This is a mini how to that shows how to edit svn:externals from a UNIX shell or from TortoiseSVN on Windows. Follow the simple directions below to modify the svn:externals and commit to your SVN repository. I performed the below two sets of steps on CentOS 5.2 for the Linux steps and on Windows XP Service Pack 3 for the Windows steps.

svn:externals from UNIX/Linux shell

1. Set SVN_EDITOR: First you will need to set the SVN_EDITOR to your favorite UNIX/Linux editor. I perfer vi so following this exact will open the svn:externals in the vi editor. If you want to use a different editory simply change /bin/vi to the path of your favorite editor.

[root@server ~]$ SVN_EDITOR='"/bin/vi"'
[root@server ~]$ export SVN_EDITOR

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Tags: CentOS, commit, rspec, svn, svn:externals, SVN_EDITOR, tortoiseSVN, vi, windows, xp

I haven’t done a ton of testing with Windows Search but the goal is to rival Google Desktop application that allows you to easily search directories and files on your computer. I have installed and tested each of these on my laptop and quickly uninstalled each. Currently my laptop has 2GB of RAM and a 1.2GHz processor and at this point just not enough power to handle either application. I have yet to try it on one of my desktops with a more powerful processor and more RAM however I still don’t think it would be worth the processing and memory cost. After uninstalling Windows Search my Outlook and Internet Explorer applications were immediately much faster.

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If you are having trouble changing the default data file in Outlook 2007 then you are probably trying to change the default file to an account that is synced via IMAP. It is not ever possible to use an IMAP account as the default data file for Outlook since IMAP syncs with the server. If something is sent and/or received from the server then it would also sync to your Outlook 2007 IMAP account. The default data file must be something other than IMAP. One way to do this is to have at least one POP3 account and than you can have as many IMAP accounts after the first account.

It is not stated clearly on pgAdmin’s site if it will operate on Windows Vista without issue so I decided to download, install and see if there were any issues.

First I visited pgAdmin III Windows download page here. On this page it states that pgAdmin III will work with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003. The current version during my test was pgAdmin III version 1.8.4.

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There have been a bunch of problems for Windows XP users after upgrading to Service Pack 3. Many of these issues seem to be related to AMD processors and people have had issues in the past when upgrading to Service Pack 2. There are a couple steps to take to isolate the issue and then resolve the problem.

First while the computer is rebooting continue to tap F8 so that you can choose to stop on error instead of rebooting. Once you have reached the Windows Advanced Options Menu choose the following option so you can obtain information about the error causing the reboot: Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure.

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