Windows and Office installation download resource

Office 2007 Enterprise serial no:
KGFVY7733B8WCK9KTG64BC7D8
Download Office 2007 Enterprise Chinese, traditional (Taiwan) from Microsoft


Windows/Office online download:
http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft
http://officeandoutlook.blogspot.com/2011/05/download-links-for-microsoft-office.html
http://itellyou.cn/
SHA1SUM reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/

Alternative Browsers

Palemoon
Arora

Bootable Linux USB for recovery

1. Download files from
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer/Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.8.8.exe
http://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/Linux/ubuntu/11.10/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso

2. Plug in your USB drive with >700MB free space

3. Double click "Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.8.8.exe"

4. Click in "I Agree"

5. Select "Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop" in Step 1

6. Select the downloaded ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso in Step 2

7. Select the drive letter of your USB drive in Step 3
   Do NOT select "Format ?:\ Drive"

8. Set size to 0 in Step 4

9. Click "Create" to proceed

10. Check the alertbox shows 3 actions (instead of 5 actions) and then click "YES"

11. Wait for completion

12. You have your USB drive bootable.

13. Reboot with the USB drive plugged-in.
    press F12 or F9 at startup to get a menu and select your USB drive as bootup device.
    ref: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113-3.html
    Then wait for the startup process (or Select "Run Ubuntu from USB" yourself).

14. You should get a desktop, click on the 3rd icon on the left and you can get a file manager.
    Plug your portable harddisk and copy your files to it

15. For harddisk checking, click on the 1rd icon on the left desktop,
    type the "Disk Utility" and click the icon with "Disk Utility".
    In popup window, select the harddisk you have and check SMART Data.
    There will be fields called "Bad sector" (which show number of dead region in harddisk)
    and "Overall Assessment"

16. For memory checking, select "Test memory" instead of "Run Ubuntu from USB" at startup time.
    Then a blue screen shows and the memoey are being tested. It takes about half an hour.

17. For remote desktop access, click on the 1rd icon on the left desktop,
    type the "Desktop sharing" and click the icon with "Desktop sharing".
    In popup window, click on "Allow other users to view your desktop", "Allow other users to control your desktop" and "Auto config UPnP router...."
    Then use Firefox and go to http://checkip.dyndns.org. Tell the address.
    Then there will be a yellow-backgrounded text say you can access the desktop with an address, please tell the address. Also tell the reach-ability.

Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength

To use AES-256 in Java, you need to install extra policy file. As

If you exported your PKCS#12 file from your browser and used a password that is greater than 7 characters, you may need to download and install the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files so that Java applications such as the GSI-SSHTerm can read this file. This is a matter of U.S. policy and U.S. export controls (not due to technical reasons).

It seems there are no such restriction in OpenJDK.

http://www.ngs.ac.uk/tools/jcepolicyfiles
http://blogs.adobe.com/ADEP/2011/10/configuring-the-jdk-for-rights-management-encryption-using-aes-256-bit-keys.html

[FIXED] bug in MikTeX -- ps2pdf: No alternate file name found

getting this error when I try to launch ps2pdf:
ps2pdf: No alternate file name found
ps2pdf: Data: C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.9

The problem is due to installation path. Try to install with C:\MikTeX make no problem.

ref: [Sourceforge] ps2pdf not working in MikTeX 2.9

ps. fixed in current version of MikTeX