ApiroTech articles search, help , advice ,technology,info, computer,windows, mac, linux http://www.apirotech.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/1537-Review-Samsung-LN-S3738D-37-inch-LCD-LN-S3238D-LN-S2738D- Samsung has finally released a 37in LCD. This set, along with the related sets in the same family, are excellent choices for a new LCD. Read more for the features and my opinions on this new set. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/751-How-to-Use-Spybot-and-Adware-Tutorials-and-Downloads When fixing computers I often take for granted that people understand how to install, run, update, and use popular antispyware programs. Here are some good hints and links for those who do not. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/137-Delete-an-LDAP-object-using-ldapmodify Using ldpamodify to manipulate a directory server from the command line enables rapid changes quicker than loading a GUI in some cases and allows commands to be scripted for automation. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/1256-How-To-Copy-Excel-Column-Widths The Format Painter in Excel does more than just allowing you to copy cell formatting. You can also use the Format Painter to copy column widths in a worksheet. To do this, do the following: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/330-Java-Object-file-IO-output-swing- outputing a file with objects instead of text. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/376-Extract-a-gzip-compressed-tar-archive-in-Linux The version of tar in most Linux distributions supports gzip compression. This means that a gzipped tar file can be extracted in one simple command. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/2471-RSPAN-using-CatOS This small guide can be useful if you need to configure the RSPAN session on your Catalyst 6500.In this example we will see how to monitor more than one VLan using the RSPAN vlan. RSPAN has all the features of SPAN plus support for source ports and destination ports distributed across multiple switches, allowing remote monitoring of multiple switches across your network.The traffic for each RSPAN session is carried over a user-specified RSPAN VLAN that is dedicated for that RSPAN session in all participating switches. The SPAN traffic from the sources, which cannot be in the RSPAN VLAN, is switched to the RSPAN VLAN and then forwarded to destination ports configured in the RSPAN VLAN. The traffic type for sources ingress, egress, or both in an RSPAN session can be different in different source switches, but is the same for all sources in each source switch for each RSPAN session. Do not configure any ports in an RSPAN VLAN except those selected to carry RSPAN traffic. Learning is disabled on the RSPAN VLAN. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/595-Enabling-TiVo-mode-for-backdoors Lots of TiVo backdoor codes exist that allow you to do some cool things with your TiVo. Most of these are safe and will not void your warranty. Before you use any of these backdoor codes, you must enable backdoor mode. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/168-Google-Zeitgeist Googling is becoming an art--both for the user and the webmaster. It s very interesting to see what the leading and declining search terms are for all of google. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100 http://www.apirotech.com/article/389-Mac-OS-X-gain-root-superuser-access-using-sudo The command line utility sudo is a wonderful way to provide fine-grained access control to different applications to different users. In this recipe, sudo will be used to easily gain full root superuser access to a Mac running OS X. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:57 +0100