Category Archives: General

Cannot connect to WPA-PSK2 protected WLAN on Linux …

Posted on 25.1.2010 by Anteru

The title says it all. I had a machine here with a really old WLAN adapter (Realtek RTL-8185L on a PCMCIA card), and it wouldn’t connect to my local WLAN when using WPA-PSK2. I just checked that WLAN was working … Continue reading →

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Changing XP from retail to OEM …

Posted on 18.1.2010 by Anteru (Updated on 6.9.2011)

Just recently I had to fix a PC with Windows XP. It turned out that the installed version was not “genuine”. Du’h, someone helpful re-installed Windows on the machine, but instead of using the original OEM which came with the … Continue reading →

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Moving

Posted on 4.1.2010 by Anteru (Updated on 31.10.2010)

Starting today, I’m moving and won’t have internet access at home until at least mid-January. If you want to reach me, try via mail, I should be able to check at least once a day, but answers might take longer. … Continue reading →

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New communication modalities

Posted on 14.12.2009 by Anteru (Updated on 31.10.2010)

E-Mail, IM and other stuff is nice to get reached, but unfortunately, it’s also very time-consuming. Especially if E-Mail is (ab)used as a near-realtime communication system. In order to make it a bit more efficient, I’m changing my communication patterns … Continue reading →

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