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It’s very simple. You just need to install Guest Additions.

Start up your Ubuntu 8.04 guest. In VirtualBox, click Devices->Install Guest Additions and your virtual Ubuntu should recognize a new CD. Open a terminal and run this command:
sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

The installer should prompt you that it’s time to restart the virtual machine once it’s done. Just logging out and back in should work.

This is where things get sticky. For Ubuntu 8.04 guests, the VirtualBox video driver will not be enabled because of the minimalistic xorg.conf file.

Open your guest machine’s xorg.conf file:
gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the device section, which should look like this:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

And replace it with this to enable the VirtualBox driver:


Section "Device"
Identifier   "Configured Video Device"
Driver    "vboxvideo"
EndSection


Changing screen resolutions in Ubuntu 8.04 is done with RandR, which is not supported by VirtualBox. So you’ll also need to set a resolution manually. Find the screen section, which should look like this:


Section "Screen"
Identifier    "Default Screen"
Monitor    "Configured Monitor"
Device    "Configured Video Device"
EndSection


And replace it with this, but change 1024×768 to your preferred resolution:


Section "Screen"
Identifier    "Default Screen"
Device    "VirtualBox graphics card"
Monitor    "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth    24
SubSection "Display"
Depth    24
Modes      "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Save, exit the editor, and log out. You should now have a large virtual machine window, as well as mouse pointer integration.

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Finally, Windows 7 is coming out today. Since I just purchase the new notebook Dell Inspiron 14 to replace my faulty Dell 600m last month, I am eligible for free upgrade to Windows 7. I was told that I need to pay USD 25 for shipping but I found out that I don’t have to pay anything. It’s really “free”. Free upgrade is available until 31 Dec 2009.

Alternatively, you can get copy Win 7 RTM with no activation and no expiry date. It’s in the wild quite sometime about 2 months ago.

At first, I have no idea how the Alexa page rank works. After reading the article, now I have a rough idea of how it works.

20 Quick Ways to Increase Your Alexa Rank

Alexa.com is a subsidiary of Amazon.com and is a website which provides information on traffic levels for websites. The Alexa rank is measured according to the amount of users who’ve visited a website with the Alexa toolbar installed.

In this article, I’ll examine the importance of the Alexa Rank as it relates to site monetization while briefly discussing some of the weaknesses involved in using Alexa ranking as a reliable traffic measure for any website.

Lastly, I’ve also included an extensive list of twenty methods and strategies you can use to increase your Alexa Rank dramatically in the short and long run.

Further reading at here

I am so annoyed with this pop-up security warning. It must have been after I installed the recent update from Microsoft Update.

I found 2 solutions to this problem:

Solution 1 is much easier to follow.

1) Go to internet settings/security/trusted sites/custom level/ websites in less privileged content zone etc…. Change that to disable or enable and it’s fixed.

2)

Disabling this restriction still breaks the “Zone Elevation” security fix. Use only for valid reasons.

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Lockdown_Zones\0]

Backup the key to a REG file and in the right-pane, set the value 2101 to 0