Keyboard shortcuts for VMware

I am listing some keyboard shortcuts for VMWare. These have been prepared by learning, help docs and the internet. Please comment if I miss something important, or if any thing is not working with the version you are using.

F11             switch to full-screen mode and also back to normal mode
Ctrl-Alt-Insert Like a Ctrl-Alt-Delete to the VMware OS running
Ctrl-Alt        used for  mouse release and  exit full screen mode
Ctrl-Alt-Enter  VM into full-screen. 
                Also acts like Tab in windows to choose between VMs
Ctrl-Alt-Tab    switch between multiple VM.


Ctrl+N create a new VM for you
Ctrl+O open a new VM for you
Ctrl+P edit VMware settings and Preferences
Ctrl+B power on some VM
Ctrl+E power off 
Ctrl+R reset power
Ctrl+Z suspend some VM

Oh cumon! I am not giving all keyboard shortcuts. The UI is rich enough. But actually these are often required especially when your mouse starts non-responsive. Afterall, VMware and OS are also softwares. And they can be buggy sometimes ;) Hope you find this cool/

Free National Aptitude Test Talenthunt 2011

Hi,
I came across a link www.nationaltalenthunt.com conducting a Free
National Aptitude Test on Sept 4, 2011. If it interest anyone, he/she may visit
the site. Please be advised that I have no relation with the aforementioned organization and have not tested any credibilty or quality of test.
Just wanted to pass the info.

Hoax/Fraud email: Yahoo sevice account Closure Hoax

Hi All,
I have received this email twice and one of my frends also got the same. The message is attached below:
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Last Warning!!!!!Monday, May 16, 2011 12:02 PM
From: "Yahoo sevice account" Add sender to ContactsTo: undisclosed-recipients

This is an Official alert to inform Yahoo! account users.

We regret to announce to you that with the rate at which we have newly registered members everyday, our data base is getting congested and now we have decided to under go deactivation of all unused account and some other of our account we find error on for both premium and free accounts.

Every account owner that receives this message has encountered this error and will have to update his/her account with the requested information below.
Please be sure to click the REPLY button first before attempting to fill the info.


Name: ................
ID: ..........
Current Pass word: .................
Date of Sign up(Optional): ..........

After you must have filled this information and have it sent back to us, your Yahoo! account will not be interrupted/terminated and will continue as normal.


WARNING: Account owner that receives this message and refuses to update his/her account within the next 48Hours will be terminated from the Administrator's dept.


Thank you for your usual co-operation. We apologize for any inconvenience.


Regards,
Yahoo! Account Services

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Now frends please remember that these type of emails are all scams. Never reveal your identity to them. Some red flags to notice a scam as can be seen here:
1) See the Sender "Yahoo sevice account". Spelling Mistake!! Not even SERVICE was spelt properly
2) Another, notice that it was not send you personally. Rather it was send to undisclosed recipients.
3) Why would Yahoo ask password and id details from you. Dont they have these details.
4) A simple header search of email tells that it is not coming from Yahoo.com. Though it seems but it is very easy trick. I can send you email from NASA, Bill Gates, US Prez, Any Superstar official email id, Without even an effort of 2 minutes. Some times later on that ;)

So please be aware of these types of scam. They can also be categorised in Phishing attacks.
Take care.
And enjoy. Yahoo not closing your account!!!

Visual Studio C++ : fatal error C1902: Program database manager mismatch

Visual C++ gave to me an error which I didn’t see earlier. It was a fatal error. The error message was:
“fatal error C1902: Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation”


In order to solve this issue do the following steps:
1: Once you have installed VC++, goto the IDE folder of the Visual Studio 2005 install. It is usually at
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE"
2: Copy these 3 files:

mspdb80.dll
mspdbcore.dll
mspdbsrv.exe

Copy these to the "\VC\bin" directory of the Visual Studio 2008 installation. It is usually at
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin"

You can find related article at Softpedia Article
Detailed description of this problem and causes can also be found on Fatal Error C1902 provided by MSDN Community Content - Visual C++.

This would solve the problem. The reason of the error is that the vesrion of these files especially in the 2008 edition are mismatching and do not have compatibility with each other. The program database file (.pdb) were created using a newer version of mspdbXX.dll [eg. Mspdb70.dll]. This may not be the one with the compiler found on your system. This error usually indicates that mspdbsrv.exe or mspdbcore.dll are missing. Also there is a chance that they have different versions than mspdbXX.dll. So the solution would be ensuring that the same versions of mspdbsrv.exe, mspdbcore.dll, and mspdbXX.dll are present on your installed file system. This is small step but if this workaround is not known, it would waste your time in installing, reinstalling Visual C++. Hope this helps if ever you fall into this trap. ;) Enjoy.

How to tackle the problem of opening PDF docs in Web Browser when Adobe PDF Reader not installed.

It is often said that you must not forget your enemies however small it may seem.One such scenario came when one of my close acquaintance Mr Sandeep wanted to show PDF docs on his website. Now you may say what makes it a big deal to devote a blog post for this?
However the problem was that my friend wanted to show his PDF links even if Adobe Reader was not installed on his client machine. True that this situation is rare , but what is to be done if as a consultant you are posed such questions. Let's all see how the problem has to be tackled.

There are two important points regarding the problem:

1) The AdobeReader not installed on the machine is very rare situation. It is a free tool easily downloadable and installable from Adobe website. It has penetration of 99.9% worlds computer . That is 99.9% computers using Internet have this already installed. All computer manufacturers give this preloaded and free. So even if your client is having problem of not having this you can ask him to install it without any business, reputational, or efficacy loss.

2) Now a dayz many browsers also have inbuilt AdobeReader. Since adobe does not charge other companies from using this. So new browsers have this automatic pluging. Eg in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 10, Mozilla Firefox. Browsers which dont have this, for them plugins come. So in any case if your client is not able to view PDF, it is not even slightest of your problem to worry. You can also give a link to download Adobe reader, free of cost, Since Adobe has free distribution as well as redistribution policy. Or in best case show them downloadable link from Adobe website itself.


In all other cases if you are too vigorous for perfection (which i wud really say too! coz even if u miss that , its not a big deal). Then in that case I give you the easiest, trickiest, and free to use idea.
This idea uses Google docs.

Suppose you have a PDF doc -->abc.pdf
It is stored at any location on your server-->www.meonshow.com/abc.pdf
Then use the following Link to open that
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.meonshow.com/abc.pdf

Rest can be tested urself. You can modify the parts of pages that has to be shown. A simple HTML editing and rendering the page in Frame or I-Frame.

For Example: Click Here to view Mohd Anwar Jamal Faiz Latest Resume.

Other ideas can be to search the enormous web and to use some quality free tools for the purpose. Or pdf to SWF converters or make some customized Flex/Flash Application that can do that job properly. Search madxperts or codebox website. They have this I guess.

Hey readers, I forgot to mention one important issue in any case. Behold. Its not related to IT. I am married now. Wow!! Please give your blessings to our family. Will give accounts in some other post.
Bye till then.

Mohd Anwar Jamal Faiz
TCS/Adobe/Symantec