iGetter and RapidShare

iGetter is a powerful, full featured download manager and accelerator and is also known as RapidShare compatible.
iGetter can greatly improve the speed of your downloads using segmented downloading. In addition it allows auto resume on broken downloads, queue filtering by various criteria, site explorer, history list, scheduling downloads for low traffic periods, auto redial on broken connection, auto hang-up and shut down on completion, and much more.

However, lots of people (Mac OS X users) seem to have problem setting up iGetter that enable them to download multiple RapidShare files (.rar, .avi etc).
Below is a "step by step" guideline that will help you set up iGetter with a RapidShare Premium Account.

After downloading and installing iGetter, go to "Tools" and select "Integrate with Internet broswers" option. You will also need to install "Flashgot Addon" for Firefox.

• Go to "iGetter" Tab and select "Preferences" as shown in the picture below (Make sure you have your RapidShare "username" and the "password" in hand).

• Then you need to enter the following entries along with your user info in the Site Manager preferences of iGetter: "http://.rapidshare.com/" and "http://.rapidshare.com/files/"

(note that it's not "http://rapidshare.com/" but "http://.rapidshare.com/" which includes all subdomains)

• Once you finish with above configuration, you now go ahead and select as many rapidshare doawnlable files as possible and proceed as shown in the image below.

• Click "Ok" and...

• You should now be able see that the status of your download as shown below.

Please, kindly let me know if this helps!

Capturing Screen Shot with Mac OS X

There are several commands (keyboard combinations) on the Mac that you can use to take snapshots of the screen:

• Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
• Command-Shift-4: then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
• Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
• Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
• Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
• Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard

In Leopard, the following keys can be held down while selecting an area (via Command-Shift-4 or Command-Control-Shift-4):

• Space, to lock the size of the selected region and instead move it when the mouse moves
• Shift, to resize only one edge of the selected region
• Option, to resize the selected region with its center as the anchor point

Installing Checkpoint SecureClient on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

I recently upgraded my Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) to 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Since I am a heavy Checkpoint SecureClient user, the first I did after the installation of the new OS was to try to install Checkpoint SecureClient. My first surprise was that when I went to Checkpoint website, I found out that there was no SecureClient for Snow Leopard (only for 10.5). I however went ahead and downloaded the 10.5 version but when I tried to run it: "BANG" -- I received I message saying that the application cannot be installed on this computer. I did not know what to do but I quickly found a way around. Thanks to Sysadmins-World

There are few steps to follow in the process of getting SecureClient works on Mac OS 10.6. Please, make sure you follow all the steps described here.

STEP 1: DOWNLOAD, EDIT AND INSTALL SECURECLIENT FOR MAC OS 10.5

A - Download the SecureClient

1. Go to Checkpoint website and download SecureClient for Mac OS 10.5
2. Extract (unzip) the Package and try to run it. You will get an error message. But do nor worry! Go to point (B) below

B - Edit and Install SecureClient Package

When to try to install secureclient, the installer checks up for the Darwin Kernel version 9. but in Snow Leopard we have version 10. So two files need to be edit within the installer package.

1. Just right click on the installer and select Show Package Contents. This opens finder within the package.
2. Go to Contents/Resources.
3. Open TextEdit, use vi in a shell or whatever you prefer to edit a simple file
4. On file “InstallationCheck” change the number 9 in line 8 to number 10: if [ "$MAJOR" != "10" ]; then
5. Same on file “postinstall “ change the number 9 in line 84 to number 10

That’s it. Now go ahead and install SecureClient and reboot your system. Changes need to make afterwards in order to have it starting.

STEP 2: GETTING SECURECLIENT TO START

After rebooting your system, when you try to open secureclient, you will get the error message below.

A - SecureClient fails to start

Now this gets just a bit more tricky. Apple has moved some options of kextload to kextutil in 10.6. Checkpoint hardcoded such an option -s in two binary files. This option is to create the symbol files in the Checkpoint directory. It does not exist anymore in kextload, and is now provided in kextutil. But creating the symbol files is only needed for debug reasons, so not really necessary. Therefore I only replaced the option -s with option -r to fill up the space, because the binary file should not change in size. Two binary files have to be changed with an hexeditor.

Preparation:

• Download and install a hexeditor. 0xED is one of it.
• After inserting the first command, it will ask you for your local user password (User needs Administrator permission)

Note: Please note that in Leopard and Snow Leopard, all the download files are stored by default in the Download folder in your home drive. To proceed with the step described below, MAKE SURE YOU COPY THE 0XED FILE TO YOUR DESKTOP AND EXTRACT IT THERE.

1. Open the terminal application from Utilities folder and type:.
   sudo cp /opt/CPsrsc-50/bin/StartupItemsMgr $HOME/Desktop
   sudo cp /opt/CPsrsc-50/boot/SecureClient/SecureClientStarter /$HOME/Desktop
   sudo chown $USER /$HOME/Desktop/StartupItemsMgr
   sudo chown $USER /$HOME/Desktop/SecureClientStarter

2. Now run 0xED and choose File/Open Files from the Menu to load the StartupItemsMgr andSecureClientStarterfrom your Desktop in it.
3. From Menu Edit choose Find/Find or just press Apple-F and type in to find: “kextload -s” and type in replace “kextload -r”
   Click on Replace All
   
   Save and close …
4. Now once you succeeded editing copy those back by typing in the terminal window:
   sudo cp $HOME/Desktop/StartupItemsMgr /opt/CPsrsc-50/bin/
   sudo cp $HOME/Desktop/SecureClientStarter /opt/CPsrsc-50/boot/SecureClient/
   rm $HOME/Desktop/StartupItemsMgr
   rm $HOME/Desktop/SecureClientStarter
5. Reboot and you should have SecureClient starting …

I also succeeded by doing all the changes on the installer package. Probably only interesting if you have a few Macs to install. As soon as I have a bit more time I could write it down here.

Please let me know if this did help!

Again, the credit of this post goes to Sysadmins-World for their wonderful Article on this issue.

Outlook Desktop Notification Tool Tip

As some, if not all, of you have experienced, the Outlook notification does not come up if you have set up Rules/Filters to go into folders (vs the Inbox).

In order to turn them back on, the “Display Desktop Alert” action must be explicitly set for a Rule.

Steps to turn this on:

1. Go to Tools->”Rules and Alerts…”

2. Choose the rule you would like to modify and click on Change Rules->”Edit Rule Settings…”

3. Click on the Next button and in the “Select action(s)” step (after Select Condition), scroll down and check on “Display a Desktop Alert”.

I have not spent the time yet on finding out how to turn this attribute on globally or modify all rules to have a certain attribute set so feel free to share if you know or discover how to. For now, I had to set it manually for each rule. :(

Finding the list of Multiple DNS Servers on a Domain

The easiest way to find the list of all the DNS Servers on your Domain (Private) or of a Corporation on the Internet (Public DNS Servers) is to make use of NSLOOKUP Command.

Here is how to proceed:

1. Open the Command Line
2. Type the following: NSLOOKUP and then press Enter.
3. > set type=ns
4. > Type_your_domain_name (i.e. tratra.org)
   Server: Server01.tratra.org
   Address: 192.168.0.1

   tratra.org nameserver = server01.tratra.org
   tratra.org nameserver = server02.tratra.org
   tratra.org nameserver = server03.tratra.org
   tratra.org nameserver = server04.tratra.org
   server01.tratra.org internet address = 192.168.0.1
   server02.tratra.org internet address = 192.168.1.1
   server03.tratra.org internet address = 192.168.2.1
   server04.tratra.org internet address = 192.168.3.1

Hope this helps!

Exchange 2007 Legacy Mailbox to User Mailbox

For Systems (or Exchange Server) Administrator or Help Support (Helpdesk), if you "mistakenly" create a new mailbox user using Active Directory Users and Computer (ADUC), you will notice that the mailbox you created for that user is tagged/displayed in the Exchange 2007 Management Console as a legacy mailbox. You will loose some features of Exchange 2007 in this mode.

To fix this issue, you need to remove the legacy tag in Exchange 2007 by running the command below (in step 3) in Exchange Management Shell.

Note: This command can be directly performed on one of the Exchange Servers on your network/domain or from your desktop computer. Here, I am going to describe how to run the command from a client computer. If you are running from the Exchange Server box, then go directly to step 2.

1 - Install Microsoft Exchange Management Tools from the Exchanger Server 2007 CD that will also install “Exchange Management Console” and “Exchange Management Shel” on the client computer (Windows XP or Windows Vista with SP1).

Note: Please note that installing Exchange Management Tools requires some steps to follow. If you are not familiar with the instalation, I recommend you read this great article from MSExchange.org. It gives all the steps that will help you out with the installation.

2 - You must Log in as a domain Administrator or member of the domain admin group to be able to run the command

3- Click on Start --> Programs or All Programs --> Exchange Management Tools --> and select "Exchange Management Shell"

3- In the command line that opens, type or copy and paste the following command: Set-Mailbox -Identity "alias" -ApplyMandatoryProperties

4 - Just change "alias" with the mailbox name or the alias and keep the quotations on it.

Please let me know if this helps or if you find a better way of doing it.

Uninstalling SecureClient from Mac OS 10.5

SecureClient (VPN-1) extends the VPN to remote users for safe network access and communication. It encrypts and authenticates data to make connections completely secure, and enables administrators to enforce desktop policies for additional security.

Lots of Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) users seem to experience problems removing the SecureClient from their systems. It is a very easy and straight forward process.

To uninstall SecureClient,

1) Go to Applications->Check Point SecureClient folder
2) Double-click on the "Uninstall SecureClient" icon. The following window will open prompting you whether you want to remove SecureCleint or not.
3) Type "Y" (without the quotes) and press Enter

4) Enter your password and press Enter or click OK
5) Reboot your system and you are all set!

I hope this helps!

iGetter and RapidShare

iGetter is a powerful, full featured download manager and accelerator and is also known as RapidShare compatible.

iGetter can greatly improve the speed of your downloads using segmented downloading. In addition it allows auto resume on broken downloads, queue filtering by various criteria, site explorer, history list, scheduling downloads for low traffic periods, auto redial on broken connection, auto hang-up and shut down on completion, and much more.

However, lots of people (Mac OS X users) seem to have problem setting up iGetter that enable them to download multiple RapidShare files (.rar, .avi etc).

Below is a "step by step" guideline that will help you set up iGetter with a RapidShare Premium Account.

After downloading and installing iGetter, go to "Tools" and select "Integrate with Internet broswers" option. You will also need to install "Flashgot Addon" for Firefox.

• Go to "iGetter" Tab and select "Preferences" as shown in the picture below (Make sure you have your RapidShare "username" and the "password" in hand).

• Then you need to enter the following entries along with your user info in the Site Manager preferences of iGetter: "http://.rapidshare.com/" and "http://.rapidshare.com/files/"
  

(note that it's not "http://rapidshare.com/" but "http://.rapidshare.com/" which includes all subdomains)

• Once you finish with above configuration, you now go ahead and select as many rapidshare doawnlable files as possible and proceed as shown in the image below.

• Click "Ok" and...

• You should now be able see that the status of your download as shown below.

Please, kindly let me know if this helps!