As an alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the following derivatives are available and actively maintained:

• CentOS
• Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Scientific Linux

My personal preference is CentOS, since it’s as close as you can get to the real thing, including the bugs that come with RHEL.

If you are using the disk-based activation (evmode) with Rockwell and AB software, you can remove all licenses from your machine by deleting the hidden evrsi.sys file on your computer:

attrib c:\evrsi.sys -S -H -R -A
del c:\evrsi.sys

This will delete all evmode activations currently on the system, without affecting the newer FactoryTalk activation system.

If you are setting up a Brother MFC-6490CW using the PC Remote Setup software, the default password is “access”.