Linux : Getting hardware info from the command line

dmidecode

CVS : Pre-tag check failure

Very annoying and a completely useless error message This may be caused by a validation rule being set up on tags - eg. disallowing them to be moved/deleted Look at ../CVS/CVSROOT/taginfo which matches items being tagged to an executable to validate the action eg a line like DEFAULT /usr/local/bin/stop_tag_hack.sh will redirect to the shell script which can contain something like the following to stop deletes or changes : TAG_OP=$2 if [ "$TAG_OP" != "add" ]; then    exit -1    # exit 0 fi

Mysql : Reset root password

service mysql stop mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & mysql -uroot mysql UPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD("abcd") WHERE user="root"; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; mysql -uroot -pabcd mysql

Windows : Remove IE advanced security

* This is done by uninstalling the windows component Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs->Add/Remove Windows Components->Stuff

RMAN : Simple restore of archive log to default location

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman nocatalog connect target dba_cron/password run { ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE DISK; restore archivelog sequence 214629; restore archivelog sequence 214630; }

Windows : DesktopOk - desktop icon organizer that supports Windows 7 and 64bit

Seems good so far http://www.softwareok.com/?Download=DesktopOK&goto=../Download/DesktopOK_x64.zip

Outlook: Suppress notification popups

To turn this feature off, click Tools, Options, Email Options, and Advanced Email Options