Playing with SELinux

December 29th 2008

SELinux is a set of extra security restrictions on top of the normal Linux security tools. It gives the systems administrator a finer grain of control than what the kernel typically provides. But SELinux can sometimes get in your way. So, you might want to disable temporarily / permanently so that it [...]

I got rid of the broken sucker

December 26th 2008

I just got my 3 year old laptop fixed and serviced. The hinge was broken and I was using my lappy with broken hinges since 2 years. Everytime, I checked with HP service center, they said I have to spend 20,000 INR for fixing it. ie, I’ve gotta replace the entire screen moulded with hinge. [...]

Reinstating Windows Search Companion

December 24th 2008

After I installed Windows Desktop Search (WDS) v3, whenever I right click on a folder and then click on “Search”,  WDS opens up. This is not that I wanted. Anyways, to reinstate the Windows Search Companion, this is what you should do:
Open the registry and go to this path and change the value to 0 [...]