Ubuntu Crashes Windows 7 when mounting a share

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 September 2010 12:01 Written by admin Sunday, 19 September 2010 12:01

For weeks I have been racking my brains why my previously stable Windows 7 machine has begun blue screening every time I try to mount a share to it from my Ubuntu box.

I store the bulk of my multimedia in a shared folder on my Windows 7 box, so I need to mount it on the Ubuntu box to access the media. Now I have been using this method successfully for the past year, but recently have begun getting the above problem.

My Ubuntu box forms the basis of my home theatre system and sometimes I can go for a couple of weeks without using it, so it was hard to identify a cause of the problem. To complicate matters I frequently apply updates to both machines.

If this sounds similar to your problem then the solution may be simple – stop using Zone Alarm on your W7 machine.

It seems that the most recent version of Zone Alarm is the cause of the BSOD.

I have deinstalled it and all is now sweetness and light!

Take a look at the following two threads for more information:-

ZoneAlarm instability on Windows 7 x64.

[WORKAROUND] Windows 7 BSOD –> Disable NetBios over TCP (TCP/IPv4) – ZoneAlarm User Community

The Importance of Backups

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 June 2010 10:08 Written by admin Tuesday, 1 June 2010 10:16

The Importance of Backups

This may be teaching you to suck eggs but human nature being what it is, backing up your data is often put off, just like checking your pensions or reviewing your insurance – and it can be just as important.

I believe in two main principles with regard to backing up your computer:

1.     Backups must be automated

2.     Recovering backed-up data must be simple

These two principles lend themselves nicely to residential users; the more complicated your backup becomes, the more fragile it becomes.

The commercial market, on the other hand, generally requires complex “Grand-father, Father, Son” type backups, both long-term and short-term, with off-site storage and a host of other complications. Thus corporate backups often require a dedicated job function to manage them and discussion of this is perhaps for another time.

Here, I want to talk about designing a simple automated backup that will reliably make a copy of your critical data to another storage medium, be it a hard disk or memory stick.

Firstly you need to step back from the detail and ask yourself how upset you would be if your laptop or Desktop was stolen. Obviously the loss of the machine itself would be upsetting, but that aside, if the loss of the data on the machine sets you nerves jangling then read on.

Get Usage Stats from Netgear DG834G Router

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 December 2009 12:00 Written by admin Thursday, 3 September 2009 01:43