Virtualization - VMLite XP Mode

ref.: http://www.vmlite.com/index.php/products/vmlite-xp-mode

• Provides similar functions as Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode from Microsoft
• No requirement for hardware-assisted virtualization, namely, it runs without VT-x or AMD-v
• Provides seamless integration with host desktop to run applications from Windows XP virtual machine
• Host files can be accessed from within the XP Mode virtual machine easily
• Control-C/V can be used to copy files and other contexts between host and vm, between different vms.
• Support 3rd party virtual machine images: VMDK, VHD, VDI, HDD
• Runs on any PC with Windows XP and above as host operating systems
• Highly performed, XP Mode boots in 20 seconds
• Supports XP, Vista, Windows 7, 2003 server, 2008 server as guest, for example, you can run Windows 7 on XP to have similar integration features
• Supports Virtual Application Mode - if you start a vm application from host Start menu, this program is launched within a special context, called "Virtual Application Mode", where My Documents, My Desktop, and other special shell folders will be redirected to the host. For example, if you launch XP Mode Word from host Start menu, you will see green borders, and when you save a new document to My Documents, it will be actually saved to your host My Documents folder.

Ubuntu pppoe dialup problem with Network Manager

Step1: ensure eth is ready
Step2: >sudo service network-manager stop
Step3: >sudo pppoeconf
Step4(optional): add nameserver to /etc/resolv.conf

Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird remove master password

Method 1: Go to Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default and rename key3.db to key3.db.bak

Method 2: run the url chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul and press the reset buttom.
For thunderbird, you can evaluate the url in Tools>Error console.