The ramblings of a computer geek
I was viewing a CHM file from a UNC path, and was getting a “page cannot be displayed error”, this appears to be down to the CHM file being read by Internet explorer, as it thinks this is a remote site it applies the internet zone restrictions. To workaround this I copied the CHM file … Read more
The increasing use of the Internet is driving the use of ADSL among businesses and homes, more and more people are getting hooked up and using ADSL and the Internet in new and exciting ways, running more services and using their internet connection to links networks through VPN and running their own web servers. Getting … Read more
At least once a year in the UK on a Bank Holiday the film WarGames is shown, possibly the best film about computer hackers ever made, as the inspiration for films such as Hackers, Swordfish, Sneakers, The Net and others. The computers and technology in it may be dated but its still an excellent sci-fi … Read more
Visual Basic is a more complex and updated version of an old programming language known as BASIC. BASIC stands for Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. BASIC became popular as a simple high-level programming language due to its simplicity and its ease to learn, that why most people now probably learnt to program with BASIC. … Read more
Email is a tricky thing to do right, though a couple of simple tools can help you test your mail server before you start to use it, i.e. make sure mail can be delivered correctly to a users mailbox. Also it can help diagnosing certain problems that you might have with your email. POP – … Read more
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is a way of organising and using disks (Hard Disks) to increase performance or provide fault tolerance. RAID can also be set up to provide both functions at the same time. RAID is a set of two or more ordinary hard disks and a specialized disk controller that contains … Read more
When trying to install Puremessage, you need to upgrade the instance of MSDE you are using to a specific verson MSDE 2000 SP4. More details at this page on the Sophos support site. http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/46290.html If when trying to upgrade MSDE you get an error saying you need to change the SA password, you are not … Read more
To ensure I have a good off-site synch of my data i now use DeltaCopy http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp its basically a version of rsync for windows. Its quite simple to setup and works well. The package includes the client and the server. In my case i have two servers, one local, one remote, the two sync with … Read more
I had the problem that the APC UPS Management Card Utility software used to configure the IP was not working. It detected the unconfigured card okay, and prompted for the settings but never took them. In the end I found a document from APC support that showed a workaround to get it configured. Note: you … Read more