Backup a complete Linux system

tar -cvpzf backup.tar.gz --exclude=/backup.tar.gz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/sys --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/dev /

Ubuntu 10: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk error: Package sun-java6-jdk is not available

Ubuntu 10
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk error

Package sun-java6-jdk is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package ‘sun-java6-jdk’ has no installation candidate

Solution:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

Installing VMware tools manually in guests

Tools are here:

http://packages.vmware.com/tools

Installing Media Wiki on Centos 5 Fatal Error: PHP's PCRE module seems to be compiled without PCRE_UTF8 support.

rpm -Uvh http://zid-lux1.uibk.ac.at/pub/dist/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/pcre-6.6-6.el5_6.1.i386.rpm

rpm -Uvh http://zid-lux1.uibk.ac.at/pub/dist/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/pcre-devel-6.6-6.el5_6.1.i386.rpm

CentOS Yum Error: thread.error: can't start new thread

When the error is in fastestmirror.py, use the yum --disableplugin=fastestmirror ... option

How to convert Android mobile 3gp audio files to MP3 files on Windows

• Copy all the *.3gp files to Windows
• Install FFMPEG on Windows
• Start Command Prompt and change to the directory with the 3GP files
• Enter
  
  for %a in (*.3gp) do ( ffmpeg -i %a -ar 22050 %a.mp3)

Setting a default custom page zoom or Google Chrome

Go to :

C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User StyleSheets

Open up Custom.css

insert :

body {zoom: 1.25}

Save, and every page will now be be zoomed  X 1.25

To recursively find all the files in a folder tree

xcopy C:\MyFolder\*.doc /S /L

will list out all .doc file in C:\MyFolder and all subfolders

Recovering Files from a Corrupt SD Card

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Did it for me!

Bulk Renaming of JPG files with Date Taken

http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk

Won't win any prizes for the user interface, but does the job!

Rename a file with date and time as the file name in a Windows batch file

ren yourfilename.txt %date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%.txt

Cheap Kindles!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002Y27P46?tag=amz0000-21


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002LVUWFE?tag=amz0000-21

Getting PHP cURL to work in MoWes

Copy php_curl.dll, php_gd2.dll, ssleay32.dll to apache\bin.
Enable extension=php_curl.dll in php.ini
Restart apache

Free and Simple MP4 Editor - Avidemux

http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

Running Windows Scheduled Task Batch File Minimized

• For the batch file "MyBatchFile.bat", create a shortcut : "C:\Shortcut to MyBatchFile.bat.lnk". 
• Goto to the properties of the shortcut file and set the Run window state to "Minimized".
• In the Windows Scheduler, create a task.
• Browse to the shortcut, and finish creating the scheduled task.
• When you are done, go back the the schedule tasks and edit the properties of the "MyBatchFile" scheduled task.
• Replace the filename of "C:\MyBatchFile.bat" with the filename of the shortcut :"C:\Shortcut to MyBatchFile.bat.lnk"

Your schedule task will now run minimized.