Sometimes slow internet is the result of a bloated DNS cache on Windows. So I have a little trick that works for me every once in a while. If your cache hasnt been flushed recently or you have no idea what the sam hill I am talking about, you should try it anyway. This trick [...]
If you write PHP and are anything like me, you want to test your code before making it live to the world on your own LAMP stack on windows. I have installed linux on separate computers, installed LAMP stacks on windows, created development environments on my live web servers and yet none of these are [...]
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Question: How do I Map a filesanywhere.com account to a drive letter in Windows 7? By mapping a network drive to filesanywhere.com in Windows 7, you will have easier access to your cloud storage. Advanced user access is required on your account as you will have to enable webdav access for this work. NOTE: Only [...]
So, after messing around with these settings for about an hour, I got Thunderbird to finally send mail. I have had this problem before and I have decided to blog about this so everyone can take a shortcut. The correct settings for the q.com SMTP mail server as of 01/19/2010 are: Thunderbird q.com e-mail settings [...]
So, how do you share a printer that is on another computer located on a home wired or wireless network? I actually received this question from an old friend on Facebook. MY DISCLAIMER: This article is intended to be a guide on how to properly set up a networked printer. Before you proceed, please understand that I [...]
I haven’t posted in a while, and I encountered an UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME error on a clients machine earlier this week. This error is displayed while booting Windows XP and appears in the form of BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). The reason for this problem/error, the boot.ini file is corrupt. I would recommend that only someone with [...]
Keyboard shortcuts can save time, and make the user experience so much better. You can also impress the heck out of people when you do something in the blink of an eye without a move of the mouse (They will probably think you are using some kind of voodoo magic). This is not a full [...]
Occasionally, when opening PDF files off of websites through Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat will freeze up and temporarily stop or slow Internet Explorer from working properly. This problem also has the tendency to freeze up a computer all together. I have personally encountered this problem on Windows XP numerous times, and may have caught it on [...]
