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Proxmox VE 1.8 and KVM: Adding sound to your virtual machines!

Filed Under: How To, Linux, OS, Proxmox VE, virtualization, Windows by Jason L Froebe — Leave a comment
April 7, 2011

This assumes that your host machine has a sound card! :)

Add the args line in your /etc/qemu-server/<vm id>.conf file should give you sound:

args: -soundhw

On my Proxmox VE 1.8, I have several virtual audio devices available.   I’ve had the best luck with ac97 with Windows XP/Vista and Win7.

red:/etc/qemu-server# kvm -soundhw ‘?’
Valid sound card names (comma separated):
pcspk       PC speaker
sb16        Creative Sound Blaster 16
ac97        Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio
es1370      ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370
hda         Intel HD Audio

-soundhw all will enable all of the above

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How to disable the “uninstall password” to uninstall Symantec Antivirus

Filed Under: How To, Oracle, OS, Windows by Jason L Froebe — 5 Comments
March 10, 2010

I was trying to install Oracle 11g client on to a WinXP box but Symantec Antivirus wouldn’t let me because it thought it was infected with over 800 viruses.  Same file was marked clean on another box.  So, I picked several of the viruses it said was infected with and looked for any evidence of them on the WinXP box.  No dice.  This led me to believe that Symantec Antivirus itself was somehow mucked up.

When I tried to uninstall Symantec Antivirus, it asked for a password.  When I put in the correct password, it refused it.  So how to uninstall it with a messed up password?  Easy..

Open up regedit (as an administrator) and change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\AdministratorOnly\Security\UseVPUninstallPassword to “0″ (zero).

I was able to uninstall and reinstall Symantec Antivirus.

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How to enable font anti-aliasing for Windows XP Sp3 remote desktop connections

Filed Under: How To, OS, Windows by Jason L Froebe — 2 Comments
April 14, 2009

Microsoft quietly added the capability for font anti-aliasing (font smoothing) in Windows XP Service Pack 3.  This applies to Terminal Services (Remote Desktop / Remote Assistance) connections. This is very easy to do.  Just open up regedit (Start->cmd -> regedit) and make the following change:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations]

New DWORD Key: AllowFontAntiAlias

Value: 00000001

That’s it :)



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Customization…. one of the many reasons Linux is my primary desktop :)

Filed Under: humor, Linux, Mac OSX, OS, Windows by Jason L Froebe — Leave a comment
June 29, 2008

Can you do this on your favorite operating system?

“Laugh it up fuzzball!” – Han Solo

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