You can easily create an Autorun file on a USB pen drive to mount and dismount the encrypted file systems. This is very useful for carry portable TrueCrypt USB drives.
The only downside is that using TrueCrypt on the move means that you need administrator rights to access the disk.
Once you plug in the USB stick, [...]

One of the thing that differs VirtualBox from Microsoft’s Virtual PC is that VB puts guest on a subnet of the computer that you are working on. This means that it cannot be directly accessed from other computers on your network.
To enable access, you need to configure your computer to allow ports to be forwarded [...]

I had a little trouble running Ubuntu server on VirtualBox today.
Thankfully the answer was easily found at Installing Ubuntu 8.04 server on VirtualBox « {S.A.Z.W.Q.A}.
All you need to do to get Ubuntu server firing up is to open the settings screen for your virtual machine, and then tick the Enable PAE/NX box.
Click OK and fire [...]

After upgrading to Ibex, I found that I couldn’t sync my Palm with my Windows XP guest.
After trudging through different websites with contradictory solutions I stumbled on this, which works a charm:
Open the terminal and type
vbox /etc/group
You should end up with something like
vboxusers:x:124:john
Make a note of the group ID (124 in this case). Now run
sudo [...]

I had to set up a new SQL Server database, which I haven’t done in a while as I tend to focus my efforts on mySQL. Nevertheless I needed to get grip on a new site to migrate.
After setting most things up, I managed to get to a point where the database wasn’t starting.
Microsoft OLE [...]

Some of the servers that I manage in locations have a nasty habit of hanging on the final stage of rebooting when trying to apply Windows Updates automatically.
In most locations, I use WSUS to deploy updates around the site which is OK, but when it comes to servers problems arise.
After roaming around on the internet, [...]