The command that controls a lot of automation that comes with VirtualBox software is called: vboxmanage. This article show how to use it in Centos/RHEL to automatically start your VM...

Recently I came across the following error when developing against Acrobat DC libraries: Unhandled Exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The procedure number is out of range. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706D1) at Acrobat.CAcroAVDoc.Open(String szFullPath,...

If you're trying to build a .NET project and unable to compile due to missing reference (namespace) of Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word, this may be of help. One way is to do the...

This is a very short tutorial on how to parse any string that even slightly resembles a date into java.util.Date (instant in time, with millisecond precision). The best I found...

Recently I ran across a bit of an issue in my installation of CentOS 7, where I needed to increase the size of ROOT partition by reducing the size of...

Following are the simple instructions on how to mount Windows USB drive onto Centos/RHEL 7 and also resolve a very common mounting issue which presents itself with error: mount: unknown...

Following article described how to copy files and display the progress, speed of the transfer and also time remaining, while using CentOS Linux. Simply run following command: rsync -ah --progress...

Following instructions will demonstrate how to create a full .iso image backup of a live CentOS 7 linux server. There are many tools that can create an image of an...

Following is a step by step guide on how to auto mount a windows share on CentOS 7 or other RHEL based operating systems (Fedora, etc.). First we'll need to...

Two liner instructions for mounting OneDrive onto Centos 7. Prerequisites Go to /mnt and create a folder called: ftp Make sure you have a valid FTP credentials to gain the...