Mozilla Firebird
• A workaround that lets you use a Creative Dxr2 DVD decoder on a multiprocessor NT system.
• When you forget the Greek Alphabet, it's such a pain!
• Windows 2000 multilink connection ignores hang-up rules
• Windows 2000 Setup Failure on a SuperMicro P6DLF Motherboard
• Yet another Oracle hint, or how to stop Ora9ias_homeEMWebsite without a popup dialog