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A personal blog of an IT techie - This is a convenient place for me to jot things down before I forget.

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November 2009 - Posts

Wireshark on Snow Leopard
Nasty startup problem solved thanks to Nick Klienschmidt. Run: cd / Library / StartupItems sudo chown -R root:wheel ChmodBPF http://kleinsch.com/2009/10/03/wireshark-chmodbpf-errors-on-snow-leopard/ Read More...
Belkin N1 Expresscard with DLink DIR-615
I was supplied with a DLink DIR-615 router as part of my Virgin Media package. Tried connecting my personal laptop using a Belkin N1 Express card (F5D8071), but it just wasn't happy. This same card would connect with a Belkin Vision N1 quite happily (surprise, Read More...
Creating a dynamic distribution group with advanced filtering on Exchange 2007
In Exchange 2003, it was very easy to build a dynamic distribution group with the GUI. Exchange 2007 is much more limited unless you use Powershell. I needed to create a dynamic distribution group targeting a particular server, as long as the user mailboxes Read More...
Windows 7 on an HP DV9000 (DV9292EU)
I've been having a bit of an install fest this weekend with Windows 7 Ultimate on my HP DV9292EU, Windows 7 Enterprise on my Work laptop and Android (!) on my trusty ASUS eeePC 701. All went fine except the HP laptop which had three unknown devices in Read More...
Google Wave invites
These are looking really hard to get - Any one have one? Please send an invite to Karl.Foley@gmail.com . Read More...
How-To Prepare A Certificate With Subject Alternative Names Using Exchange Powershell
1. Use powershell from an Exchange 2007 box to generate a certificate request (all on one line and replace italics with your details): New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest:$true -Path C:\ NewCert.req -DomainName fqdn1.domain.tld,fqdn1,fqdn2.domain.tld,fqdn2 Read More...