How to Re-brand Your Zimbra

Zimbra Collaboration Suite is an enterprise-class open source email, calendar and collaboration server. With the most innovative web application available today, Zimbra boosts the productivity of users on any desktop and dramatically reduces TCO compared to legacy platform vendors.
Other key advantages include advanced compatibility with existing desktop email clients, over-the-air sync to smart phones (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry) as well as better server scalability and more efficient administration.
This is an article that  that I have written to highlight some of the areas which one can customize to give the server a better look and feel. Note that you should apply this in compliance with the Zimbra license depending on the version your are using.


a.) To change the favicon:
The favicon is usually located in /opt/zimbra/jetty/webapps/zimbra/img/logo. You will need to overwrite this with your own icon! Simple!

How to configure Windows 7 to connect it to an iSCSI SAN.

First off, if you are looking for information on how to create your own FREE iSCSI SAN or to connect other operating systems to an iSCSI SAN, checkout the following articles:
Note:
This article assumes that you have already have an iSCSI SAN up and running. Besides that, I assume that you (or your SAN Admin) have already created an iSCSI share on that SAN and that the iSCSI volume has not yet been formatted with any OS /Operating system.
So, you have Windows 7 up and running but what do you do if you want to connect it to either the free SAN IiSCSI or OpenFiler from the instructions above. You could even just want to connect it to an existing iSCSI SAN and your storage admin has already created out a LUN for you.
Now that we have some background, let us configure Windows 7 to connect to an iSCSI SAN…

Configuring iSCSI in Windows 7

To get started, you need to run the iSCSI Initiator that is installed by default in Windows 7. You can access it in a couple of different ways.
One option is to access it through the Windows 7 Control Panel. Once inside control panel, on the address bar navigation, click on All Control Panel Items, then Administrative Tools, as seen in Figure 1.

List of Windows and DOS Command Prompt Environment Variables

Windows and DOS (Command Prompt) have several environment variables which provides a set of dynamic values that points to important system locations or settings. Environment variables provided a way for running programs and batch command script to access the true discrete values, system paths or user management settings for configuration and processing purposes, avoiding the use of hard-coded values which may fail on some systems due to great variety of system configuration.

Tip: Batch file (.bat or .cmd) also uses environment variables to store temporary values for reference later in the script, and also to communicate data and preferences to child processes.
The table lists the common built-in environment variables in Windows operating system, together with their brief explanations and default values. All environment variables is not case-sensitive.

Windows XP: How to load and save sound schemes?

Windows XP store its sound scheme in the registry, under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\APPEVENTS\SCHEMES\APPS

XP also stores her original .wav files for its sounds under C:\Windows\Media (assuming C is your root drive).

Thus, if you want to export this sound scheme for others, I recommend you follow these steps :

1. Put all your sounds in a single folder, e.g C:\OS_SOUNDS
2. Use Windows XP Control Panel > Sound and Audio Properties > Sound to configure Windows to use the sounds in C:\OS_SOUNDS
3. Export the registry key for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\APPEVENTS\SCHEMES\APPS

At this time, if you copy your C:\OS_SOUNDS to another computer (also under the same C:), and import the registry key you have just exported out, your sound scheme will be able to be transferred.

 

IIS6 : The current identity (NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE) does not have write access

The current identity (NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE) does not have write access to 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\Temporary ASP.NET Files'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: The current identity (NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE) does not have write access to 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\Temporary ASP.NET Files'.

Transfer your PuTTY settings between computers

PuTTY is tops on the short list of applications I install first on any Windows machine. Over the years I've used PuTTY, I've installed it on a huge number of computers but I've always had one complaint; There isn't a configuration file I can backup or move to a new machine.

Getting all the little comfort settings correct for each SSH connection can be a pain. The third time you set emulation, keys, encryption type, etc. for each machine you regularly access, you lose patience. The fifth time you find yourself re-entering settings you might do what I did, find a better way.

Moving PuTTy settings between computers is an easy task once you know what's involved. We'll find the registry keys where PuTTy stores its configuration information and export them to a file. We'll then use that file we've made to import our configuration on the target machine.

Useful Shortcuts For Windows

RUN command shortcuts
I know there are a lot of people who love using the run prompt or the command prompt rather than using the mmc control, so here are some quick tips that you can use. Enjoy!