AMD64 technology

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AMD64 technology, originally called x86-64, is a set of extensions that allows the CPU to run as a 64-bit microprocessor. The AMD64 technology includes the following extensions:

• Micro-architecture improvements: wider general-purpose registers, 8 additional 64-bit registers, and 8 additional SSE (XMM) registers.
• New 64-bit instructions
• New Long mode that includes two sub-modes:
  • 64-bit mode: in this mode the CPU can execute only 64-bit applications.
  • Compatibility mode: In this mode the CPU can execute existing 32-bit and 16-bit applications, while running under control of 64-bit operating system.

  To operate in the Long mode a 64-bit Operating System is required.

The advantages of 64-bit mode over the 32-bit mode:

• Better performance due to wider register width, bigger number of general and SSE registers, and cleaner architecture.
• Larger size of addressable memory. 32-bit microprocessors cannot address more than 4 GB of physical memory. K8-based microprocessors (Athlon 64, Opteron, etc) in 64-bit mode can access up to 1 TB of memory, and K10-based processors (Phenom, Third Generation Opteron) can access up to 256 TB of memory.

Intel released their own set of 64-bit extensions which was called Extended Memory 64 technology (EM64T). In 2006 the EM64T was renamed to Intel 64. Intel's EM64T and "Intel 64" are mostly compatible with the AMD64 technology.

Windows Services

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Includes complete explanations of each service and advice on which services you can safely disable.

• Windows 7 RC1 Service Configurations ~ Updated: May 26, 2009
• Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Service Configurations ~ Updated: June 8, 2009
• Windows XP x64 (64-bit) Service Pack 2 Service Configurations ~ Updated: February 26, 2009
• Windows XP x86 (32-bit) Service Pack 3 Service Configurations ~ Updated: February 26, 2009
• Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Service Configurations ~ Updated: February 26, 2009

VMWare running native XP on SATA disk

There have been a few attempts at documenting the process of running a windows install directly from the hard disk via VMWare running on a GNU/Linux host. The most publicized attempt was made “digg famous” here: Running a Windows Partition in VWware — they all fall flat in various ways. The previous example could only run on systems with IDE, and not SATA drives, which are becoming ubiquitous, and on top of that it was unnecessarily complicated.

This is part One, part Two is here:

VMWare running native XP on SATA disk, part 2.

Resources:
http://vmware.com/download/server/drivers_tools.html

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Running_a_Windows_Partition_in_VMware

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-246371-start-25.html?sid=ae86f6d7c87732ca4661ca0cf2731d35

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3642297

http://sanbarrow.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=930&start=0&sid=2bb0f1e76a0e57cf7d6a0547b3deaf20

DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

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Networking with Windows Server 2003

Setup Network Users in Windows 2003 Server

How to configure DNS for Internet access:

How to Start with a Stand-Alone Server Running Windows Server 2003
The stand-alone server running Windows Server 2003 becomes a DNS server for your network. In the first step, you assign this server a static Internet Protocol (IP) address. DNS servers must not use dynamically assigned IP addresses because a dynamic change of address could cause clients to lose contact with the DNS server.

Step 1: Configure TCP/IP

1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, point to Network Connections, and then click Local Area Connection.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
4. Click the General tab.
5. Click Use the following IP address, and then type the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway address in the appropriate boxes.
6. Click Advanced, and then click the DNS tab.
7. Click Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes.
8. Click to select the Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix check box.
9. Click to select the Register this connection's addresses in DNS check box.
   
   Note that DNS servers running Windows Server 2003 must point to themselves for DNS. If this server needs to resolve names from its Internet service provider (ISP), you must configure a forwarder. Forwarders are discussed in the How to Configure Forwarders section later in this article.
10. Click OK three times.
    
    NOTE: If you receive a warning from the DNS Caching Resolver service, click OK to dismiss the warning. The caching resolver is trying to contact the DNS server, but you have not finished configuring the server.

Step 2: Install Microsoft DNS Server

1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click Add or Remove Windows Components.
3. In the Components list, click Networking Services (but do not select or clear the check box), and then click Details.
4. Click to select the Domain Name System (DNS) check box, and then click OK.
5. Click Next.
6. When you are prompted, insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
7. On the Completing the Windows Components Wizard page, click Finish when Setup is complete.
8. Click Close to close the Add or Remove Programs window.

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Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000/2003 Server: 
 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825036

Anti-virus for Linux

• Avast for Linux: http://www.avast.com

• AVG free : http://www.grisoft.com

• Avira for Unix: http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php
  

• Clam Av: http://www.clamav.net/download
  
  

• For windows: Kaspersky antivirus 2009 Gratis

MSN instant messenger: virus y errores

Infección
Quien reciba alguna de estas líneas en el MSN Live Messenger:
Mira esta foto con el corte de cabello...
Estas foto son tuoyo?
Mira mis fotos desnuda
Picture of me and my friend
My friend took nice photos of me
You Should see em loL
Check out my sexy books
Wow! look at this old picture i found
Acompañado de un archivo zip para descargar.. y lo acepta... instala así algún tipo de virus o dropper o troyano, quien contactará a todos los contactos del ususario y mandará una copia de sí mismo...
Eliminación
Descargar
MSNFix
MSN Photo Virus Remover Software
Deshabilitar "restaurar sistema" en todas las unidades
Iniciar el equipo en modo seguro.
Ejecutar y seguir instrucciones de cada programa

Si falta algo, ir a www.altroblog.com (MSN E-fix) o MSN repair (website):
Msn Repair è una piccola applicazione (560 kb) che in pochi secondi ripara i più comuni errori di Windows Live Messenger e Msn Messenger, che non permettono agli utenti di effettuare correttamente l’accesso.