Everything is Possible

CentOS Yum Error: thread.error: can't start new thread

2012-01-31T11:02:00.000Z

When the error is in fastestmirror.py, use the yum --disableplugin=fastestmirror ... option

How to convert Android mobile 3gp audio files to MP3 files on Windows

2011-12-06T22:59:00.001Z

Copy all the *.3gp files to Windows
Install FFMPEG on Windows
Start Command Prompt and change to the directory with the 3GP files
Enter

for %a in (*.3gp) do ( ffmpeg -i %a -ar 22050 %a.mp3)

Setting a default custom page zoom or Google Chrome

2011-09-05T12:31:00.000+01:00

Go to :

C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User StyleSheets

Open up Custom.css

insert :

body {zoom: 1.25}

Save, and every page will now be be zoomed X 1.25

To recursively find all the files in a folder tree

2011-08-02T16:57:00.000+01:00

xcopy C:\MyFolder\*.doc /S /L

will list out all .doc file in C:\MyFolder and all subfolders

Recovering Files from a Corrupt SD Card

2011-07-24T12:03:00.000+01:00

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Did it for me!

Bulk Renaming of JPG files with Date Taken

2011-07-24T12:02:00.000+01:00

http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk

Won't win any prizes for the user interface, but does the job!

Rename a file with date and time as the file name in a Windows batch file

2011-07-14T11:38:00.000+01:00

ren yourfilename.txt %date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%.txt

Cheap Kindles!

2011-07-13T09:17:00.001+01:00

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002Y27P46?tag=amz0000-21

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002LVUWFE?tag=amz0000-21

Getting PHP cURL to work in MoWes

2011-05-29T01:27:00.002+01:00

Copy php_curl.dll, php_gd2.dll, ssleay32.dll to apache\bin.
Enable extension=php_curl.dll in php.ini
Restart apache

Free and Simple MP4 Editor - Avidemux

2011-05-15T00:20:00.002+01:00

http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

Running Windows Scheduled Task Batch File Minimized

2011-05-09T15:19:00.000+01:00

For the batch file "MyBatchFile.bat", create a shortcut : "C:\Shortcut to MyBatchFile.bat.lnk".
Goto to the properties of the shortcut file and set the Run window state to "Minimized".
In the Windows Scheduler, create a task.
Browse to the shortcut, and finish creating the scheduled task.
When you are done, go back the the schedule tasks and edit the properties of the "MyBatchFile" scheduled task.
Replace the filename of "C:\MyBatchFile.bat" with the filename of the shortcut :"C:\Shortcut to MyBatchFile.bat.lnk"

Your schedule task will now run minimized.

Change Linux timezone

2011-05-05T22:55:00.001+01:00

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime

Enabling Permalinks in Wordpress

2011-05-04T21:03:00.001+01:00

Make sure the following is in Apache's httpd.conf:

RewriteEngine on
AllowOverride All

Running Windows control panel apps from the command line

2011-03-12T09:49:00.000Z

Control panel tool	Command
Accessibility Options	control access.cpl
Add New Hardware	control sysdm.cpl add new hardware
Add/Remove Programs	control appwiz.cpl
Date/Time Properties	control timedate.cpl
Display Properties	control desk.cpl
FindFast	control findfast.cpl
Fonts Folder	control fonts
Internet Properties	control inetcpl.cpl
Joystick Properties	control joy.cpl
Keyboard Properties	control main.cpl keyboard
Windows Messaging	control mlcfg32.cpl
Microsoft Mail Post Office	control wgpocpl.cpl
Modem Properties	control modem.cpl
Mouse Properties	control main.cpl
Multimedia Properties	control mmsys.cpl
Network Properties	control netcpl.cpl
Password Properties	control password.cpl
PC Card	control main.cpl pc card
Power Management	control powercfg.cpl
Printers Folder	control printers
Regional Settings	control intl.cpl
Scanners and Cameras	control sticpl.cpl
Sound Properties	control mmsys.cpl sounds
System Properties	control sysdm.cpl

Excellent 3GP converter

2011-03-04T15:22:00.000Z

Pazera Free 3GP converter

Dropbox is simply awesome

2011-03-04T12:09:00.001Z

Free 2 gigs, sync'd with your smartphone, desktop and web. saved my bacon more than once. Just get it!

The Samsung Galaxy Tab

2010-12-08T15:31:00.003Z

Simply Awesome! Get one!

Removing Samsung Kies Outlook Add in

2010-12-05T19:58:00.000Z

In Outlook 2007:

Tools -> Trust Centre
Click "Add ins"
Select "Exchange Client Extensions" and click Go
Uncheck "Redemption Helper Outlook Extension"
Click OK.

Pictures on your Kindle

2010-11-08T01:27:00.000Z

Connect Kindle via USB to your PC.
Go to the Kindle drive.
Create “Pictures” folder on your Kindle drive.
Now create sub-folders for your photo albums.
Drop images into these sub-folders.
Unplug your Kindle and go to the Home Page.
Press Alt-Z on home page
Select one of these photo albums

Overlining text in Microsoft Word

2010-09-26T15:28:00.001+01:00

Press: CTRL-F9
Type: EQ \x \to(text to be overlined)
Press: F9

To re-edit later, click on the overlined text and press SHIFT-F9

How to sync your iPhone calendar with your Google Calendar

2010-09-05T18:52:00.001+01:00

On your iPhone, go to settings, Mail, Contact, Calendars, Add Account, Other, Add CalDAV Account. Set server to www.google.com and use your gmail.com login.

Block SideWiki on your website

2010-08-31T12:32:00.003+01:00

Put this javascript in the < head > section of your web pages:

<script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript"> 

if( location.href.indexOf('#SWBLK') == -1){
  if( navigator.userAgent.indexOf('GTB') > 0 ){
    var theTime = new Date();
    location.href = location.href + '#SWBLK' + theTime.getTime();
  }
}
</script>

jQTouch form login with redirect example

2010-08-21T19:16:00.002+01:00

First file, jqtform.html:



<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>jQTouch &beta;</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import "jqtouch/jqtouch.min.css";</style>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import 
"themes/jqt/theme.min.css";</style>
<script src="jqtouch/jquery.1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript" 
charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="jqtouch/jqtouch.min.js" type="application/x-javascript" 
charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
var jQT = new $.jQTouch({});

$(function(){ 
$('body').bind('pageAnimationEnd', function(event, info){
//alert($('#Success')[0].innerHTML);
if ($('#Success') && $('#Success')[0].innerHTML=='Success'){
$(location).attr('href','http://www.jqtouch.com/');
}
});
});

</script>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
body.fullscreen #home .info {
display: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form id="myform" action="jqtform.php" method="POST" class="form">
<div class="toolbar">
<h1>Log in</h1>
</div>
<ul class="rounded">
<li><input type="text" name="username" value="" placeholder="Username" /></li>
<li><input type="password" name="password" value="" placeholder="Password" 
/></li>
</ul>
<a style="margin:0 10px;color:rgba(0,0,0,.9)" href="#" class="submit 
whiteButton">Submit</a>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Second file, jqtform.php:



<?php
$title = "Wrong username or password";
if ($_POST["username"] && $_POST["password"]) {
if ($_POST["username"] =="jqtouch" && $_POST["password"] == "jqtouch") { 
$title = "Success";
}
}
?>
<div>
<form id="myform" action="jqtform.php" method="POST" class="form">
<div class="toolbar">
<h1><?php echo $title ?></h1>
</div>
<ul class="rounded">
<li><input type="text" name="username" value="" placeholder="Username" /></li>
<li><input type="password" name="password" value="" placeholder="Password" 
/></li>
</ul>
<a style="margin:0 10px;color:rgba(0,0,0,.9)" href="#" class="submit 
whiteButton">Submit</a>
</form>
<?php if ($title == "Success"){ ?>
<div id="Success">Success</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>

Permanently mounting a VirtualBox shared folder in a Ubuntu guest

2010-08-13T19:15:00.001+01:00

Assuming your shared folder is called vbshared, first:

sudo mkdir /mnt/vbshared

Then, add the following line to the file /etc/fstab:

vbshared /mnt/vbshared vboxsf defaults 0 0

Restart your Ubuntu guest.

Ubuntu Linux Folder Sharing Error: Failed to execute child process "testparm" (No such file or directory)

2010-08-13T19:09:00.000+01:00

apt-get install samba-common-bin

sudo for file browser in Ubuntu Linux

2010-08-11T03:26:00.002+01:00

gksu nautilus

Share Folder Without Password in XP

2010-07-27T01:09:00.000+01:00

Share to "ANONYMOUS LOGON" and set folder security to allow "ANONYMOUS LOGON" .

How to install Windows XP without USB, Floppy or CD Drive

2010-07-26T23:27:00.000+01:00

Use a 2ndPC. Download WinToFlash to 2nd PC.
Put your target hard disk in a USB caddy and mount it in 2nd PC.
Get your original XP CD onto 2nd PC.
Run WinToFlash. Go to advanced mode.
Select "Transfer Windows Setup to USB Drive", and click "Run".
Select Windows source path as your XP CD, and the USB Drive as your target hard disk, and click "Run".
When completed, Mount your target hard disk in your target PC/laptop, and boot.
Select text mode (1st option) from the menu.
Set up Windows XP in normal fashion.

Slatevision and Viglen Exaro Tablet PC driver files

2010-07-26T23:14:00.000+01:00

These are the driver files for the FIC/Elonex Slatevision or Viglen Exaro Windows XP Tablet PC.

Convert MySQL database to UTF8

2010-07-19T17:23:00.002+01:00

ALTER DATABASE dbname DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

How to backup your Windows Mobile device before a ROM upgrade

2010-05-11T09:58:00.002+01:00

Use SPB Backup demo. Backup to a memory card. Restore from created restoration exe after upgrade.

HTC HD2 Review

2010-03-28T19:27:00.002+01:00

This is not my first HTC smartphone. I have had a few versions already. They are always the same: Great on paper, nice in the hand, but unstable and unpredictable in use. The pros then:

1) Slim, weighty, and nice physical quality feel.
2) Fabulous screen. Large, bright and contrasty. Gives the iPhone a good run for its money in this department.
3) Good reception for phone, quite reasonable for the FM radio, loud enough handsfree mode.
4) Fantastic Wifi Router facility. I am using it now to write this on my laptop. However, O2 took this off their version. I had to download it off a 3rd party website. So beware, if you are buying from O2.
5) MP3 sound quality quite acceptable. Framerates fast enough to watch a decent video.

Now the cons:

1) The virtual keyboard and the touch screen. Simply the worst I have ever used on any device, bar none. And I have used a lot of mobile devices in my life. It is inaccurate and over sensitive. Switching between it and the iPhone is like night and day. The capacitive screen is too sensitive and not "debounced" properly. It often can't differentiate between a swipe, a hold and a press, resulting in numerous accidental calls when "swiping" through the contacts. Every other key press has to be corrected. Here is an example of an email to myself without corrections:

"Mary hsd a littlr lamb. Its fleece eas ss ehite sd dnoe. A.d every where thst msry er6 yhr lsmb eas sure to go"

And I was typing very slowly and carefully. The problem is that it registers the key as you release your finger (a cheap, lazy and ineffective debouncing trick), and if you don't lift you finger vertically off the screen, it will register the next key in the direction that you are lifting. Sometimes it will even register a key 3 keys away from the one that you hit. I text and email a lot, so this phone has been excruciating to use. I could go on and on about the keyboard, but you get the picture.
2) The atrocious battery life. Just to try and get a day's worth out of it means switching off *everything*: Wifi, Bluetooth, 3G, data services, backlight, in fact just about anything that might just make this phone useful. i never go anywhere without my USB charging lead and plug it into anything that resembles a USB port at every opportunity just to keep it going.
3) Windows Mobile stability. The complete lack of it. My son crashed it within 2 minutes of first turning it on. It requires a reboot several time a day just to stop it stuttering and freezing. However, I have to admit, I am a heavy user, using almost all the applications and every aspect of the phone all the time. This behavour is common to all the Windows Mobile phones tht I have used.
4) Speed, the lack of. For a phone with a 1GHz processor, I have laptops that run XP faster on half the CPU speed. The first few hours were fine, it felt speedy. But as the SMS and emails piled up, it slowly starts to grind. Switching between reading messages to answering them can take anything up to 10 seconds.
5) User Interface. HTC tried to overlay, and in some cases replace, the standard Windows Mobile interface. Whilst the end result looks "pretty", it is inconsistent. It looks like it has been designed by a team who never met each other. What works in one part of the inteface doesn't work in another part. Also, when they run out of ideas, they just dump you straight back into clunky black and white Windows Mobile interface.

I have spent the last few days wondering whether to send it back. But I think I will keep it for the Wifi router as I am almost dependent on it now. It work far better than the useless 3 "Mifi" router.

Outlook 2007 hyperlink error - "This Operation Has Been Cancelled Due to Restrictions in Effect on This Computer"

2010-03-06T15:36:00.002Z

Registry corruption.

Solution: Exit Outlook. Install Firefox. Mke it default browser. Exit Firefox. Run Internet Explorer, make it default browser. Exit IE. Restart Outlook. Should work now.

Review of Asus 1005HA 10-inch Netbook

2010-03-03T19:31:00.000Z

So far so good. There is a good quality feel to the package. Keyboard has good feel with well spaced keys for such a small device. It is slightly bigger than the original EEE PC. The only slightly negative points are that:
1) Try as I might, I couldn't get the battery to last more than 6 hours, but I suppose that is with the Wifi on and using it fairly constantly, on average brightness. I guess to get it to last the claimed 8.5 hours, you will probably have to dim the screen a lot more and turn off the Wifi.

2) The cursor keys are strangely shaped and I kept hitting the wrong key.

3) The dimpled trackpad area doesn't feel well designed and isn't as responsive as other laptops I have had.

4) The trackpad button is a rocker type affair for left and right clicks and takes a little more pressure to activate than I would like.

But that said, it is a great little laptop with a great battery life. I will probably be buying a couple for the rest of the family.

Disabling thumbs.db in Windows XP folders

2010-01-14T11:22:00.002Z

Start Windows File Explorer. Go to menu: Tools, Folder Options, Check/Tick "Do not cache thumbnails"

Apache - 403 Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server

2009-11-25T16:49:00.002Z

Turn off SELinux.
Log on to the server. vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux. Change "enforcing" to "disabled". Reboot.

SharePoint Event Error: The database WSS_Content on NAME\Microsoft##SSEE is not accessible to missing Windows Internal Database signatures

2009-10-21T23:49:00.002+01:00

On SharePoint server, cd to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12\BIN" folder.
Run: stsadm -o provisionservice -action stop -servicetype spwebservice -servicename ""
Run: stsadm -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype spwebservice -servicename ""
Run: psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force
Run: "iisreset /noforce"

Unlock your Google Apps for Domain account

2009-08-20T21:41:00.001+01:00

https://www.google.com/a/yourdomain.com/UnlockCaptcha

DNN upgrade error BC30560: 'RewriterRuleCollection' is ambiguous in the namespace 'DotNetNuke.HttpModules.Config'

2009-06-21T22:27:00.001+01:00

Remove "DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewrite.dll" from DotNetNuke\bin.

Change the DNN logo in the search box

2009-06-11T11:28:00.005+01:00

In skin.xml

SiteIconURL
mysiteicon.gif

DotNetNuke Upgrade failed - The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception

2009-06-01T01:43:00.002+01:00

Delete the following files from the \bin folder:

DotNetNuke.Authentication.ADSI.dll
DotNetNuke.Authentication.ADSIProvider.dll
DotNetNuke.DNNScheduler.SqlDataProvider.dll
DotNetNuke.HttpModules.Authentication.dll
DotNetNuke.Provider.DBLoggingProvider.SqlDataProvider.dll
DotNetNuke.Provider.Membership.SqlDataProvider.dll
DotNetNuke.Provider.SQLMembershipProvider.dll
DotNetNuke.Provider.SQLProfileProvider.dll
DotNetNuke.Provider.SQLRoleProvider.dll

Uninstall MS SQL Server Embedded Edition

2009-05-06T16:27:00.001+01:00

1. Start Registry Editor, and then locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
2. In the left pane, click each GUID. For each GUID that you click, look for a display name in the right pane that matches “Microsoft SQL 2005 Embedded Edition…”.
3. When you see a display name that matches the name, copy the value of the Key named “UninstallString”
4. Open a Command-Window (Start->run->cmd)
5. Paste the Copied string. It should be something like this: MsiExec.exe /X{BDD79957-5801-4A2D-B09E-852E7FA64D01}
6. Append “ CALLERID=OCSETUP.EXE” at the end of the MsiExec.exe eg “MsiExec.exe /X{BDD79957-5801-4A2D-B09E-852E7FA64D01} CALLERID=OCSETUP.EXE”
7. Run the command. This will go through the process of uninstalling SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition
8. Reboot.

"Make files available offline" missing

2009-04-29T15:13:00.002+01:00

Double-click My Computer.
On the Tools menu, press Folder Options.
Select the Offline Files tab.
Check the Enable Offline Files box.
Press Apply and OK.

MS SQL Server Error: The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing database.

2009-04-02T22:08:00.001+01:00

In SQL Server Management Studio Express, when restoring, check the "Overwrite the existing database" option.

enabling MySQL in PHP on CENTOS 5

2009-02-20T22:52:00.001Z

yum install 'php-mysql'

Running UBUNTU in under Microsoft Virtual Server

2009-02-17T17:11:00.002Z

Boot from Ubuntu’s install CD
Then press F6, and at the end of the line add this: text vga=791 noreplace-paravirt

Drobo Review

2009-02-09T19:43:00.000Z

I bought one of these when they first appeared on the promise that they are expandable without down time. Filled it with 2x500GB Samsung drives and it performed admirably, if a tad slow. I used it to back up machines and the backup files got fairly big and soon it filled up. I added 2 more 500GB drives and was pleasantly surprised when the extra capacity appeared within a few minutes without much fuss. The backup files got bigger ( >60GB each ) and then the problems started: It would start hanging from time to time and needed a power cycle each time to revive. One each power restart, the lights on all the drives would flash amber for several hours, with the warning message that the files are not protected. The problem grew slightly worse as the files got bigger and soon it had reach capacity. I started replacing the 500GB with 1 TB drives, and this was an ardously long process. The drives can only be replaced one at the time and each time, it flashed amber for several days before another drive can be replaced. Eventually all 4 drives were replaced and the backing up restarted in earnest and was met with a resounding failure. The backup files have now reach >100GB and not a single backup session was successful. Each time it would hang after several hours of copying, and after each power cycle, it would flash amber for a couple of days before turning green again. Tech support's only suggestions were always to either reformat the drive or update the firmware which were done every time to no avail. By now the drive was out of warranty, and stupidly, I bought a second one to see if the first one was unique. Sadly, the second one is exactly the same. Thus, the conclusion is to avoid it like the plague if you are intending to fill it with terabyte drives and copy very large files. I now have a proper NAS device with 4 TB drives for a little more money and it works like a dream. The only down side is that I can't upgrade the space without downtime like the Drobo promised.

Slow AD login away from AD domain

2009-02-09T14:00:00.000Z

Trying changing Kerberos to TCP via:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=244474

Sharepoint 3 and IE7 pop up name.dll problem

2009-01-21T05:19:00.002Z

Open init.js in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\", find the function ProcessImn(). Delete the body of the function, i.e. :

function ProcessImn() { }

Windows Vista VPN Problem: "This connection requires an active internet connection"

2009-01-07T09:42:00.002Z

Go to Control Panel - Network connections. Right click on the VPN connection and click "Connect".

FTP server not working on Windows 2003

2008-12-19T17:07:00.002Z

Configure your firewall. Use the script from here: http://clintm.esria.com/2006/11/20/configuring-windows-2003-firewall-and-iis-6-for-pasv-ftp-port-range/
Make sure your anti-virus/anti-malware isn't blocking inbound FTP requests.

How to replace a broken default.master in SharePoint 3.0

2008-11-21T21:19:00.002Z

If you mess up your default.master in SharePoint 3.0, you may get a "File not found" error on every page. To restore operation, use Windows explorer to go to the folder \\SharePointSite\DavWWWRoot\_catalogs\masterpage and copy a valid default.master file there.

Displaying record ID in Sharepoint 2003

2008-11-20T16:13:00.004Z

Put the following javascript in the Dispform.aspx and Editform.aspx:

function urlparm( name ){ name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\< /a>]"); var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)"; var regex = new RegExp( regexS ); var results = regex.exec( window.location.href ); if( results == null ) return ""; else return results[1];}

onetidPageTitle.innerHTML=' <h2 class="ms-pagetitle">ID: '+urlparm("ID")+'</h2>';

Get whois on an IP address in a web page

2008-11-20T14:02:00.002Z

create a bookmark. Enter the following URL:

javascript:{var s = document.selection; var r = s.createRange(); var t= r.text; var w=window.open("http://whois.domaintools.com/"+t);}

Select an IP address on a web page. Click on the bookmark.

Set program output to environment variable in batch file

2008-11-18T15:42:00.001Z

FOR /F "tokens=*" %A IN ('prog.exe') DO SET ENVVAR=%A

How to stop a META REFRESH

2008-11-09T14:00:00.002Z

Use Firefox 3. Go to Tools, Options, Advanced, General and check the box for "Warn me when websites try to redirect or reload the page".

Software for HP 2840 printer won't install on XP without USB drivers (eg. virtual PC)

2008-10-16T16:50:00.002+01:00

Copy the installation files from CD to hard disk. Find the file "HPZchk01.exe". Replace it with a "do nothing" exe file. Windows Notepad.exe will also do as a last resort.

Hack to convert Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional

2008-10-06T20:37:00.002+01:00

Open Registry Editor (regedit).
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet00X/Control/ProductOptions, where X is the highest number.
Delete the ProductSuite registry key.
Then, create a new DWORD value and named it as "Brand".
Set the "Brand" value data as 0.
Restart the system.
On boot up after the BIOS screen, press F8 to display Windows XP Startup Menu.
Choose Last Known Good Configuration.

Windows Vista LAN Access Local Only

2008-09-30T10:30:00.001+01:00

Check default gateway via ipconfig /all. If a gateway of 0.0.0.0 exists, delete it with route delete.

Multiple Concurrent Remote Desktops in Windows XP

2008-08-20T21:35:00.000+01:00

http://www.kood.org/terminal-server-patch/

After Windows XP Service Pack 3 Remote Desktop not disconnecting cleanly

2008-08-20T20:01:00.002+01:00

Clear the checkbox "Reconnect if the connection is dropped" on the "Experience" tab.

Decompile CHM into HTM

2008-08-10T18:19:00.000+01:00

http://www.keyworks.net/keytools.htm

Virtual Server could not open its emulated Ethernet switch driver.

2008-08-07T02:22:00.001+01:00

Usually happens when you have installed a new network card or updated it's driver. Follow the procedures here to fix:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555629/EN-US/

Hobocopy "stops" MS Virtual Server Guests

2008-08-06T17:18:00.002+01:00

MS Virtual Server R2 SP1 has Shadown Copy integration. Using Hobocopy to copy running VHDs will cause Virtual Server to save the virtual guests. Currently no clean way around except to restore the virtual guests after Hobocopy has started.

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application.

2008-08-05T10:28:00.001+01:00

Install .Net.

"network path not found" When joining Active Directory domain

2008-07-03T10:33:00.001+01:00

Add "File and Printer Sharing" to the client PC/Server.

Installing SVN on Windows 2003

2008-05-08T15:06:00.000+01:00

Download svn-1.4.6-setup.exe from http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91

svnadmin create c:\SvnRepo

Serve the repository svnserve -d -r c:\SvnRepo

test it by running:

svn info svn://localhost

Create a Windows service for the server :

sc create "SvnServer" binPath= "\"C:\Program Files\Subversion\bin\svnserve.exe\" --service --root \"c:\SvnRepo\"" DisplayName= "Subversion Server" depend= tcpip start= auto

The SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) service terminated with service-specific error 3417 (0xD59).

2008-05-07T16:31:00.001+01:00

The file "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf" is compressed but does not reside in a read-only database or filegroup. The file must be decompressed.

Javascript Stopped Working in Internet Explorer

2008-04-12T21:42:00.001+01:00

Re-install Windows Scripting Host.

Majordomo Bounce Header field too long (>1024)

2008-02-11T10:30:00.000Z

Change the following option in majordomo.cf:

# The maximum character length of the _entire_ header for resend
$MAX_TOTAL_HEADER_LENGTH = 1024;

Connect to SQL Express Embedded Edition With Management Studio

2008-02-06T18:07:00.001Z

Start SQL Server Configuration Manager.
Set "Hide Instance" to "No" for "Protocols for MICROSOFT##SSEE".
Restart the service.

Disabling SELinux

2008-01-25T02:12:00.000Z

Edit the file /etc/selinux/config.
Set SELINUX=permissive

Moodle refuse to login on CentOS 5

2008-01-25T02:09:00.000Z

Disable SELinux

Postfix warning: connect to private/anvil: Connection refused

2008-01-23T13:19:00.000Z

sh /etc/postfix/post-install upgrade-configuration

SC.EXE value pair oddity

2007-12-11T12:26:00.000Z

The command-line syntax for SC is rather odd. Key/valuepairs are specified as "key= value" (without the double-quotes). The"key=" part must not have any spaces, and the "value" part MUST beseparated from the "key=" by a space.

Import of Excel 2007 sheet into Sharepoint 3 : Method 'Post' of object 'IOWSPostData' failed

2007-10-04T10:43:00.000+01:00

Open C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033\EXPTOOWS.XLA in Excel.
ALT-F11 to open Visual Basic for Applications.
Right-click publishForm and "View Code".
Find the method Sub Initialize(List, Title, URL, QuickLaunch)
Change lVer = Application.SharePointVersion(URL) to lVer = 2 . For some reason, Sharepoint appears to return "0".
Save. This step is important...
Try again. Equally important...

Supplying user credentials to Sharepoint 2 from a client program

2007-09-19T14:28:00.000+01:00

// C#
myCredentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(username, password, domain);
mywebs = new SPWebs.Webs();
mywebs.Credentials = myCredentials;
mylists = new SPLists.Lists();
mylists.Credentials = myCredentials;

Re-install the Server Service

2007-09-19T14:11:00.000+01:00

To re-install "Server Service" in Windows 2003/XP, delete and re-install "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" in network connection properties of your current network connection. Reboot in between.

Re-installing the Workstation Service

2007-09-19T13:30:00.000+01:00

To re-install "Workstation Service" in Windows 2003/XP, delete and re-install "Client for Microsoft Networks" in network connection properties of your current network connection. Don't forget to reboot in between.

Sound in Virtual PC and Windows 2003 Server

2007-08-20T20:45:00.000+01:00

Get the SoundBlaster 16 driver files ctlsb16.sys and wdma_ctl.inf from Windows XP

Review of Sanyo Xacti HD2 High Definition Digital Movie Camera

2007-08-02T19:49:00.000+01:00

Don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed. The image quality is acceptable rather than superlative. The comparable Sony Cybershot DSC-M2 produces a slightly better quality picture. There is a slight lag between pressing the video record button and the the camera responding which is the most annoying thing so far. Battery life is a great deal better than the Sony. It will also accept the latest 8GB SDHC cards which gives you hours of filming. The anti-shake is impressive at low zoom and okay at high zoom. The macro mode will focus down to within an inch which is impressive. In short, for slightly better quality, buy the Sony, but for battery life and features, buy the Sanyo.

Fix for IIS 6.0 not delivering file types

2007-07-25T13:21:00.000+01:00

Right-click on IIS in MMC, and add the file extension to the MIME Types

Anti-framing Javascript

2007-06-05T13:57:00.003+01:00

To recover from a System32\NTOSKRNL.EXE missing or corrupt error on Win2k3

2007-04-21T13:59:00.000+01:00

Boot to Recovery Console. Then:

cd "c:\windows\driver cache\i386"
expand sp1.cab -F:ntoskrnl.exe c:\windows\system32

Moo, Moo, Blue Cow

2007-01-06T12:23:00.001Z

Moo, moo, blue cow,
Have you any milk?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three buckets full.

One for the farmer,
One for the wife,
And one for the little cat
Who lives in the house.

Created by Jessica Ting, age 4.

Tabbed DNN menu

2007-01-02T13:59:00.000Z

userootbreadcrumbarrow="false" - Ensures that the arrows do not appear.
leftseparator=" " - If you don't insert a non-breaking space here, the left side of the tab will collapse.
rightseparator=" " - If you don't insert a non-breaking space here, the right side of the tab will collapse.
leftseparatorcssclass="YourClassName" - This is the left-hand side of your tab in its "Off" state, so specifiy a height and width for the class as well as a non-repeating background image.
rightseparatorcssclass="YourClassName" - This is the right-hand side of your tab in its "Off" state, so specifiy a height and width for the class as well as a non-repeating background image.
rootmenuitemselectedcssclass="YourClassName" - This is your Mouseover state for the tabs. By creating this class, you can specify a different rollover state for the Main menu items and the Submenu items.
leftseparatorbreadcrumbcssclass="YourClassName" - This is the right-hand side of your tab in its "On" state, so specifiy a height and width for the class as well as a non-repeating background image.
rightseparatorbreadcrumbcssclass="YourClassName" - This is the right-hand side of your tab in its "On" state, so specifiy a height and width for the class as well as a non-repeating background image.
rootmenuitembreadcrumbcssclass="YourClassName" - This is the body of your tab in its "On" state, so specifiy a height and width for the class as well as a horizontally-repeating background image.
That covers the left and right-hand sides of tabs in both their "On" and "Off" states, as well as the background for a tab in its "On" state.
To achieve the background for the "Off" tabs, apply the tab's background image to the MainMenu_MenuContainer class.

Getting DNN 4.x to work on Win2K3 IIS

2006-11-28T14:01:00.000Z

Download ASP.net 2.0 framework form http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/default.aspx

Then run: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -I

In IIS go to ASP.NET tab and change the asp.net version to 2.0XXX

In IIS click on "Webservice Extensions"
Click on ASP.NET and "allow" it.

Minimal Setup of W2K3 VPN with NAT

2006-11-14T14:01:00.000Z

0) Disable Windows Firewall service
1) Add Remote Access Role with VPN & NAT.
2) Assign private IPs to clients eg 192.168.x.x
3) Include basic firewall.
4) Punch hole in firewall for PPTP port (1723), assign to external IP/NIC in basic firewall
5) Add remote access policy to include windows/AD group for access to VPN
6) Enable name resolution on basic firewall
7) On the VPN server IP properties tab, use the external NIC for DNS queries

IE6SP1 WWW_Auth logout Javascript

2006-10-05T14:02:00.000+01:00

document.execCommand("ClearAuthenticationCache", "false");

Hibernating/suspending from the command line on Windows XP

2006-08-05T14:04:00.000+01:00

Enter:

rundll32 powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

Whether it hibernates or suspends depends on Control Panel power options.

Attachments:

if (document.getElementById("idAttachmentsTable").rows.length == 0) document.getElementById("idAttachmentsRow").style.display='none';

Hibernating from the command line in Windows Vista

2006-08-05T13:21:00.000+01:00

shutdown /h

Changing Linux to Text Console Login

2006-04-14T14:04:00.000+01:00

Log in to the PC as root.
Edit /etc/inittab
Change the 5 in the line:

id:5:initdefault:

to 3.

The id:5 denotes the runlevel that Linux will boot up into. Runlevel 5 is the graphical login mode. This means that when Linux starts it will go directly into X11. The initdefault stands for the default runlevel. Change this runlevel to 3 for multiuser mode console login.

Windows Tablet as a portable gaming device?

2005-12-08T14:02:00.001Z

I reckon Microsoft is missing a trick here. They should, in my opinion, push Windows Tablet Edition as a portable gaming platform rather than the lacklustre Windows CE. The larger form factor is much more conducive to immersive gaming and the Windows platform easier to port existing games across than the crippled CE platform.

VBScript to set all local users' passwords to non-expire

2005-10-27T14:06:00.000+01:00

Const ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD = &h10000
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
strComputer = objNetwork.ComputerName
Set colAccounts = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "")
colAccounts.Filter = Array("user")
For Each objUser In colAccounts
Wscript.Echo objUser.Name objUserFlags = objUser.Get("UserFlags")
objPasswordExpirationFlag = objUserFlags OR ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD
objUser.Put "userFlags", objPasswordExpirationFlag
objUser.SetInfo
Next

Set AD user password to non-expiry

2005-10-23T14:08:00.000+01:00

using System.DirectoryServices;using ActiveDs;
//Add reference to COM Active DS TypeLib

static void DontExpirePassword(DirectoryEntry User)
{
int val;
const int ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD =0x10000;
val = (int) User.Properties["userAccountControl"].Value;
User.Properties["userAccountControl"].Value = val ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD;
User.CommitChanges();
}

Shutting down remote PCs

2005-09-28T14:10:00.000+01:00

Dim oFSO, oTS, sClient, oWindows, oLocator, oConnection, oSys
Dim sUser, sPassword
'set remote credentials
sUser = "Administrator"sPassword = "password"
'open list of client names
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oTS = oFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\clients.txt")
Do Until oTS.AtEndOfStream
'get next client name
sClient = oTS.ReadLine
'get WMI locator
Set oLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
'Connect to remote WMI
Set oConnection = oLocator.ConnectServer(sClient, "root\cimv2", sUser, sPassword)
'issue shutdown to OS ' 4 = force logoff ' 5 = force shutdown ' 6 = force rebooot ' 12 = force power off
Set oWindows = oConnection.ExecQuery("Select " & "Name From Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each oSys In oWindows
oSys.Win32ShutDown(5)
Next
Loop
'close the text fileoTS.CloseWScript.Echo "All done!"

You should know a couple of things about this script. First, you need to have a text file named C:\Clients.txt on the machine where the script runs. That file should contain the list of client names you want to shut down. Instead of using a text file, you can modify this script to use ADSI, enabling it to query computer names from Active Directory or an NT domain. However, as you probably don’t want to run this script against every computer on your network (shutting down all of your servers might be bad), the text file provides you with complete control over which computers the script will affect.

Setting a User Account Expiration

2005-08-24T20:29:00.000+01:00

Type type = usr.NativeObject.GetType();
Object adsNative = usr.NativeObject;
type.InvokeMember("AccountExpirationDate", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, adsNative, new object[]{"21/01/2006"});
usr.CommitChanges();

Getting PHP to work with MySQL on IIS/W2k3

2005-08-16T20:28:00.000+01:00

Make sure that the PHP directory is in the System PATH variable. Only version 5.1.5 works with 64bit W2K3.

Getting a .Net Compact Framework Form to cover full screen

2005-07-25T20:26:00.000+01:00

The form must not have a menu or a control box. Set the WindowState to Maximized in the form load event. That's it.

Getting PHP MySQL to work on Fedora Core 3

2005-07-13T20:24:00.000+01:00

The Php MySQl module is not installed by default on Fedora Core 3. Install the following RPM:

ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/3/i386/php-mysql-4.3.11-2.6.i386.rpm