I had been using VMWare Server 2 for a few years now. It was free and provided extra features that were not present in VMWare Player. Unfortunately I found out that VMWare Server is no longer going to be supported as of June 2011. I needed to make a decision quickly so I could stand up a Linux CentOS VM to run a memory intensive software stack. For me VMWare Server probably would not have worked anyway because of memory and processor restrictions. I decided to look to 3 different solutions to get me up and running quickly, VMWare Player, … Read More
Remote Desktop – From Maximized to Full Screen (Windows 7)
If you’re running Windows 7, and you’ve used the Remote Desktop Connection program (mstsc.exe), then you may have experienced the following: you start the program in Full Screen mode, then you go back to your computer at some point. But when you return to your Remote Desktop Connection session, it no longer goes to Full Screen — it just looks like a maximized window. With a few keystrokes, here’s how to remedy that with the Remote Desktop Window being in focus: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Pause Break] If your computer doesn’t have a “Pause Break” key, then maybe it has “Pause” or “Break”; if … Read More
IE and JavaScript – You can’t make this stuff up
We are implementing a portal framework which works just fine in FireFox, but seems to act less-than-optimally in IE. Any web designers and developers know exactly what I am talking about. In researching some of the JavaScript errors that IE had identified, we found a reference to a line number in the hundreds-of-millions that I couldn’t help but share. This is one case where I would have had more fun reading “Line #: fat chance finding this one, buddy“.
Download Archived and Older Java SE and EE JDKs and JREs
We just had to download Java SE JDK 1.6.0_11 (6 Update 11) and finding the files was not as intuitive as we had hoped. So, navigate to this link and you will see a screen like below where you can download many previous releases. Hope this helps get you there more quickly.
Print REMOTE_USER CGI Variable in JSP on WebLogic 11g
There could be a number of reasons you want to verify the value of the REMOTE_USER variable in an app you are running in WebLogic. A quick way to check is by dropping in a JSP file that prints the value: <html> <body> REMOTE_USER: <%= request.getRemoteUser() %> </body> </html><html> <body> REMOTE_USER: <%= request.getRemoteUser() %> </body> </html>
Oracle Application Server Version – Verify 10g Upgrade to OracleAS 10.2.3 for Portal 10.1.4.2
There are a couple of different ways you can verify you are running Oracle Application Server 10.1.2.3. Perhaps the simplest is to navigate to the EM Consile about page typically found at: http://[domain]:18101/emd/console/aboutApplication Another option is to use oPatch by running the following command: [ORACLE_HOME]/opatch/opatch lsinventory -detail Then, navigate to [ORACLE_HOME]/.patch_storage and look for the latest log file. You will have a full listing of products installed in your ORACLE_HOME. If you have just upgraded Oracle Portal to 10.1.4.2 and want to verify its version as well, you can simply navigate to Portal Administer tab > Global Settings.
Google Chrome PDFs – Disable Chrome PDF Viewer Plugin
I was losing my mind with trying to print a PDF I had opened in Google Chrome. I also missed some of the Adobe Reader features like bookmarks that I was accustomed to. I like the speed of Google Chrome’s rendering of PDFs, but these things were sorely missing in some cases, so I thought I would show how I got back my old Adobe functionality by disabling the PDF plugin. In your Chrome browser, simply navigate to chrome://plugins. You will then be able to disable the Chrome PDF Viewer. I hope this saves someone else some headache and maybe … Read More
Nagios Agent (NSClient++) Install on Windows
This walkthrough provides step-by-step screens for the installation of a Nagios XI Agent installation. The install was performed in Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit). You will notice that this is downloading and installing NSClient++. [box type=”download”]Free Download Please complete the following for access to the free download. [/box]