How to clear/reset DNS cache on Windows XP / Linux, clear dns cache on windows, clear dns cache on Linux.

Windows XP remembers failed ("Unable to resolve" - DNS requests) entries for a few minutes. This can be very unpleasant when moving and debugging/developing web-sites. As long as that failed entry sits in your DNS cache, your box will continue to give you a "Unable to resolve" error. By cleaning out your DNS cache, you ...

Many of us connect to corporate or personal VPNs and all traffic gets routed through ipsec vpn. For those rare cases, where we need to still access a host on the local network directly, a static route on the Windows running laptop will do the trick.

Below is the "route" command line utility in Windows:

C:\Users\user>route

Manipulates network routing tables.

ROUTE [-f] [-p] [-4|-6] command [destination]
[MASK netmask] [gateway] [METRIC metric] [IF interface]

-f ...

Windows Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) removes the "Shut Down/Turn OFF Your Computer" option from the Start Menu.

To shutdown / reboot / stand-by a remote windows machine, follow next steps:

Right click on taskbar -> Task Manager -> Shut Down (menu) and choose whatever action:
Stand by
Hibernate
Turn Off
Restart
Log off
Switch user

Using Firefox "Modify Headers" Add-on to change your browser's "User-Agent" attribute in http header

To install the "modify Headers" add on, go to the following url:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967/
Then click "continue to download" and follow the steps. At the end it will ask you to restart Firefox.

Once the add-on is active, go to Tools->Modify Headers.

In the new popped up window, select Add in the first select box. Next box will define the attribute name ...

How to open *.VSD files in Windows X.

VSD files are files that contain diagrams or schemas of a specific system (like a network infrastructure). They are created using Microsoft Office Visio and they can be views using the same software or a viewer: Visio Viewer.

Below you can find the download page for Visio Viewer 2003. Download and install it and you should be able to view VSD files.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3fb3bd5c-fed1-46cf-bd53-da23635ab2df&displaylang=en

Link redirects to microsoft ...