Change VMware ESX root password

Method 1:
Login to the console as root (with the root password you know) and execute “passwd”.

Method 2:
– Start your VMware Infrastructure Client, pointing to the ESX server.
– Log in
– Click “Users & Groups”
– Double click “root”
– click the “Change password” checkbox
– type the new password in the “Password” field and in the “Confirm” field, and click “OK”

Method 3:
If you don’t know the root password anymore, see: http://virtual.bist.be/?p=101 for a procedure (see also http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1317898). Not difficult, but you’ll have to bring the server down first.

IDPhotoStudio: easily duplicate and print photos for ID cards

Sometimes you need to print photos for some ID card, passport, …

You can resize, duplicate, print a photo using for example CorelDRAW or other graphic applications. Instead you can use this simple and super handy freeware application: IDPhotoStudio.

You can find this software here: http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?idps.

McAfee DAT 5958 update problems

See:

http://home.mcafee.com/VirusInfo/VirusProfile.aspx?key=265240

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB67602

http://vil.nai.com/vil/5958_false.htm

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8656&rss

http://tweakers.net/nieuws/66912/mcafee-verwijdert-essentieel-windows-bestand-na-fout-in-virusupdate.html

“Eject OPEN … 4GB-Windows 7 …” when clicking on “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media”

With one of my old USB sticks (2GB Dane-Elec Z-Mate), something strange happened.

Each time when clicking on the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” (on Windows 7), it displayed “Eject Open … 4GB-Windows 7 …” (see below).

After searching on Google I found a solution:

In Windows Explorer go to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Device Metadata\dmrccache\en-US.
You should find the following folder there: \d42472c3-a173-455f-8fc5-640e344597b1\.
Delete this directory (folder) d42472c3-a173-455f-8fc5-640e344597b1 with the offending USB drive still attached to the computer.
Now use the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” and remove the offending USB Device.

Reinsert the offending USB Device and all it will be displayed normally.
Indeed, after doing the operation above, the USB stick would show up as below:

Source: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7hardware/thread/9325555e-c9fd-415a-b162-0c551b3f4902