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Browsers, Firefox, Tips & Tricks, Wordpress - Posted by Dave on November 28, 2009

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Error Posting Comments In Wordpress 2.8.4

Error Posting Comments In Wordpress 2.8.4

It's been awhile after upgrading my blog to WordPress 2.8.4, I seldom see any new comments posted on my blog up until my regular visitor email and inform me about it. When you try to post a comment, it will show you error message on your Javascript o

Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on November 17, 2009

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Installing Java 6 Update 17 Error 25099

Installing Java 6 Update 17 Error 25099

Today I try to update my old Java version 6 update 13 to the latest one which is version 6 Update 17. I uninstalled the old version and start the latest version setup file, but I got the Error 25099: Unzipping core files failed. I though I have so

Exchange, Exchange 2007, Tips & Tricks, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on September 20, 2009

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How To Export User Mailbox from Exchange 2007

How To Export User Mailbox from Exchange 2007

You may already know that exchange 2007 does not allow you to export mailbox in a x64 bit system. But for exchange 2007 to run, you need to install it on a x64 bit server. This is the big disappointment for system admin. Why would Microsoft provide t

Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on September 10, 2009

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Easy Troubleshooting With runas Command

Easy Troubleshooting With runas Command

Most of our users here do not have administrator rights, this is to prevent them from installing unwanted software which could in the end crash the computer. But one of the negative thing about this is that user will need to logout if we need to inst

How To Test SMTP Service

How To Test SMTP Service

Recently we are quite busy in migrating our servers and there are a low of things to check and problem solving. One of the problem is that after migration, our server are not sending out email through SMTP service. A best way to test if your SMTP

How To Change Windows Server 2003 Password Policy

How To Change Windows Server 2003 Password Policy

You might want to know how to change the password policy or settings for Windows Server 2003. This is not a good practise but in some environment you might need it. By default Windows Server 2003 have set the below criteria for strong password:

Perform Whois Lookup from Command Prompt

Perform Whois Lookup from Command Prompt

Every webmaster or system engineers might need to use the whois service to lookup domain names. And most probably everyone will be going to the Whois.Net page to query. But it has a daily limits of 10 (or 20?) queries per day. There is a tool free

Auto Password Generator

Auto Password Generator

Maintaining servers aren't bad but it will bring headaches when you need to change password often. You may know that default Windows Server 2003 will need you to provide a high security password length and type. The system might not change your passw

My Life, Servers, Tips & Tricks, Windows - Posted by Dave on July 28, 2009

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Enable Shutdown Button in Windows Server 2003 Logon Dialog Box

Enable Shutdown Button in Windows Server 2003 Logon Dialog Box

Recently the ISP needed to perform some power maintenance on our data center. They require to shutdown our server for few minutes to complete the maintenance. However by default on Windows Server 2003 logon dialog box, the shutdown button is disable

Free Software, My Life, Tips & Tricks - Posted by Dave on July 25, 2009

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Permanently Delete Your Confidential Files

Permanently Delete Your Confidential Files

After posting How To Recover Your Deleted Files post, I was wondering with these tools available then it's not safe to delete your confidential files anymore. Don't you think it's quite frightening that you might want to permanently delete your docum