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Is there a utility that can query a DVD-RW for its firmware revision?

Question:
See title
Solution:
Hello,
“lshal” provides that info
Scroll through the lshal output to find the entry for your drive. This is how it looks here:
udi = ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_RW_AD_7170S’
block.device = ‘/dev/sr0′  (string)
block.is_volume = false  (bool)
block.major = 11  (0xb)  (int)
block.minor = 0  (0×0)  (int)
block.storage_device = ‘/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_RW_AD_7170S’  (string)
….
storage.cdrom.write_speeds = {‘8467′, ‘7056′, ‘5645′, ‘4234′, ‘2822′, ‘1411′} (string list)
storage.drive_type = ‘cdrom’  (string)
storage.firmware_version [...]

Want to check if a user is logged in before I remote in

Question:
I often Remote Desktop into office computers using the user’s login and PW.  Unfortunately, if they’re logged into the machine when I do this, I inadvertently boot them out.  Is there a way to check if they’re logged in before I remote in?
Solution:
You should look at Microsoft’s SysInternal Tools
LoginSessions
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896769.aspx

Java sound VS direct sound

Question:
Hi Everybody,
Can anyone tell me the difference between Java Sound and direct sound, Is there any type of driver available apart from these?  Throw some light on these technologies.
TIA,
nagaraj.
Solution:
Java Sound ? You mean Java Sound API.
All you need to know is here :
http://www.jsresources.org/index.html
direct sound:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectSound
Sun or Microsoft ….

audio device not detected in windows 7 64bit OS using JMF

Question:
Hi all,
I am working on JMF audio capture program and it is working fine on windows xp. But the same code part not working in the windows7 64bit Operating System(Home Basics).
I have installed JMF on the system. My JRE version is “1.6.0_18″.
The below program gives the output in windows7 64bit system as follows :
audList.size()  :: [...]

Windows 7 laptop no logon servers availiable while using a domain login without a network cable

Question:
I am trying to enable a laptop to logon without the domain present for a user to use a laptop outside the company.  We use RSA secure login and wanted the laptop to login and then connect to the domain through RSA secure ID.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise edition and get the message.
There [...]

Remote Desktop ?

Question:
I’m using Remote Desktop in Windows XP. I connect to the same computer many times a day. how can I have the password saved so that i don’t have to retype it each time i want to connect to the remote computer?
Solution:
Even if you’re not logging on to the Domain still put the computer name [...]

What would be the best server setup?

Question:
I have a customer with 8 computers.   They have a server in place now running Windows 2000 server.   They want to update the server.  They only run Quickbooks and a shared printer off the server.   What form of WIndows 2008 server would you suggest, Small business or standard, and what type of Raid would be [...]

web server management software for windows server?

Question:
Hi, we have a web site needs a monitoring software can do the following thing:
able to send text message and email to the administrator for alerting
alert when a single website is offline
alert when the IIS service is stopped
alert when SQL database is offline
alert when the server is offline
alert when a specific bandwidth quota is exceed
I [...]

How to install Certificate Authority on a Windows 2008 Server

Question:
I want to create an SSL Certificate for a Steel-Belted Radius server on a Windows 2008 server, but don’t want to pay a company to do it. I beleive this can be done on a Windows server. How would I go about doing this?
Solution:
This should get you started for the Root CA from complete scratch:
http://www.pki101.com/InstallRootCA_2008.html
I [...]

Printing in Server 2008 R2

Question:
Hi There,
We have a user who is connecting to a server 2008 r2 terminal server farm. he doesnt use printer redirection and we have some printers installed on the server as local printers pointing to IP ports. The printing side of it works perfectly well. The user sets a default printer which holds and works [...]