How to Kill a Desktop Application or Background Process on Linux
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How to Kill a Desktop Application or Background Process on Linux
Windows has Ctrl+Alt+Delete and Macs have Command+Option+Escape to force frozen applications to close. Linux has its own ways of “killing” those misbehaving processes, whether they’re graphical windows or background processes.
The exact graphical tools you can use will depend on your desktop environment, as eachdesktop environment brings different tools to the table. But most of them are pretty similar.
From a Graphical Desktop
Modern Linux desktops deal with this fairly well, and it can be surprisingly automatic. If an application isn’t responding, a desktop with a compositiong manager will often gray the entire window out to show it isn’t responding.
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How to Test Your Internet Speed from the Command Line
How to Enable Automatic Security Updates on Ubuntu Server
There’s nothing more tedious as a system administrator than running security updates on a dozen servers every single day. Luckily Ubuntu will let you automate stable security updates so you’re never at risk.
All you need to do is run this one single command on your server:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades
If you are logged in as root you can skip the sudo, of course.
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Office file types fail to Open From Server
When you try to open or download a Microsoft Office file that is stored on a web server or a third-party web server, the associated Office application starts, but the selected file is not opened or downloaded. For example, the Office file is stored on a SharePoint server or a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server. You get following error message:
When this problem occurs, try using HTTPS instead of HTTP to access the Office files. For example, use https://www.site.cominstead of http://www.site.com. If you still can’t open the Office files, contact the site server administrator.
Cause
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- The server is configured for Basic authentication.
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Some Useful Day-To-Day Software
Microsoft Office 2010, 2013: Download Link – Call us for “activation” – Direct Link
YouTube Downloader: YTD Video Downloader – Important: For installation, follow this steps Otherwise your computer might get effected by virus.
VLC Player: Download link – Direct Link
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Installing windows flash cards (Q&A) 
The price for Windows 7 is the same regardless of the edition and type of license you purchase Answer: False
The OEM version of Windows 7 can only be installed on a new PC for resale.
Answer: True
When a partition is formatted with a file system and assigned a drive letter it is called a volume. Answer: True
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Office 365 Unified Messaging with Lync 2013 On Premise
Lync 2013 Enterprise Voice On Premise – Exchange 2010 Sp3 Hybrid with The New Office 365 tenant (Wave 15)
First of all open up a PS shell on your Lync FE on premise then run:
- Set-csaccessedgeconfiguration –allowfederatedusers $true
- New-CsHostingProvider -Identity “Exchange Online” -Enabled $True -EnabledSharedAddressSpace $True -HostsOCSUsers $False -ProxyFqdn “exap.um.outlook.com” -IsLocal $False -VerificationLevel UseSourceVerification
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How to “built” Active Directory in Windows Server 2012
AD DS domain controllers also host the service that authenticates user and computer accounts when they log on to the domain. Because AD DS stores information about all of the objects in the domain, and all users and computers must connect to AD DS domain controllers when signing into the network, AD DS is the primary means by which you can configure and manage user and computer accounts on your network.
So today, I will guide you on how to “built” @ deploy.. and my students always name this process as a “Installation of Active Directory in Windows Server 2012“.
For this Simple Guide, I’m using Core I5-3470 3.20Ghz proc & 3.8GB RAM, all the process using Hyper-V & private network.
Let’s get started..
1 – Double confirm the Windows Server 2012 that you are using still in Workgroup configuration.
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How to Rename Domain Name in Windows Server 2012 (Cluster Hyper-V and/or in-house exchange-DC?
For this exercises, I’m using MCT courseware from 20410B (Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012).
The existing domain is ADATUM.COM and I will rename it to CPX.LOCAL.
** for those who want to built your own AD and try this exercises, please refer to my previous post
So, let get started…
1 – Open your System Properties and check your existing domain name, if you see from my Windows Server 2012 system properties, my existing domain name isAdatum.com. This will be change to cpx.local in the short while.
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Installing .NET Framework 3.5 in Windows 8 and in Windows Server 2012
Windows 8 or use this for Windows Server 2012 R2 if virtually under a Windows 8 or 8.1 Pro etc.
In Windows 8 open the Programs and Features dialog. For me the easiest way to access this dialog is via the Windows+X admin menu:
Or if windows is added to the domain or no internet access then run installation thru command line:
dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:D:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess
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How to Install Windows 8.1 without a Product Key
- Step 1: Once you’ve created a Bootable windows 8.1 USB Flash drive. Create a Text document and copy the following text in it.
[EditionID]
Core
[Channel]
Retail
[VL]
0
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How to Build a Bootable USB Drive? or How to Install an Operating System from a USB Device?
1. Get a USB Drive of sufficient size to contain the OS installation files you desire to install. (If you were going to install Windows 7 this drive woul dneed to be at least 4 GB in size)
Short Version:
- Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.
- Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
- Type diskpart.
- In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type list disk, and then click ENTER. The list disk command displays all the disks on the computer. Note the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive.
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Fine Tune Star Receiver
STAR Rx can accept wide range of input signal power i.e. –20 to –60 dBm. However, the STAR Rx must be configured its “stargain” according to the signal power. Stargain controls the amplifier for the input signal. The STAR input signal can be high or low depending on the configuration of the BDC, dividers and other things.
Instructions on how to setup your email account for Microsoft Outlook.
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How to adjust the DVB power levels in ViaSat System
ViaSat power level change was done at 8:18 PM by 1 dB and then at 8:32 PM by another 1 dB and changed back at 8:45 PM. I couldn’t see much differences once 1 dB changes was done, but at 2 dB ViaSat changes ACM gain increased 35%. For more details
How to Change Time Zone in iDirect due to Daylight Saving
Setting the Date and Time on the NMS Servers TZ select – For More details