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The Internet Explorer icon might be missing after either you upgrade the Internet Explorer version to 7, or installed through Windows updates.When you try to use the Desktop Items dialog box in Windows XP or the Desktop Icon Settings dialog box in Windows Vista to add the Internet Explorer icon, there is no Internet Explorer check box. To resolve the issue, follow these steps: Click Start>Run Type regedit click ok Navigate to the following registry key from left pane [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] double-click {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} key (if exist) if not exist, add new registry key {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} Enter dword value as 0 to enable the Internet Explorer icon on the Desktop.right click on desktop and click “Refresh”. References Network Places: {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} My Computer: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} My Documents: {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-080036...

date Date displays the date and time of the system, used by root it can also be used to change the date and time of the system. If you just enter: date You will get the date of the system, like this; Fri May 18 19:36:53 MYT 2009 You can set the date by using root user: Usage: date nnddhhmm[[cc]yy][.ss] Note: nn = month of the year (01 to 12) dd = day of the month (01 to 31) hh = hour of the day (00 to 23) mm = minute of the hour (00 to 59> cc = The first to digits of the year yy = The last two digits of the year .ss = The seconds Example: date --set 06:00 ;sets the time to 6:00AM OR hwclock hwclock is a tool for accessing the Hardware Clock. You can display the current time, set the Hardware Clock to a specified time, set the Hardware Clock to the System Time, and set the System Time from the Hardware Clock. SYNOPSIS hwclock -r or hwclock --show hwclock -w or hwclock --systohc hwclock -s or hwclock --hctosys hwclock -a or hwclock --adjust hwclock -v or hwclock --versio...

If you want to make use of specific DNS, modify the following file /etc/resolv.conf sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf Add the following line to resolve.conf nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx = DNS address) nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

In Ubuntu, all the IP Address is store on /etc/network/interfaces file. So, i have to open this file by using vi to add the Static IP to this file. Here are steps 1. sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces 2. auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp this 2 statement show that your Ubuntu server was in DHCP. Enter the following statement to set the IP Address auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 after save it. You should able to use the IP address already.

I think your might facing error when u try to send email from a network other than that on which the smtp server resides. This is because most ISPs block this to prevent spam. To solve this problem, please change setting of your Outlook account by clicking on More Settings > Outgoing Server and check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. To check whether your email provider supports authentication: 1. Start > Run > cmd 2. telnet smtp.yourservername.here 110 If successful, it should tell you you're connected. 3. ehlo smtp.yourservername.here 4. It will return a list. If you see something in the list that says AUTHENTICATION it supports it.