Creating keyfiles:
$ truecrypt -- keyfile-create myKeyFile.key

Creating volumes from files:
$ truecrypt -c myVolume.vol

Mounting volumes:
$ truecrypt myVolume.vol (mounts next available slot under /media)
$ truecrypt myVolume.vol /media/truecrypt5 (mounts in specific slot under /media)
$ truecrypt myVolume.vol -k myKeyFile.key (when keyfiles are required)
$ truecrypt /dev/sdb (mounting encrypted devices with prompts)
$ truecrypt /dev/sdb /media/truecrypt6 (mounts in specific slot under /media)
$ truecrypt /dev/sdc1 (mounting encrypted partitions)
$ truecrypt /dev/sdc1 /media/truecrypt7 (mounts in specific slot under /media)

Dismounting volumes:
$ truecrypt -d /media/truecrypt5

Viewing mounted volumes:
$ truecrypt -l (lists volumes with short info)
$ truecrypt -l -v (lists volumes with long info)

*** It’s a little dated, but still a great article here on building and running TrueCrypt installed from the command line – http://polishlinux.org/howtos/truecrypt-howto/

** NOTE: Borrowed from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737#fixit4me

• To reset Internet Explorer automatically, click the Fix this problem link. Then click Run in theFile Download dialog box, and follow the steps in this wizard.
• This fix does not work in Windows 7. Instead, you can use the Internet Explorer troubleshooters to achieve this automatically.
• This wizard may be in English only; however, the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows.
• If you are not on the computer that has the problem, you can save the automatic fix to a flash drive or to a CD, and then you can run it on the computer that has the problem.

** NOTE: If the article mentioned above has disappeared, you can download the MSI executable here. Run it to reset all user settings in IE8, then restart IE8 for the Wizard to reappear.

Programs can choose to allow their child windows a preview on the taskbar (for example, if you had multiple Spreadsheets open in a single instance of Excel, you will probably appreciate that Excel gives each window its own thumbnail instead of just the master Excel process).

You can subscribe to your calendar posted on Google Calendar. An Internet Calendar Subscription keeps your Outlook copy of your Google Calendar updated. Outlook periodically checks the Google Calendar for updates, and if any are found, they are downloaded to the calendar copy in Outlook.

• Log on to your GOOGLE CALENDAR account.
• In the left column, under CALENDARS, click the arrow button next to the calendar that you want to add to Outlook as an INTERNET CALENDAR SUBSCRIPTION.
• Select CALENDAR SETTINGS.
• Under PRIVATE ADDRESS, click ICAL.
• Select the URL that appears, and then press CTRL+C to copy the selected text to the Windows clipboard. Do not click the link. If you click the link, the calendar will be opened in Outlook as a Calendar Snapshot which is not updated.
• In Outlook, on the TOOLS menu, click ACCOUNT SETTINGS.
• On the INTERNET CALENDARS tab, click NEW.
• Paste the URL from the earlier step using CTRL+V.
• Click ADD.
• In the FOLDER NAME box, type the name of the calendar as you want it to appear in Outlook, and then click OK.

** NOTE: To make changes to your Google calendar, you must use Google Calendar. Changes made in Outlook are not sent to your Google Calendar.

** NOTE: This text was copied for personal use from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/ha101674951033.aspx

In OUTLOOK CALENDAR, select a calendar to make it the active calendar in the view.

On the FILE menu, click SAVE AS. Type a name for the iCal file in the FILE NAME text box.

A summary of the calendar name, date range, and detail level appears next to MORE OPTIONS.

From the DATE RANGE list, choose the amount of calendar data to include in the iCal file, or click SPECIFY dates to enter a custom date range. If you choose a large date range or select WHOLE CALENDAR, you might create a large iCalendar file.

From the DETAIL list, choose the amount of detail to show the recipients. By default, the AVAILABILITY ONLY option is selected. None of the options include your items marked private unless you change the privacy option in ADVANCED.

Optionally, click SHOW to see ADVANCED OPTIONS.

Include details of items marked private.   This option requires DETAILS to be set to LIMITED DETAILS or FULL DETAILS. The existence of private items will be included, but no further information will be shared.

Include attachments within calendar items This option requires DETAILS to be set to FULL DETAILS. All attachments in calendar items, such as spreadsheets, are included. This might increase the size of the iCalendar file significantly.

Click OK, and then click SAVE. If your calendar contains no items, a dialog box appears to provide you with a chance to cancel saving the iCalendar file.

Log onto your Google Calendar account.
Click SETTINGS at the top of the page.
Under CALENDAR SETTINGS, click IMPORT CALENDAR.
Under Step 1: Select FILE, click BROWSE, choose the file that you created above, and then click Open.
Under Step 2: Choose CALENDAR, select the GOOGLE CALENDAR where you want to import your Outlook calendar.
Under Step 3: COMPLETE IMPORT, click IMPORT.

** NOTE:   This is a static calendar that does not update, regardless of changes made to it in Outlook. To update the calendar in Google Calendar with the changes made to it in the Outlook calendar, you must repeat this procedure.

** NOTE: This text was copied for personal use from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/ha101674951033.aspx

For two-way calendar synchronization, Google provides Google Calendar Sync. You can synchronize calendar items between your primary Outlook calendar and a Google Calendar. This application is produced and supported by Google.

** NOTE: This text was copied for personal use from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/ha101674951033.aspx

A Calendar Snapshot is a copy of a calendar that is not updated. To view updates to a Calendar Snapshot, you must obtain a new Calendar Snapshot. For Internet Calendars are are kept up-to-date automatically, see Subscribe to a Google Calendar.

• Log on to your Google Calendar account.
• In the left column, under Calendars, click the arrow button next to the calendar that you want to import into Outlook.
• Select Calendar settings.
• Under Private Address, click ICAL.
• In the Calendar Address dialog box, click the Internet Web address of the calendar that appears.
• When prompted, click OK to import the calendar into Outlook.

** NOTE: The imported calendar is static . It does not update, regardless of the changes made to it in Google Calendar. To update the calendar in Outlook with the changes made to it in Google Calendar, you must repeat this procedure.

** NOTE: The calendar opens in side-by-side view in the Outlook Calendar and is added to the Navigation Pane in Calendar view under Other Calendars. The Navigation Pane is the column on the left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the items in the folder.

** NOTE: This text was copied for personal use from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/ha101674951033.aspx

The AllTray utility allows you to send any running application to the SysTray in Ubuntu. Use Aptitude to install it:
$ sudo apt-get install alltray

Once installed, there are two ways to use it.

• You can apply the AllTray option adhoc to active applications using APPLICATIONS –> ACCESSORIES –> ALLTRAY and clicking on the active window / application you want to send to the SysTray
• You can start applications in an AllTray shell from the command line (terminal, shell script, or ALT-F2) by using the following syntax to start gedit for example: $ alltray gedit

To change a hostname in Ubuntu’s current session:
$ sudo hostname -b newHostName

To make the changes permanent for future boots, backup your current config:
$ sudo cp -p /etc/hostname /etc/hostname.backup
then edit and save changes in your /etc/hostname file:
$ sudo gedit /etc/hostname

* NOTE: If you have the hostname variable as part of your cmdlin prompt in terminal sessions, you will not notice the hostname change until you shell to a sub-session, restart the current session, or restart the computer.