Solution to Virtualbox Shared Folders “request not supported” error when accessing/copying files on Windows Guests

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

Just disable the “Offline Files”

Open Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> Offline Files

Remove the tick from “Enable Offline Files”

There you go!

Source: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27062&p=188821#p188821

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POP3 Error: “ERR Command is not valid in this state” when connecting to Exchange 2010

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

In order to fix the problem, issue the following command at the Exchange shell, which allows Exchange POP to use plain text credentials:

Set-PopSettings -LoginType PlainTextLogin

Then restart the POP3 service, that’s it!

Source: http://support.qualityunit.com/knowledgebase/supportcenter/troubleshooting/user-error-command-is-not-valid-in-this-state..html

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Resolve Hostname on AIX

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

host “hostname”

e.g.

host “myhost”

Output:

myhost is 10.11.212.134,  Aliases:   wkms2

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How to enable telnet in Windows Server 2008

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

http://www.elmajdal.net/win2k8/how_to_enable_telnet_in_windows_server_2008.aspx

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Mounting Unix-based NFS Share on Windows Server 2003 (Draft)

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

http://bhanderi.dk/how-tos/sfu_nfs_client.php

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