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Got a Windows 7 SP1 32-bit Pro machine that have seen various large applications already. So I am not sure if the security policy of the machine is the default. When trying to mount a Samba share got the error message below. System error 58 has occurred. The specified server cannot perform the requested operation. This was done via net use \\<ip>\share . Mounting the share via Windows Explorer yields nothing, just a long wait for nothing. The fix for my case was to change Security Settings | Local Policies | Security Options | Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always) to disabled . You have to reboot the machine for the changes to take effect. References: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/5dd9991b-78e7-4fa3-b17c-366e4ae0092f/cant-connect-to-samba-from-windows-7-vista-xp-ok-many-popular-solutions-tried-without-success?forum=w7itpronetworking

Microsoft changed course and released Windows 8.1 to MSDN and TechNet users earlier than planned. It was made available last Sept 8, 2013 . This got me excited to play with this latest version. Downloading the ISO was quite frustrating as I can't use Firefox Download Them All plugin, just does not work. Downloading via IE10 was also painful but there is a workaround. VirtualBox also released 4.2.18 last Sept 6, 2013. This must be good, two good products released in the past few days. Upgrading of VirtualBox didn't work the first time. I have to do a repair to get it to work. So essentially, I have to install it twice. Installing of Windows 8.1 into VirtualBox was nonevent. But getting guest additions was challenging. I had to read lots of blogs including VirtualBox 4.2.18 release forum discussion topic . So, how did I get guest addition auto-resize to work? I have to install guest additions *twice*! This is what was working for me: Install guest additions... then re

Default XFCE 4 install in Ubuntu comes with a lot of applications that I don't need. So I always install from alternate method using mini.iso to have a bare bones system and yet usable. I have been using LXDE for a while but I think it is time to experiment with XFCE. From a minimal install of Ubuntu, adding XFCE with minimal applications is a breeze, like: $: sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xubuntu-desktop

How to remove Mail Reader entry in XFCE menu. As a matter of good practice, backup the original configuration. Create a backup folder in your home directory like ~/backup . Copy  /usr/share/applications/exo-mail-reader.desktop to ~/backup . We will be making global (machine level) change so all users will not see Mail Reader entry. Edit exo-mail-reader.desktop using your favorite editor, comment out the line like #OnlyShowIn=XFCE; then add the following line  NotShowIn=XFCE; .

I have installed a lighter weight version of XFCE in Ubuntu 13.04 ( link ). This does not have Print Screen support by the default, like pressing Prt Scr does nothing. To get it to work install xfce4-screenshooter like: $: sudo apt-get install xfce4-screenshooter

PS C:\> Get-WMIObject win32_process -Filter "Name='explorer.exe'" | ForEach-Object {Write-Host $_.GetOwner().User} Keywords: WMI Win32_Prococess User

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