I think ... - windowshttps://blog.kmonsoor.com/2016-04-22T00:00:00+06:00Running Etherpad on Windows2016-04-22T00:00:00+06:002016-04-22T00:00:00+06:00Khaled Monsoortag:blog.kmonsoor.com,2016-04-22:/running-etherpad-on-windows/<p>Though it&rsquo;s not a big deal, but running Etherpad as hosted on Windows is troublesome. Here&rsquo;s how to make it predictable and&nbsp;easy.</p><p>Though it&rsquo;s not a big deal, but running Etherpad as hosted on Windows is troublesome. Here&rsquo;s how to make it predictable and&nbsp;easy.</p> <p>What you&rsquo;d need&nbsp;beforehand:</p> <p><strong>1.</strong> Properly install system-wide <code>Node.js</code>, and of course <span class="caps">NPM</span> with it. Get the latest-and-stable <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/download/">from NodeJs.org</a>.<br> After installing, check it from command prompt. <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 1 "></span>C:\users\alpha\&gt; node -v <span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 2 "></span>v5.11.0 <span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 3 "></span> <span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 4 "></span>C:\users\alpha\&gt; npm verison <span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 5 "></span>{ npm: &#39;3.8.6&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 6 "></span>ares: &#39;1.10.1-DEV&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 7 "></span>http_parser: &#39;2.7.0&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 8 "></span>icu: &#39;56.1&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos=" 9 "></span>modules: &#39;47&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos="10 "></span>node: &#39;5.11.0&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos="11 "></span>openssl: &#39;1.0.2g&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos="12 "></span>uv: &#39;1.8.0&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos="13 "></span>v8: &#39;4.6.85.31&#39;, <span class="linenos" data-linenos="14 "></span>zlib: &#39;1.2.8&#39; } </code></pre></div> Version(s) in your output may not be same but nothing to&nbsp;worry.</p> <p><strong>2.</strong> Download and install latest Python 2.7 from <a href="https://www.python.org/downloads/">Python.org</a>. Please note that <strong>Python2</strong> is needed as system-default, <span class="caps">NOT</span> <strong>Python 3</strong>.<br> Check it by running Python interpreter from&nbsp;command-prompt.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="linenos" data-linenos="1 "></span>C:\users\alpha\&gt; python <span class="linenos" data-linenos="2 "></span>Python 2.7.11 (v2.7.11:6d1b6a68f775, Dec 5 2015, 20:32:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 <span class="linenos" data-linenos="3 "></span>Type &quot;help&quot;, &quot;copyright&quot;, &quot;credits&quot; or &quot;license&quot; for more information. <span class="linenos" data-linenos="4 "></span>&gt;&gt;&gt; </code></pre></div> <p><strong>3.</strong> Now, make sure you have <strong>Microsoft Build Tools 2013</strong> or newer properly installed on you system. Grab it <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=320711">from Microsoft</a>.<br> If the given link don&rsquo;t work, look for it under <code>Tools for Visual Studio 2013</code> in <a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads">VisualStudio&rsquo;s download site</a>.</p> <p>Only after you have done these properly, proceed to download <code>Etherpad-lite</code> from <a href="http://etherpad.org/#download">etherpad.org</a> The download size should be over <strong><span class="caps">50MB</span></strong>. </p> <p>Do <strong><span class="caps">NOT</span></strong> go for building from the source unless you&nbsp;must.</p> <p><strong>Download</strong> the zip, <strong>unzip</strong> it, <strong>move</strong> it to your desired folder, and then run <code>start.bat</code> in the&nbsp;folder.</p> <p>You will never know how much time i just saved&nbsp;you.</p> <p>You&rsquo;re welcome &hellip;&nbsp;;)</p>Increase virtual-disk size in VirtualBox on Windows 72012-05-26T08:02:00+06:002012-05-26T08:02:00+06:00Khaled Monsoortag:blog.kmonsoor.com,2012-05-26:/increase-virtual-disk-size-in-virtualbox-windows/<p>Stuck with your small virtual disk partition for VirtualBox? I also stuck with same problem; researched many forums, and here is the gist. Find out&nbsp;how.</p><p>Are you stuck with your small virtual disk partition for VirtualBox? You created the partition for some testing <span class="amp">&amp;</span> practicing, now it needs more space. I was also stuck with the same problem; so I researched many forums, and here is the&nbsp;gist.</p> <p>[Note: This procedure won&rsquo;t work for <span class="caps">VM</span> with snapshots. So, please take note the fact about your system&nbsp;beforehand.]</p> <ul> <li>Download <a href="http://gparted.org/download.php">Gparted</a>, disk manager for Linux. It&rsquo;ll come as an <span class="caps">ISO</span>&nbsp;file.</li> <li>Boot into your guest <span class="caps">OS</span>, check, with df command, which partition you need to grow. Take note of that specific mounted <span class="caps">HD</span>, such as&nbsp;/dev/hdb/sda3</li> <li>Take backup of your existing data, as I <span class="caps">WILL</span> <span class="caps">NOT</span> <span class="caps">TAKE</span> <span class="caps">ANY</span> <span class="caps">RESPONSIBILITY</span> <span class="caps">IF</span> <span class="caps">YOU</span> <span class="caps">DAMAGE</span> <span class="caps">YOUR</span> <span class="caps">DATA</span>.</li> <li>In host <span class="caps">OS</span>, Goto the command prompt by running,&nbsp;cmd.exe</li> <li>Navigate to the Virtualbox installation&nbsp;folder</li> <li>Execute the&nbsp;command:</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="linenos" data-linenos="1 "></span><span class="go">C:\ VBoxManage modifyhd X:\yourVM_DiskPath_InHost\yourVM_Disk.vdi --resize 40960</span> </code></pre></div> <p>you will see progress as&nbsp;below:</p> <p><img alt="10% ... 20% .. .. 100%" src="http://i.imgur.com/iYORelg.png"></p> <p>If you fail with a message like&nbsp;thid</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="dquo">&ldquo;</span>VBoxManage.exe: error: Resize hard disk operation for this format is not implemented&nbsp;yet!&rdquo;</p> </blockquote> <p>Now, you need this tool <a href="https://forums.virtualbox.org/download/file.php?id=7579">CloneVDI.exe</a> from this VirtualBox forum-post. If you&rsquo;re using this tool, remember to check &ldquo;Increase virtual drive size to &rdquo; with your desired&nbsp;size.</p> <p><img alt="VDI_tool" src="http://i.imgur.com/YB49ZVk.png"></p> <ul> <li>Now, Load the <span class="caps">ISO</span> file to the <span class="caps">CD</span>/<span class="caps">DVD</span> drive of your virtual&nbsp;Linux.</li> </ul> <p><img alt="GParted.iso loaded on IDE Primary Master" src="http://i.imgur.com/UKyPkl8.png"></p> <ul> <li>Boot the Guest <span class="caps">OS</span>; from the boot menu, select <span class="caps">CD</span>/<span class="caps">DVD</span> drive, then it will boot in GParted tiny <span class="caps">OS</span>. Now the PartitionManager tool will come up automatically, like&nbsp;below:</li> </ul> <p><img alt="Gparted partition-manager" src="http://i.imgur.com/aK9kAtK.jpg"></p> <ul> <li>Now &ldquo;shrink/Grow&rdquo; or &ldquo;Move&rdquo; your desired partition, but be careful. Don&rsquo;t rename any of them. Be careful about your&nbsp;data.</li> <li>Don&rsquo;t worry, unless you clicked Apply, nothing has actually took place. When you are done with moving and resizing, you have to click <strong><code>Apply</code></strong> to commit the&nbsp;change</li> </ul> <p><img alt="just before applying" src="http://i.imgur.com/wUMCHVQ.jpg"></p> <ul> <li>Once completed, close Gparted, and then shutdown the <span class="caps">OS</span></li> <li>Unload the <span class="caps">ISO</span> aka virtual <span class="caps">CD</span> from virtual <span class="caps">OS</span></li> <li>Boot into the virtual <span class="caps">OS</span>&nbsp;again</li> <li>Now, check that if the desired partition grew or not by using the <code>df</code> command</li> </ul> <p>Thanks for visiting my blog. If it just helped you, please feel free to &ldquo;Like&rdquo; or &ldquo;share&rdquo;. Also, your suggestion or comment would be great as&nbsp;well.</p> <hr> <p>If you find this post helpful, you can show your support <a href="https://www.patreon.com/kmonsoor">through Patreon</a> or <a href="https://paypal.me/KhaledMonsoor/">Paypal</a> or by <a href="https://ko-fi.com/kmonsoor">buying me a coffee</a>. <em>Thanks!</em></p>Windows 7 Enterprise/Ultimate “K” to “EN” (aka English): Conversion Step-by-step2012-01-29T12:48:00+06:002012-01-29T12:48:00+06:00Khaled Monsoortag:blog.kmonsoor.com,2012-01-29:/convert-windows-7-k-to-en/<p>Ended up with Windows 7 Enterprise in Korean language? What you are seeing, all are in Korean language or any other foreign language? I am here to share my own experience. It may help you&nbsp;out.</p><p>Ended up with Windows 7 Enterprise in Korean language? What you are seeing, all are in Korean or any other foreign language? I am here to share my own experience. It may help you&nbsp;out.</p> <p>As I was working for a South Korean conglomerate, I had access to Windows 7 Enterprise K. So, I have to face a lot of trouble to make the conversion to English. As, there is no Microsoft&rsquo;s official help available, I have to find it myself. It would be great if I can share this with proper screen-shots of Korean Windows. But as I had already converted, I could not. Sorry about&nbsp;that.</p> <p>First of all, it will be best if you can install Windows 7 English version directly.<br> If not possible at all, like your company have license only to use Korean version, or you purchased your laptop or <span class="caps">PC</span> in Korea. In those cases this post may&nbsp;help. </p> <p><strong>I am assuming&nbsp;that:</strong></p> <ul> <li>You have a valid license key or <span class="caps">OEM</span> <span class="caps">VLK</span>(Volume License Key) of Windows 7, either for Enterprise or for Ultimate&nbsp;edition. </li> <li>If you don&rsquo;t have Enterprise or Ultimate edition, but you have Home or Professional addition, the following method probably won&rsquo;t&nbsp;work. </li> </ul> <h2 id="steps">Steps:<a class="headerlink" href="#steps" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <ul> <li>Install <strong>Windows 7 K</strong> on your <span class="caps">PC</span>; <span class="caps">DON</span>&rsquo;T change any settings if you don&rsquo;t understand what it is&nbsp;saying.</li> <li>Don&rsquo;t install any anti-virus yet. Or, any other system&nbsp;software.</li> <li>Validate and register your&nbsp;license.</li> <li>Go to <strong>Windows update</strong> on your <span class="caps">PC</span>.<br> And update your Windows to Service pack 1. Please <strong>avoid</strong> updating Internet Explorer-8 to 9. Uncheck&nbsp;it.</li> <li>Now Windows will restart&nbsp;automatically.</li> <li>Again, Go to Windows update. In the <strong>optional</strong> section, you&rsquo;ll will see a long list of language pack. Select <em>English</em>. </li> <li>Complete update. Again&nbsp;restart.</li> <li>If your <em>Windows 7 K</em> is not converted to <em>Windows 7(English)</em> then from <strong>Language settings</strong>, choose <strong>English</strong> as display&nbsp;language.</li> <li>Again,&nbsp;restart. </li> <li>Now it should be in English. Some text still may be in Korean. Don&rsquo;t bother for it. Your life will be quite okay without&nbsp;those.</li> <li>Now, install whatever software you&nbsp;want.</li> </ul> <h2 id="postscript">Postscript<a class="headerlink" href="#postscript" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <ul> <li>If now you are in trouble with Microsoft Office&rsquo;s Korean package, check out <a href="https://blog.kmonsoor.com/install-english-language-on-microsoft-office-2007-2010/">my relevant&nbsp;post.</a> </li> <li>After completion, you may find trouble using Microsoft&rsquo;s <strong>Internet Explorer 9</strong>. I don&rsquo;t know why <strong>Internet Explorer 9</strong> don&rsquo;t work properly on Windows 7.<br> If you face problem after installing it like &ldquo;<span class="caps">I.E.</span> is not responding&#8230;.&rdquo;, &ldquo;<span class="caps">I.E.</span> closed unexpectedly&rdquo; etc. <strong>uninstall that</strong>. </li> </ul> <p>But how? <a href="https://blog.kmonsoor.com/uninstall-ie-9/">Please visit my relevant&nbsp;post.</a></p>Install English (or another) Language Pack of Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 Enterprise : Step by step2012-01-19T13:49:00+06:002012-01-19T13:49:00+06:00Khaled Monsoortag:blog.kmonsoor.com,2012-01-19:/install-english-language-on-microsoft-office-2007-2010/<p>Trouble with unknown foreign language on your Microsoft Office? Look no further for using your own&nbsp;language.</p><h3 id="please-note">Please Note<a class="headerlink" href="#please-note" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3> <p>If you are stuck with <strong>Windows 7</strong>, operating system of your <span class="caps">PC</span>, in a foreign language, this is not what you are looking for. Please check out <a href="https://blog.kmonsoor.com/convert-windows-7-k-to-en/">my relevant post</a>.</p> <h2 id="background">Background<a class="headerlink" href="#background" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>As I have worked for a giant Korean conglomerate, I have to install Office 2007 Enterprise edition Korean version. I hunted, searched, tested many ways to convert/choose for English. But&nbsp;failed.</p> <p>But, now, I got it. Here&rsquo;s&nbsp;how.</p> <p><img alt="Microsoft-office-2010-logo" src="http://i.imgur.com/MKfwSVi.png"></p> <h2 id="process">Process<a class="headerlink" href="#process" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <ol> <li>At first, check  of your desired language file (<strong>matching</strong> with your version of Office) <a href="http://goo.gl/QX3Yf">here</a>. For <strong>Office 2010</strong>, check <a href="http://goo.gl/cJM8M">here</a>.</li> <li>If it is there, voilà! You got&nbsp;it.</li> <li>Install the downloaded <span class="caps">EXE</span> file. As a security check, plz check the publisher name if it is &ldquo;Microsoft&rdquo; or not. If it is “Microsoft”, you have nothing to worry about&nbsp;security. </li> <li>After completion, please restart your <span class="caps">PC</span> or laptop whether Windows tells so or&nbsp;not.</li> <li>Now, check using <span class="caps">MS</span> Office Language preference that is it set or not as below:<br> <img alt="check MS Office Language" src="http://i.imgur.com/Vp7lj9w.png"> &hellip;<br> <img alt="office-preference" src="http://i.imgur.com/fTyZtps.png"></li> <li>Now, happily use &ldquo;Office&rdquo; in your desired&nbsp;language.</li> </ol> <h2 id="credits">Credits<a class="headerlink" href="#credits" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>I got the link from a user comment <a href="http://www.merawindows.com/Forums/tabid/324/forumid/89/threadid/37339/scope/posts/Default.aspx">here</a>. Though I didn&rsquo;t believe at first place. But it worked&nbsp;anyway.</p>