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I should never tinker on the computer first thing in the morning when I have things to do. I was supposed to be cleaning the apartment, but spent all day building virtual computers. Most of it was trying to get Novel NetWare 5.1 and Netware 6.5 servers built. But each keeps blowing up during the install. 6.5 doesn’t like the video drivers. 5.1 goes into a restart loop, but I can’t figure out way.

When I got tired messing with Novell, I looked at what other servers I could build. Using mostly evaluation and free versions, I’ve built the following virtual computers using VirtualBox running on Ubuntu:

Windows XP Professional
Windows 7 Ultimate (Release Candidate)
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 98 SE
Windows 2008 Server Enterprise
Windows 2003 Server Standard
Solaris 10
Fedoria 11
SUSE Enterprise Lunix
FreeDOS 1.0

and just to be a wise-ass, I built a virtual Ubuntu Server.

I wonder if I can install VirtualBox on a virtual server and create a virtual virtual computer? Yes, I know. My inner-geek is showing.

I checked the IP address.  It looks legitimate.

I cancelled my cable service in STL on January 16th and dropped off my cable box a couple of days later.  I have the receipt.  At the time I was told that I would be getting a refund.  Each month since then I have gotten a bill from Charter for monthly service.  And with each bill I would call and tell them that they’ve made a mistake.  Their records clearly show that the service was scheduled to be disconnected on January 16.  But for some reason, it never was.  Each month they would tell me to ignore the bill and they’ll do what’s needed to get it straightened out.

This month, I got a letter from a collection agency for $350+ owed to Charter for service through May when it was finally disconnected…for non-payment.  Again, I called Charter.  And again I was told to ignore the notice and they would straighten it out.  I said I wasn’t going to hold my breath.  But I’ve taken names and ID numbers.  If this shows up on my credit report, I’m going to sue.  Yeah, Yeah, I know…like that’s really going to make a difference.