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To fix the above Error, you must have a Windows 8 installation disk (usb/dvd). Boot the installation disk Click "Repair" your computer Click "Troubleshoot" button Click "Advanced option" button Click "Command Prompt" button  Once the cmd opened, enter "bcdboot c:\windows"  (note: without qoutes;c:\ is where your windows folder located) Reboot the computer Reference: http://www.kapilarya.com/fix-the-boot-configuration-data-file-is-missing-some-required-information

Import PST file to Thunderbird manually using ubuntu based linux. (Assuming you already have a thunderbird installed) 1. Install Thunderbird Add-On ImportExportTools ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/ ). 2. Install readpst. sudo apt-get install readpst 3. Copy pst file to ubuntu machine (ex: /home/user/outlook.pst). 4. Create a folder on which the converted file will be saved (ex: importedpst). mkdir importedpst 5. Convert the pst file. readpst -o ./importedpst -M -u -w -e -b outlook.pst 6. Navigate to importedpst folder and check for Inbox folder (ex: /home/user/importedpst/Personal Folder/Inbox). if found, rename it (ex: OldInbox). cd cd /importedpst/Personal* mv Inbox OldInbox 7. Go to Thunderbird, Right Click "Local Folders" -> "New Folder" (ex: Outlook).   8. Right-Click the folder you created -> ImportExportTools -> Import all msgs from directory -> also from its subdirectory That'

Fixed: Open command prompt(cmd) as administrator Type  sfc /scannow. Type  netsh winsock reset. Type  netsh int ip reset . Reboot the computer. Reference: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-networking/connection-status-unknown-the-dependency-service/92203623-b6d5-4301-8c79-00210abbcdd4?page=3

By default i cannot ping the computers hostname but i can ping their ip addresses. 1. Install libnss-winbind sudo apt-get install libnss-winbind 2. Modify nsswitch.conf gedit /etc/nsswitch.conf 3. Locate the line "Host:" then append with "wins" at end. so it look like this below:  hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns wins 4. Save the file then exit. 5. Restart winbind service service winbind start Reference:  http://askubuntu.com/questions/507649/ubuntu-can-not-ping-host-name-but-can-ping-ip    ---(post of Benoit )

This is a quick procedure on how to run your batch file in Ubuntu Base Machine. (I assume you already have a .bat file.) Install DOS emulator. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install dosemu Make DOS emulator to be listed on Default Application List by editing the dosemu.desktop file. sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/dosemu.desktop Find the "Exec" variable (i.e, Exec=/usr/bin/xdosemu). Append these characters " %f" at the end of the line (i.e, Exec=/usr/bin/xdosemu %f). Save the document. Set DOS emulator as a default application for your .bat file. Right-Click .bat file Select Properties Click "Open With" Tab Select "DOS emulator" from list Click "Set as default" Close the properties window Double-Click your .bat file and you should see that it is run by Dos Emulator.  

You are trying to share a folder from Standard User Account and you will get this error: "' net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Permission denied You do not have permission to create a usershare. Ask your administrator to grant you permissions to create a share ." To fix this problem, you need to modify the file in /etc/group . So, Login to your administrator account first, then open terminal , and type the command sudo su and enter you admin password gedit /etc/group Find sambashare then add your standard user account there; (e.g sambashare:x:124:admin,<standard user account>). Save and Close the File. After that, you need also to modify the samba configuration file, so on the terminal type this command gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf Add this line on the Global Section, usershare owner only = false On the Share Definitions, set the create mask = 777 and directory