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VMware Workstation-10.0.1 fails after RedHat-6 / Centos software update

December 21, 2013

No problems in XP or Windows 7 VMs anymore. Summary of what I did:$ sudo service vmware stop$ sudo mv -v /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.orig $ sudo rm -v /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc/v*.ko $ sudo depmod -a #I...

Zimbra localhost shows up in server status view

December 19, 2013

[root@zimbra ~]# cd /opt/zimbra/logger/ [root@zimbra logger]# tar -cvzg db-backup.tgz db [root@zimbra logger]# su - zimbra [zimbra@zimbra ~]$ /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmloggerinit Stopping logswatch...

Using DD for disk cloning

September 27, 2013

There's been a number of questions regarding disk cloning tools and dd has been suggested at least once. I've already considered using dd myself, mainly because ease of use, and...

Office 2007 Configuration wizard runs every time I start any Application (word, excel, etc)

September 25, 2013

To bypass the auto-registration for Word 2007, follow these steps: Exit Word 2007. Start Registry Editor. In Windows, click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. If you are...

How to install Google Chrome 28+ on CentOS 6

September 16, 2013

How to install Google Chrome 28+ on CentOS 6 The problem Sadly, the Google folks apparently think that the world's most popular commercial Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux aka RHEL) and its...

Steps to change the Zimbra server’s hostname using zmsetservername

July 9, 2013

Steps to change the Zimbra server's hostname using zmsetservername Use the following steps to change the Zimbra server's hostname using the zmsetservername command line utility. 1. Stop the flow of mail/Zimbra and back up...