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Setting Up XAMPP with SSL on Virtual Host in your Windows 7 Development Machine or Linux

XAMPP for Windows comes built in with SSL certificate for development use, the only thing that you need to do is to enable it to work with your Virtual Host to duplicate development setup in production environment. Setup of production and development machine is almost exactly the same except that the certificate for the production that you will need to use should be coming from a trusted SSL certification authority. The default SSL on XAMPP only works by default in our localhost so it is accessible via https://localhost/any-directory-inside-htdocs. To Make it work in Virtual Host Setup we need to do four things. 1. Configure httpd-vhosts.conf to work with standard virtual host http access at port 80. -A detailed explanation on how to do step 1 is here: http://www.eg-designstudio.com/2009/01/14/configuring-apache-server-for-development-to-mimic-production-setup/

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Pommo Mailer Aardvark PR16.1+42 version installation quirks

poMMo is a versatile mass mailing software. It can be used to add a mailing list to your Web site or to organize stand alone mailings and in fact the features are neat for a free mass mailing software. You can find the software from www.pommo.org I'm recently playing with it to be used on some clients website that requires a mass mailing software, the installation works perfectly in Linux machine and I managed to install and configure it without hassle. Now comes the customization part and that means duplicating the installation in my development machine running apache on Windows. Installation is pretty straight forward you just need to edit the file config.sample.php provide your database access information and save it as config.php and call the installation script from poMMo install directory and voila you have just installed your poMMo mailer. As I have said it works perfectly in Linux machine. In Linux you don't need to change the overrides as it works perfectly but not on Windows. Now comes the Windows installation quirks. Assuming that you've just configured it almost exactly as your live site to customize the look of the software. In effect you will just be retracing your installation steps mentioned above.

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Resetting Administrator Password in Windows XP

I recently forgot my Administrator password on one of my workstation and I need some of my important files in there. Good thing there's a way to reset it. If you have your password reset disk then it will be handy and you will be online in no time. Or just buy a software to reset you administrator password better yet, just try this trick and it might still work. This password reset procedure will try to leverage the security hole found on Windows XP without moving your hardisk from one computer to another. This security hole unfortunately is still un-patched even if you are running the latest service pack 3. Get your Windows installer ready and your serial number before trying this procedure. 1. Place your Windows CD in your cdrom drive. Then press on any key to boot from your installer. 2. Setup will begin inspecting your computer until you are prompted to press enter to setup windows. 3. Accept the licensing agreement. 4. Select the option to repair your Windows installation by pressing R. 5. Let the repair run it will check your disk and copy the installation files.

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Putty Connection Manager

I'm recently looking for tabbed Putty connection instances, as it is becoming cumbersome for me to work with a lot of putty screens on my desktop moving from one connection instance to the next. Fortunately I found one and It is called Putty Connection Manager. The market for ssh clients seems to be split from Putty (Free) and Secure CRT (Which is not Free), but for me as long as it does the job well and I can work with it then why go for a commercial version. There are pros and cons of course but for the mean time Putty CM will suffice for my work style. * Tabs and dockable windows for PuTTY instances. * Fully compatible with PuTTY configuration (using registry). * Easily customizable to optimize workspace (fullscreen, minimze to tray, add/remove toolbar, etc...). * Automatic login feature regardless to protocol restrictions (user keyboard simulation). * Post-login commands (execute any shell command when logged). * Connection Manager : Manage a large number of connections with specific configuration (auto-login, specific PuTTY Session, post-command, etc...). * Quick connect toolbar to quickly launch a PuTTY connection.

Tunnelier SSH2 Port Forwarding Client

If you are using SSH to control your server one of the best software to use is Tunnelier. Tunnelier is a friendly and flexible SSH client for Windows which includes state of the art terminal emulation, graphical as well as command-line SFTP support, an FTP-to-SFTP bridge, powerful tunneling features including dynamic port forwarding through integrated proxy, and also remote administration for our SSH server. * Port forwarding settings can be saved to and loaded from a profile. One can maintain multiple complex tunneling configurations without having to manually enter parameters before each session. * Tunnelier minimizes its presence by displaying only a system tray icon when running in the background. If an error is encountered while the program is minimized, the icon reflects that. * Command-line parameters are supported. Using command-line automation, a port forwarding session can be started from a link in the Startup menu without requiring any user interaction whatsoever.

Windows Server 2003: Not enough server storage is available to process this command.

I recently encountered this error while updating my Windows Server 2003 to service pack 3. My box use to work normally while I'm using service pack 2, after some research the probable cause might be the antivirus software i'm using. This error is documented in Microsoft website as kb177078. The resolution from the said error are the following: To resolve this behavior, increase the IRPStackSize value in the registry: 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. Type regedit, and then click OK. 3. Navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet \Services\LanmanServer\Parameters 4. In the right pane, double-click the IRPStackSize value. NOTE: If the IRPStackSize value does not already exist, use the following procedure to create it: a. In the Parameters folder of the registry, right-click the right pane. b. Point to New, and then click DWord Value. c. Type IRPStackSize. IMPORTANT: Type "IRPStackSize" exactly as it is displayed because the value name is case-sensitive. 5. Change the Base to decimal. 6. In the Value Data box, type a value that is larger than the value that is listed. If you created the IRPStackSize value using the procedure described in step 4, the default value is 15. It is recommended that you increase the value by 3. Therefore, if the previous value was 11, type 14, and then click OK.

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• I've been planning a total redesign of this site, though interest is there the urge to do it immediately is not apparent or I'm just being lazy. With every engine upgrade of course comes the pain of breaking things every now and then though it's not huge, the effort of making this site to work in harmony is still big in some scope of things. Security wise with every upgrade there will always be people attempting to break in, and open registration means inviting people good and bad alike to either help the site or break it. I experience some of those bad things of course, but thanks to them I just woke up dreaming and hoping that this place will be better than before. The original site idea was just plain and simple nothing big, just a place to put my thoughts and things that I'm working on to be accessible even after I finished working on it. 3 years had passed and yes I'm revisiting this site just to touch up a bit. So the first in the list is 1. engine update both in the main site and the forum, 2. forum and main site integration still working perfectly after the upgrade. 3. Added some facebook bandwagon feature, well every one does have a facebook now, 4. tweaking some of the navigation link to be more accessible, 5. added some language translation feature: though don't rely too much on the translation as google's translation engine needs more ironing, translation are taken literally rather than in context {I find it funny reading through the translation in my own language :) }. There might be additional feature that may came out and thanks for those people who are registering on this site you keep my traffic coming. If you register to this site and you want to contribute an article or anything under the sun just let me know this site pages is open for everyone. If you find yourself registering and unable to login that simply means I deleted your account, nothing personal just had some experience with nasty people who instead of helping are breaking the things that I am or We are trying to build cheers!. #
• While I was sleeping someone who happens to drop by at this site managed to register an account since my registration link is open and with all malicious intent decided to crash this site by loading it with encrypted code this code was appended in my index page and eventually cause the site to crash but instead of redirecting the page to the hackers chosen site it just break my code and still show the link on the source page accessible only to web robots for purposes of gaining traffic to his site when a mobile device is used to access this site the hackers site will be shown right away instead of a page with no display. The update on this site is infrequent but it doesn't mean that I'm not monitoring it anymore, and you people can play with it if you will. Please use your talents in more productive way or better yet build your own rather than destroy someone else work and what can you gain from a minute of glory?. #
• Just recently hit the 150,000 thousand visitors mark and counting though post and articles are infrequent quiet busy with a lot of things lately. Slowly building a number of hosted websites the most notable are www.medihcare.com - Thailand medical tourism portal and www.micosantos.co.nz - Mico Santos's Style of life a blog about life and anything in between. Another year is closing and I might as well say my early bid, a year worth remembering full of surprises indeed, let's just see what will a new year bring. #