Posts Tagged Time: ~30 Minutes
Removing Antivirus Pro 2010
Posted by Adam in Fixing Errors, Improving Security, Windows on Monday October 12, 2009
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Difficulty: Easy
Time: ~30 Minutes
Last Updated: 12th October 2009
Applies to: Windows
Antivirus Pro 2010 is a variety of malware that pops up fake antvirus notifications attempting to coerce you into paying for a full version to remove these fake infections. Whilst its constant nagging is irritating, it is relatively mild as far as malware goes and is fairly simple to remove though it is often packaged with other more serious malware.
Manually relocating the Windows 7 User Profile Folder
Posted by Adam in Setting Up, Windows on Thursday October 8, 2009
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Difficulty: Expert
Time: ~30 Minutes
Last Updated: 8th October 2009
Applies to: Windows 7 ONLY
Relocating the user profile folder is a procedure that can make backing up massively easier. User specific data, such as music and videos, can be moved to another drive, leaving only the core OS and programs on the primary hard drive. It can also act as a cost saving measure, using a small, fast, expensive drive to install the OS to, and a slow, but big and cheap drive to store user data.
Recovering from ‘ImportError: No module named pysqlite2′ after upgrading python on a Gentoo Linux system
Posted by Adam in Fixing Errors, Linux on Sunday October 4, 2009
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Difficulty: Moderate
Time: ~30 Minutes, depending on CPU speed/internet connection
Last Updated: 4th October 2009
Applies to: Gentoo Linux
Symptoms:
When running emerge after a major upgrade of pythons core files (dev-lang/python), you get an error similar to (other information may be included in the error message):
ImportError: No module named pysqlite2
emerge will fail to work as a result of this. Additionally, if you run /usr/sbin/python-updater, that will fail too, with a similar error.
Deploying a KIWI CD/DVD image created with KIWI to a USB drive
Posted by Adam in Linux, Setting Up on Saturday September 26, 2009
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Difficulty: Moderate
Time: ~30 Minutes
Last Updated: 26th September 2009
Applies to: *NIX
KIWI is a new tool released by the people behind OpenSUSE for creating customised distributions. One of the best features of it is that the images created are portable. However, documentation is scant at this time, and the instructions for deploying an ISO image onto a USB device are buried deep in the manual.
The actual process for copying the file is simple, however, identifying the right drive can be tricky.