Category: How To
Happy Windows 7 Day! [Windows]
Today is Oct. 22nd, marking the official release to the public of Windows 7. I’ve posted before the cheapest ways to obtain it (also, there is a 3-license Family Pack available on Newegg for $149.99)
Today marks a very historic day.. the first highly-lauded Windows release since 2001!
There has, however, been a bit of a snafu. Those of you who purchased and downloaded the copy of 7 from windows741.com may run into a problem about folder permissions upon running the installer. Gathered from here, follow these steps:
- From within XP/Vista 32-bit, I downloaded the 64-bit version of Win7 Professional upgrade.
- Used the installer to extract the files, but received above mentioned error.
- Checked the file size of the folder “extendedSetup” and noticed that it was 3.01 GB.
- Moved extendedSetup folder to root (C:\)
- Downloaded this file and placed it into C:\WINDOWS\System32: http://www.sevenforums.com/attachmen…-l-oscdimg.zip
- Bought up command prompt and typed the following: oscdimg -bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\expandedSetup\ C:\7.iso
- Burned ISO with ImgBurn (freeware)
- Booted, installed, and activated
I’m trying that as we speak, so I’ll keep you posted as to if it works. Happy Windows 7 day!
EDIT: Command line syntax error.. -1 should have been -l. Its fixed above now
Zimbra IM with Digsby [How to]
Behold, another Zimbra-related post!
I recently ran across an article on how to configure Pidgin with Zimbra IM (5.x+) here, but since I run Digsby for IM, the settings and input boxes didn’t quite match up.
After talking to various people and troubleshooting problems of my own, I finally got it to work. Contacts and groups are also synchronized between Zimbra and Digsby, so if you move a screenname on one, it will show up on the other.
Settings:
- Go to the preferences window where you add a new account
- Click Add IM account and add a new Jabber account
- Jabber ID: your Zimbra email (including the @domain.com)
- Password: duh
- Check auto login
- Expand the Advanced section
- Host: your mail server (mail1.domain.com)
- Port: Change to 5223
- Resource: Leave “Digsby”
- Priority: Leave at 5
- Data Proxy: Leave blank unless you need to change it
- Check “Force SSL”
- Keep “Ignore SSL Warnings” unchecked
- Check “Allow Plaintext Login”
Once you save the account settings, connect to the server, and, barring any firewall issues, you should be all set!
Mailto Links and Zimbra [How to]
I’ve been looking throughout the Internet today looking for ways to get mailto: links to work with Firefox and Zimbra. Since I didn’t want to touch the registry and most of the people here use Macs anyway, I had to make a Greasemonkey script to do the job. Sure, there are already scripts to do this, but they point to the standard interface. I wanted the advanced interface.