Sometimes, especially on Windows servers, it’s difficult to check to verify what version of Java you’re running while you’re making your rounds. If you don’t have a scanning tool to check it, here’s how to do it by hand, even if the Java control panel doesn’t show up: Navigate to C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javacpl.exe, run it, and [...]
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How to check what version of Java you’re running on Windows
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 8, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/06/how-to-check-what-version-of-java-youre-running-on-windows/
How I swapped out a past-its-prime undercabinet microwave
When I bought this house 10 ½ years ago, it had an undercabinet microwave in the kitchen. I don’t know if the previous owners told me how old it was or not. It was an Ewave, which is a brand Magic Chef uses when they don’t want to put the Magic Chef brand on it. [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 26, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/05/how-i-swapped-out-a-past-its-prime-undercabinet-microwave/
How to build bootable Debian installation USB media from Windows
Debian 7.0 (Wheezy) came out this weekend, and I want to mess with it. Here’s how I wrote the installation media to a USB thumb drive for it using a Windows box. Because sometimes that’s all you have available to work with.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 5, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/05/how-to-build-bootable-debian-installation-usb-media-from-windows/
Troubleshooting at all layers of the OSI model
I saw this phrase in a job description last week: Troubleshooting at all layers of the OSI model. That sounds a bit intimidating, right? Maybe at first. But let’s not overcomplicate it. Once you get past the terminology, it’s a logical way to locate and fix problems. Chances are you already do most of this [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 15, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/04/troubleshooting-at-all-layers-of-the-osi-model/
What I learned about air travel by globetrotting back and forth to Baltimore and D.C.
In 2011-2012, I flew to Baltimore or Washington D.C. a lot–probably eight times, if not more. Internet pal Rob O’Hara wrote about his recent flight to Seattle this weekend; predictably, they lost his bags. Here’s what I learned by getting to know the Baltimore area by plane.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 2, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/04/what-i-learned-about-air-travel-by-globetrotting-back-and-forth-to-baltimore-and-d-c/
How to make finicky 32-bit applications install and run in 64-bit Windows
Certain older 32-bit applications (notably Adobe Creative Suite CS2 apps, but there are probably others) object to being installed in “C:\Program Files (x86)\”, which is where 64-bit Windows wants to put legacy 32-bit apps. The solution is easy but non-obvious, as is true so much of the time.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 10, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/01/how-to-make-finicky-32-bit-applications-install-and-run-in-64-bit-windows/
A shortcut for wiring your house with Ethernet
As convenient as wireless is, wireless will never match the security, speed, and reliability of wired Ethernet. I ran some wired Ethernet jacks in mid-2009 and have no regrets, but on my last trip to Lowe’s, I spied a nifty shortcut for wiring: an Ethernet coupler that plugs into a standard keystone jack. They were [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 16, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/12/a-shortcut-for-wiring-your-house-with-ethernet/
A fast way to turn a pile of images into an Adobe Acrobat PDF file
I have a collection of magazine scans that, inconveniently, came as a series of JPG images rather than as PDFs that are more conducive to reading. To make the files readable on a tablet or e-reader, I needed a way to make them into PDFs. There are any number of ways to do it, but [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 3, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/12/a-fast-way-to-turn-a-pile-of-images-into-an-adobe-acrobat-pdf-file/
How I turned my Nook Color into a Cyanogenmod 7.2 Android tablet
So, after most of a year, I finally revisited Cyanogenmod 7.2 on my Nook Color. Competent tablets are available for around $100 now, so perhaps this is less interesting now, but I had a Nook Color, and figured I might as well try it out before spending money on something else. I was never happy [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 13, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/11/how-i-turned-my-nook-color-into-a-cyanogenmod-7-2-android-tablet/
Save memory and speed boot time by removing ghost device drivers
When you change or remove hardware from a Windows system, Windows keeps the old device driver lingering. You don’t see it in Device Manager, but the time Windows spends chasing ghosts increases boot time, in addition to consuming some memory, registry space, and disk space. It’s not as much of a problem as it used [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 14, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/save-memory-and-speed-boot-time-by-removing-ghost-device-drivers/