Technical and other useful information for LSCE users

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Information for newcomers

Getting started

For people in a hurry: Accessing the servers with ssh, Configuring and using PuTTY/Pageant on Windows, Installing and configuring an X server on Windows

LSCE-related public transport

Using the RIE Algorithmes web site (adding money to your restaurant account, ...)

Windows 10 notes

BIOS, diagnostics and other start-up notes

Recovering from a Major Hardware or Windows 10 Crash
Trying to recover from a Black Screen (possibly a hardware crash)
a Windows BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)
and other frightening computer stuff

Misc Win10 notes

Upgrading a HP computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (for a computer bought with a Win10 license downgraded to Win7)

Re-installing Windows 10 after a major crash

Migrating to a new computer

Configuring Windows 10 (useful Windows 10 settings to work more efficiently)

sharebox (LSCE cloud) + owncloud for dummies

Adding extra applications

Keeping your Win10 machine clean and up-to-date

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Ubuntu

Python notes

Working with Python

JYP's recommended steps for learning python

Working with matplotlib (JYP version)

Matplotlib cheatsheets

JYP's map room

Grids, projections, ...

Useful Python stuff (unsorted tips and tricks)

UV-CDAT python distribution notes

conda based versions of UV-CDAT

Installed versions of UV-CDAT (versions >= 2.8.0)

Misc. notes

Older versions

Older versions (versions <= 2.1.0) Very old stuff, that most probably nobody will need

Extra packages installed in UV-CDAT

Installation, unsorted bits and pieces

conda/python installation notes

JYP steps for installing Miniconda3

Useful conda commands

Thunderbird and Firefox notes

TB and FF may start behaving strangely if their settings or extensions are corrupted. In that case: Exit and then restart in Safe Mode: hold the Shift key while double-clicking on the TB/FF icon More about Safe Mode If you can't access a Gmail account with TB (and it was working before), accept cookies in TB Options/Privacy & Security Pop up screen "One account. All of Google" See also: Check Gmail through other email platforms More debugging information is available in the TB page below

Thunderbird (TB)

Firefox (FF)

Thunderbird and Firefox on Linux

PC low level technical notes

BIOS, diagnostics and other start-up notes

mSATA Low level administration

Fix Windows Update issues (Windows 8.1Windows 10Windows 7)

Misc technical info

Using a PC keyboard on a Macintosh

Google (and smartphones) notes

Clonezilla notes

Creating a full image of a disk

Old and possibly obsolete sections

We keep this information here, just in case. And some recent pages may still have links to older sections...

VirtualBox notes

VirtualBox is still an excellent product! But if your goal is to have a tight integration between Windows and Linux on the same machine, officially supported by Microsoft, you should have a look at the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Ubuntu section
VB host: the machine and operating system where the VB program is running.

VB guest: the operating system running inside VB.

Installing VirtualBox

Using VirtualBox

Using the Linux guest

Updating VirtualBox

Windows 7 notes

Microsoft has stopped the Windows 7 support in January 2020. You should now be using Windows 10 and reading the Windows 10 notes

Installing Windows 7 (basic standard LSCE installation)

Configuring Windows 7 (useful Windows 7 settings to work more efficiently)

Adding extra applications

Keeping your Windows 7 computer clean and up-to-date

Migrating to a new computer

Miscellaneous notes

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