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Vista Help and Support will not open but I found a fix

Updated: 02/18/2007 08:36 PM By: Greg

Created: 02/18/2007 08:31 PM 162 words.

Things I do not like about EFS and a better solution called TrueCrypt

Updated: 02/04/2007 02:18 PM By: Greg

6. Here's the one I like least... with EFS, when you open a file, it is decrypted to a tmp file. This file is deleted once you finish with it, but as you know, files are not "wiped" from the drive when they delete, they just remove the... < More >

Created: 02/04/2007 01:51 PM 677 words.

How to change server comment or description showing in network neighborhood

Updated: 02/01/2007 11:39 PM By: Greg

We had some computers showing a set of numbers as the computer on a mapped drive. They happened to be some numbers auto-added by Dell setup, I think. But that's not the issue. It's just showing the wrong thing on a mapped drive... < More >

Created: 02/01/2007 11:23 PM 264 words.

LSASRV Event ID 40960 Detected an Attempted downgrade attack

Updated: 02/01/2007 11:12 PM By: Greg

In my case, when we logged the user in and opened Windows Explorer to a network share, we received an error. "The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security." Then in the event logs, we saw the errors above. Turned... < More >

Created: 02/01/2007 11:06 PM 139 words.

Master Browser checking with browstat

Updated: 02/01/2007 05:33 PM By: Greg

All these years and I've never known how to determine what the "master browser" was on my networks. How many times do you see those event log errors about "such and such is not the master browser" or "unable to get a browse... < More >

Created: 02/01/2007 05:20 PM 332 words.

How to Setup a USB drive to boot

Updated: 12/16/2006 10:38 AM By: Greg

One of the main problems I am running into these days, as a service technician, is I can't see the drives or CD drives on the newer systems running SATA RAID controllers. Nor do I have floppy's. Heck, I tried booting to a CD with my utilities... < More >

Created: 12/16/2006 10:25 AM 428 words.

Unable to print on server shared printer with event id 6161

Updated: 12/11/2006 12:15 PM By: Greg

I was using a Jetdirect print server (parallel) to an HP 960c printer. I got Event ID 6161 when printing with a non-admin user and the spooled docuements said Error. The fix was to set the Jetdirect TCP/IP port on the server as... < More >

Created: 12/11/2006 12:11 PM 68 words.

CD or DVD drives in Windows XP give error code 39

Updated: 02/07/2007 11:22 AM By: Greg

The problem seems to be caused by CD Burner software that is not loading or installed properly. It's odd because I've found this on several machines lately. It occurred to me that there are a lot of programs now that can burn CD or DVD.&#... < More >

Created: 11/16/2006 02:21 PM 236 words.

Remote ssh rsync linux backups with certificates and no passwords

Updated: 10/25/2006 02:29 PM By: Greg

2.b Make sure the cert is unencrypted with no password. Yes, that is a slight security concern, HOWEVER, if you are very careful to secure that private key, you are ok. In other words, don't share it or let it... < More >

Created: 10/25/2006 02:13 PM 311 words.

Debian apt error mmap ran out of room

Updated: 10/24/2006 11:36 PM By: Greg

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Created: 10/24/2006 11:32 PM 124 words.

How to set Do not Display Last User Name in Windows

Updated: 05/11/2006 08:33 PM By: Greg

This used to drive me nuts. Go to Group Policy, set the Last Username display setting to enabled, and you still see the username at logon. What? Most sites you find when searching for this will tell you to adjust the policy (group or... < More >

Created: 05/11/2006 08:24 PM 226 words.

Retrieve or return an output parameter from a Mysql stored procedure in Zope.

Updated: 04/02/2006 01:36 PM By: Greg

Zope 2.7.6 - Mysql 5.0.7. I have always thought that output parameters from stored procedures... < More >

Created: 04/02/2006 01:36 PM 356 words.

Mysql 5 upgrade - compiled

Updated: 04/02/2006 01:35 PM By: Greg

I just upgraded my MySQL server from 5.0.7 to 5.0.10. I wanted to make a few notes about what I did to set it up.

1. I compiled MySQL 5.0.10-beta.

./configure --prefix=/var/mysql5010 
--with-unix-socket...  < More >Created: 04/02/2006 01:34 PM    271 words.

Compile Apache 2 with PHP 4 and MySQL 5 (while MySQL 4 is also installed)

Updated: 04/02/2006 01:33 PM By: Greg

Download and unpack Apache and PHP. MySQL 5 is install already. (as per another blog: http://www.1stbyte.com/site/blogs_dtml?#blog24

Make sure you have the proper dev packages. In my case I had to install 'libflex' and 'libgdbm... < More >

Created: 04/02/2006 01:29 PM 403 words.

Setup virtual users and domains on Courier (Debian package)

Updated: 04/02/2006 01:29 PM By: Greg

Courier Virtual Email Hosting – No SQL Servers

Using USERDB

Add the domain(s)
Add your domain name to esmtpacceptmailfor... < More >
Created: 04/02/2006 01:28 PM 404 words.

Make dynamic amount of columns with PHP

Updated: 04/02/2006 01:23 PM By: Greg

Below is a demonstration of how I created variable amount of columns in a table listing. In this example I was creating a picture gallery and using template files, so you can see even more than the dynamic columns, but anyway...

&#... < More >

Created: 04/02/2006 01:22 PM 714 words.

Install a non-linux USB Wireless adapter on Ubuntu

Updated: 04/02/2006 01:06 PM By: Greg

Wow! This has turned out to be a real pain. Below is a process I started, but ran into issues. I could see the module, but it would never make a Wlan0 to access using iwconfig or ifconfig.

I tried this on the Trendnet TEW-229UB and... < More >

Created: 04/01/2006 11:13 PM 300 words.

Python Script/ZSQL - Alternate data over 2 columns

Updated: 03/31/2006 02:53 PM By: Greg

Here's a quick post based on a Python Script I made in Zope to display the data from a ZSQL method in a 2 column table layout. Not that big of a deal, but I wanted to save this because it took a little bit of thought and some learning... < More >

Created: 03/31/2006 02:04 PM 548 words.

Compile PHP 5.1 with JPEG support on Debian

Updated: 03/30/2006 04:14 AM By: Greg

Ok, here's my configure command:

 ./configure 
--with-apxs2=/path/to/httpd/bin/apxs  
--with-mysql=/path/to/mysql  
--with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock  
--prefix=/path/to/httpd/php  
--with-config-file-path=/path...  < More >Created: 03/30/2006 04:01 AM    183 words.

My top three web design requirements

Updated: 03/23/2006 11:25 AM By: Greg

Recently I asked myself, "If I had to pick 3 things that are most difficult in web design to achieve, and achieve all at once, what would I pick?" I thought about that and decided it really boils down to these three things: ( I may rephrase... < More >

Created: 03/23/2006 10:31 AM 642 words.

My new opinion on AJAX

Updated: 03/22/2006 03:10 AM By: Greg

So I've spent the last 6 months learning more about Javascript and how to use different AJAX libs. After trying to create some apps using it, I can say this. It is best used either in small doses on basic web apps (bloggers, forums, forms), or use... < More >

Created: 03/22/2006 03:09 AM 253 words.

Worthless IT Certs?

Updated: 03/22/2006 03:09 AM By: Greg

A few minutes ago I ran into a blog by someone that said something that needed to be said. IT Certs are not really worth getting. I just wanted to save my comments... < More >

Created: 03/22/2006 03:08 AM 281 words.

Get ZMySQLDA to retrieve MySQL Stored Procedures

Updated: 04/02/2006 01:38 PM By: Greg

Quick, before I forget!!

Tired of "can't return a result set in the given context" errors when calling stored procedures in Mysql 5?

The ultra fast how-to on returning records from a multi... < More >

Created: 03/22/2006 03:06 AM 793 words.

Configure and compile Python with Zlib

Updated: 03/22/2006 03:05 AM By: Greg

I just spent an hour trying to figure this out, AGAIN! To compile Zlib support into your Python interpreter, do this:

1. Install the Zlib-dev package for your distribution. (you probably have zlib already, but not the dev package)
... < More >

Created: 03/22/2006 03:05 AM 159 words.

Spam solutions wont work

Updated: 03/22/2006 02:54 AM By: Greg

I just listened to a podcast that talked about spam protection solutions and standards. As I listened I couldn't help but think about the fact that standards dont work unless EVERBODY adhere's to them.

As I run a business, I want... < More >

Created: 03/22/2006 02:54 AM 226 words.

Terminal Server without VPN for remote access

Updated: 03/22/2006 02:54 AM By: Greg

Before I get going, please comment on this. I am wanting more information, so please share.

I was wondering, though, why use a vpn to tunnel a terminal server connection? Isn't terminal server encrypted already? Here's a couple things... < More >

Created: 03/22/2006 02:54 AM 2361 words.

Why I use Zope and not ASP.net?

Updated: 03/22/2006 02:52 AM By: Greg

In 2002, I saw an article on Devshed.com about Zope. What they described intrigued me greatly. The whole "Everything's an object" idea was fascinating. I proceeded to www.zope.org and downloaded Zope version Soon, I was in heaven as I discovered... < More >

Created: 03/22/2006 02:52 AM 2505 words.

Windows XP's broken WebDAV for Zope, use Netdrive

Updated: 03/22/2006 02:51 AM By: Greg

You know, I just want it to work! I am not sure what the details are regarding the WebDAV functionality in Windows XP and why it doesn't work properly. I just know that... < More >

Created: 03/22/2006 02:48 AM 665 words.