I had a friend with a strange matlab startup issue on Windows Xp sp2 and AMD. Matlab 7.0 R14, it would install and run just fine, but it used to crush just before getting into the prompt in the main windows. No useful info into logs using -logfile. Starting with -nojit (another solution found around) … Leggi tutto
Gnuplot is a free, handy software to plot mathematical functions. It runs on various system 
(on Windows, too)
via Godshell.com An unsupported way to mount ISO images in Windows XP from Microsoft: the Virtual CD Control Panel. It worked for me, and the download it’s from the Microsoft site. Disclaimer: try at your own risk.
“The appearance of safety was mistaken for safety itself.” (Walter Lord) It seems reasonable to me that the prefix UN- should be banned from the world of computing and technology in general. We have several examples of UN-thingies. RMS Titanic Enigma machine so why not go on with the ‘unhackable’ netbook network “There was no … Leggi tutto
If you are given the task to replicate a fetchmail system on a Windows machine, and you cannot rely on cygwin or Vmware, you are probably in a pinch. The situation is similar to this one: you got a fixed space e-mail box that has to be polled often, and gets filled fast. You have … Leggi tutto
When installing Snort on Windows […], the requirements include Winpcap and Barnyard. Unfortunately Barnyard for Windows is not that easy to find: as you can read here, you can find a packaged Barnyard for Windows at http://codecraftconsultants.com/Barnyard/, including source. It may be useful, although not ready for production deployement. Update [12-june-09] Other interesting Snort over Windows resources: Sans.org -Securing … Leggi tutto
I recently got some new hardware, and as you can immagine, some issues. Disclaimer: I describe some procedures and link to an external website. I will be not responsible for damages caused by the operations described. I will be not responsible for the external site content or damages caused by the operations described in the … Leggi tutto
