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If you are blocked from using NTP, this is a horrible hack, but it works

date -s "$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z"

Thanks for this from http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-b

Freepbx Appliance - Installing media conversion libraries

Following the instructions on this page on the freepbx wiki proved to be unhelpful. I could manually install the various packages using the traditional ./configure, make, make install, working through the different dependencies, but ultimately the freepbx GUI failed to see that the utilities were installed.

This process on the other hand worked really well:

1: get the details of your distro

uname -a

cat /etc/redhat-release

2: Download the appropriate repoforge libraries

in my case it was:

wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm

3: Install repoforge

rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm

4: Install desired media libraries

yum install --enablerepo=rpmforge-extras lame

yum install --enablerepo=rpmforge-extras ffmpeg

Refresh your Freepbx appliance GUI, and the warning will be gone.

note: to make sure that other items are not updated from sourceforge, uninstalling the repo after you have completed may be a good idea...

rpm -qa | grep -i rpmforge

- this will find the exact name of the package.

rpm -e rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686

- this will remove it.

yum update will now not report upgrade options from the rpmforge repository.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Direct Download Links

This site seems to be the most updated....

http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/70-windows-8-direct-download-links#

Configuring the PAP2T for Asterisk

http://www.toao.net/25-linksys-ata-configuration

Windows Direct Downloads - Licenses needed to activate.

Windows 7 Professional x64 (64-bit)
English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65805/X15-65805.iso
Windows 7 Professional x86 (32-bit)
English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65804/X15-65804.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (64-bit)
English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65733/X15-65733.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 (32-bit)
English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65732/X15-65732.iso

Trying out Wordpress

I have always leaned towards Joomla, but I have been hearing great things about Wordpress so I decided to try it out... First impressions - very intuitive, lots of available plugins, easy to install. - noticed right off the top that it is not very secure - if you want to make the site somewhat private it requires some work... First I added the "Private WordPress" plugin. This assisted in making sure that only authenticated users have access. Next I added options to use SSL... WordPress HTTPS The next step was to allow content sent to the server that is greater than 54M using Add From Server So far so good. Time to deploy - under an hour. A.

If you are running XP and Internet Explorer, expect connections to secure web sites to be difficult.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/06/05/google-certificate-announcement/

Interactive Technology Presentation

An industry overview IT4IT-presentation

Update on Linux Screencast

I have discovered Kazam Screencaster which works wonders and does not have the limitations of recordMyDesktop.

Screencast for Linux

My present favourite program I like to use is Open-Sankore, which attempts to be a blend between powerpoint, and interactive whiteboard software as well as a web browser/presenter, among other nice features. It isn't the most stable software to date, but it is definitely useful. The windows version has a podcast recording aspect that is helpful (with some limitations that occasionally has me going back to camstudio - another nice free project) but the linux version does not include any screencast.

To solve this problem I found recordMyDesktop

This does a really nice job even on a slower machine, except the recordings use the OGG format providing a video with an .ogv

JOEY-ELIJAH SNEDDON posted this guide from HERE which I found quite helpful.

Move a VHD to a new disk

Moving a VHD to a new disk - Abreviated for quick notes

(referenced from http://fmuntean.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/moving-your-boot-from-vhd-to-a-bigger-drive/)

Attach the new HDD
Server Manager -> Storage -> Disk Management
New Simple Volume (format NFTS, quick) mount as f:
Mark Partition as Active
Command prompt
Bcdboot c:\windows /s f:
Bcdedit /export f:\backup.bcd
Reboot
Boot from Win7 or Windows 2008R2 DVD, Ubuntu
(For windows - "windows loading files…" message when the initial setup screen is displayed press SHIFT+F10 for command prompt)
Copy vhd file from old disk to new one (you need to find the drive letters again as they might not match)
shutdown the machine
Remove old hard drive and replace with the new one.
Start computer.
Boot from install DVD again and start the command prompt
Bcdedit /import c:\backup.bcd
Fix the entry
Bcdedit /set {default} device vhd=[LOCATE]\win2k8R2.vhd
Bcdedit /set {default} osdevice vhd=[LOCATE]\win2k8R2.vhd
Reboot

Extract Anything! Best archiver extraction program I have found to date!

http://legroom.net/software/uniextract

Extremely handy particularly for extracting drivers to use with WAIK for windows deployment.

Useful Websites for Deploying Windows 7

Many Many Links.... mostly for reference...

Deployment Image Servicing and Management Command-Line Options

Frankie Loscavio: How I Slipstreamed Windows 7 RTM Installer with Raid Drivers on my Alienware m17 Machine - Creative Human

Windows 7: All in One (32 & 64 bit) DVD - How To ~ What the.....?

Unattended, A Windows deployment system: Unattended/Silent Installation Switches for Windows Apps

Deploy Windows 7 The Easy Way: Using WDS, MDT and AIK - Step-By-Step Video - ITProGuru Blog by Systems Management Expert Dan Stolts - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Windows 7 ISO Edition Switcher Change Windows 7 Home to Ultimate | 80 Kb

Windows 7 to VHD Install – part 5 | Warranty Void

My Digital Life Forums

SeanDaniel.com: How to Lock Down a Windows 7 Kiosk or shared PC

Using GPO to make kiosk machine

Windows 7 SteadyState solution simplified! - Infrastructure Consulting Blog by Panos Macheras - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Disk2vhd

Windows 7 – VHD Boot – Setup Guideline - knom's developer corner - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

WuInstall

MLPPP on PFSense 2 with Teksavvy

Follow the instructions from the blog:

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-Link_PPP_(MP/MLPPP)

Once you have the connection set up, change the following settings on each individual interface (in the advanced section) to the following: MTU 1487 MRRU 1486

Go back to the main mlppp interface and add the following MTU setting: 1485

If you use other settings performance becomes spotty due to fragmentation.

Thanks to the following articles to assist with my setup...

Ref: http://blog.stuffedcow.net/2011/09/teksavvy-mlppp-performance-issues/

http://mlppp.teksavvy.com/tomato_en.html