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Windows 7 ERROR: No such interface supported

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:37:00 +0000

Last August 26 of 2011 I was trying to install IE 7 Standalone on my PC(Windows 7) to test my web project for cross browser scripting then suddenly my pc is throwing an error message (No such interface supported).

All I thought my pc have been infected by a virus/malware so I installed trojan remover, anti-malware, etc....
But still haven't solve anything. :(

And this morning I came up with a simple solution provided by GOOGLE :).

1.) Go to Start > Run, and type in 'cmd' to open Command Prompt.
2.) type: FOR /R C:\ %G IN (*.dll) DO "%systemroot%\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s "%G" and then hit enter.

That's all! you just have to wait for the system to complete re-registration of all DLLs.
Expect a lot of error dialog messages to pop-up. Don't worry, just ignore and close all pop-up error messages.

jQuery UI modal dialog with hidden close button

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:18:00 +0000

$( "#dialog-msgbox" ).dialog({
modal: true,
height:'auto',
open: function(event, ui) { $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").hide(); },
buttons: {
Ok: function() {
//your scripts here
}
}
});

Working around with jQuery UI tabs select event

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:43:00 +0000

$('#tabs').tabs({
select: function(event, ui) {
var selected = ui.panel.id;
switch(selected){
case 'tab1':
//script will be executed when selected
break;

case tab2
//script will be executed when selected
break;

case tab3
//script will be executed when selected
break;

default:
//default script on load
break;
}
}
});

Working around with jQuery UI accordion change event

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:37:00 +0000

This script is useful on change events using jQuery UI accordion.

$("#accordion").accordion({
change: function(event, ui) {
var active = $("#accordion").accordion('option','active');
switch(active){
case 0:
//this portion will be executed whenever you activate the first accordion
break;

case 1:
//this portion will be executed whenever you activate the second accordion
break;

case 2:
//this portion will be executed whenever you activate the third accordion
break;

default:
//you can also set a default script
break;
}
}
});

PHP Conversion of Time and Date (Timezone)

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:19:00 +0000

An example to convert date and time from one timezone to another:

The Code:

$current_date = date('Y-m-d');
$time_to_convert = '03:05:06';

$date = new DateTime($current_date.$time_to_convert, new DateTimeZone('Asia/Taipei'));
echo '
'.$date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . '
';

$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
echo '
'.$date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . '
';
?>

The Output:

2011-06-10 03:05:06
2011-06-09 15:05:06

Wamp + MSSQL

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:41:00 +0000

I've tried a lot of things just to connect MSSQL with PHP and I've come up with this solution. Parts of this tutorial has been gathered from other forums.

1. Download and install the following files from http://www.wampserver.com/en/

- wampserver2.0i

- apache 2.2.8 (Add On)
- php 5.2.6 (Add On)

2. ntwdblib.dll (version 2000.80.194.0)

- download from http://webzila.com/dll/1/ntwdblib.zip or if it's not available anymore you can contact me and I'll send you the copy.

- stop all Wamp Services and SQL Server service

- copy and replace this file to

1. ie: C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6

2. ie: C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.8\bin

3. ie: C:\Windows\System32\

4. Enable apache and php version from wamp server

5. Activate php_mssql from PHP extensions

6. Configure SQL Server to accept TCP connections and Named Pipes through the SQL server configuration manager.

7. Configure SQL Server for Mixed mode authentication and remember the password you set for sa

8. Start the SQL Server Service

9. Enable mssql.secure_connection = On in your php.ini

10. Start WampServer

11. Enable PHP 5.2.6 and Apache 2.2.8

12. Test connection

$conn = mssql_connect('SQLSERVER','USER','PASSWORD');
if ($conn){
echo 'Connected';
}

Restrict Server FTP

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:33:00 +0000

Server default firewalls are often hackable.
To be able to protect your server is to set some restrictions.
Restricting yung FTP would be one of those...

First of all you need a telnet/ssh client.
Open source telnet and SSH Client for Windows and Unix platforms is available in the internet...

In this simple tutorial I'll be using puTTY.
And here's how you do it....

1. Open PuTTY.exe
2. Type in the server's ip in the Host Name field.
3. Input 49182 in the Port field.
4. Click Open button

A black screen window will popup asking for login details...
You should have login details, otherwise ask for the server admin.

5. Input login details.

After successful login you should see [yourusername@server~]$ in the command prompt

6. type in su -
7. Enter administrator's password
8. Go to etc/csf folder, to do this type in cd /etc/csf
9. Backup csf.conf file, type in cp csf.conf csf.backup1.conf
10. Open csf.conf in editor, type in nano csf.conf
11. Search for TCP_IN and TCP_OUT by pressing CTRL+V (Next Page).
12. Delete 21 in the line TCP_IN = "21,25,53,80,443" (this are sample ports).
13. Delete 21 in the line TCP_OUT = "21,25,53,80,443" (this are sample ports).
14. Press CTRL+X and then press y to save the changes made.
15. And lastly, restart the csf by typing the command csf -r

Done! :)

Dimming Background + Message Box with jQuery

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Click here to show demo message box
Click here to view demo site
Download Tutorial here password: dakowd_xyneodrew

x
This is a demo popup message box with background
dimming capability + IE6 support using jQuery.

Try to scroll down and you'll notice that the dimmed
background will resize itself so that it consistently
hovering the entire page.

While scrolling, jQuery scroll effect is triggered to
make the popup message box maintain its default
position...

Download Tutorial here
password: kowd_xyneodrew
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WAMP SERVER 2 (https SSL configuration)

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:15:00 +0000

#Let’s assume that your wamp's version is 2.0h and is installed on drive C:

STEP1 . ADDING AN ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE (OPENSSL_CONF)

Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables

Right Click on My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables

Add a new system variable OPENSSL_CONF:

Variable name: OPENSSL_CONF
Variable value: C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.11\conf\openssl.cnf

Log out > log in

Go to command prompt and type in:

set | more

Make sure you see the following line among the environment variables:
OPENSSL_CONF= C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.11\conf\openssl.cnf

STEP2. GENERATING KEY
Go to command prompt and type in:

cd\

cd wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.11\bin

openssl req -new > webserver.csr

The command runs and prompts you to enter a PEM pass phrase and verify it. Write down the phrase because you will need it later. It will then ask you to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. When the command finishes, it has created several files, including privkey.pem, in C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.11\bin.

STEP 3. REMOVING PASSPHRASE

Run the following command:

openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out webserver.key

You will be prompted for the pass phrase from the previous step.

The RSA key is written and the file webserver.key is now available in the folder.

STEP 4. CONVERTING INTO SIGNED CERTIFICATE

Run the following command to create a certificate which expires after one year:

openssl x509 -in webserver.csr -out webserver.cert -req -signkey webserver.key -days 365

STEP 5. STORING CERTIFICATE FILES
Create a folder C:\wamp\OpenSSL with the following subfolders:

certs
crl
newcerts
private

Copy the following files from C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\bin to C:\wamp\OpenSSL\certs:

webserver.cert
webserver.csr
webserver.key

Copy the following files from C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\bin to C:\wamp\OpenSSL\private:

.rnd
privkey.pem

STEP 6. CREATING ERROR LOG FILES

Create 2 text files on C:/wamp/logs

1. ssl_ErrorLog.txt

2. ssl_TransferLog.txt

STEP 7. MODIFING HTTPD-SSL.CONF

Go to C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\conf\extra

Make a backup copy of the file httpd-ssl.conf and rename to httpd-ssl.conf.old

Using any text editor, open the file httpd-ssl.conf

Change the following lines, adjusting the email address and the paths to your settings:

SSLSessionCache "shmcb:C:/wamp/logs"

SSLMutex default

# General setup for the virtual host
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp/www"
ServerName localhost:443
ServerAdmin myemailaddress@domain.com
ErrorLog "C:/wamp/logs/ssl_ ErrorLog.txt"
TransferLog "C:/wamp/logs/ssl_TransferLog.txt"

SSLCertificateFile "C:/wamp/OpenSSL/certs/webserver.cert"

SSLCertificateKeyFile "C:/wamp/OpenSSL/certs/webserver.key"

SSLCARevocationPath "C:/wamp/OpenSSL/crl"

C:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.2.11/cgi-bin">

CustomLog "C:/wamp/logs/ssl_request.log" \
"%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"

STEP 8. MODIFIND OPENSSL.CNF
Make a backup copy of the file openssl.cnf from C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\conf.

Click and drag the file openssl.cnf into notepad (or other text editor) so you can edit it.

STEP 9. Modify the base directory:
dir = C:/wamp/OpenSSL # Where everything is kept

STEP 10. MODIFING HTTPD.CONF

Make a backup copy of the file httpd.conf from C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\conf.

Open the file httpd.conf and change the following lines:

# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
#Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

STEP 11. TESTING HTTPS

Go to command prompt and run the followinf command:

httpd –t

You should see syntax is OK. If not, then you may have miss some of the steps above.

If OK, restart Apache then check that port 443 is open by running the following in the command prompt:

netstat -an | more

If tha port is not open, then you may have miss some of the steps above.
You can now test the https connection from your browser.

Dual Yahoo Messenger Login

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:14:00 +0000

1. Go to Start
2. Select "Run..."
3. Type 'regedit' on the box and click OK button
4. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Yahoo > Pager > Test
5. On the right pane, right-click and create a 'DWORD Value' and name it 'Plural'
6. After creating a DWORD Value (Plural), double-click in it and assign a decimal value of 1.
7. Close your windows registry. You can now run and login on multiple YM accounts!.

ENJOY!

MySQL 3.23.49 Installation

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:16:00 +0000

First you must download the zip file at

http://84.113.22.230:7980/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-Max-3.23/mysql-max-3.23.49-win.zip

Extract the file into "C:\mysql\"

Goto command line and install the server as a service. In this example I am using "mysql" as my service.

Type the following into the command line:

C:\mysql\\bin\mysqld" --install mysql

SMTP Service Configuration on IIS

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:11:00 +0000

Steps:

Goto Start menu, click Control Panel.
Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
From the left pane, click Add/Remove Windows Components.
From the Components list, click Application Server, and then click Details.
From the Subcomponents of Application Server list, click Internet Information Services (IIS), and then click Details.
From the Subcomponents of Internet Information Services (IIS) list, select the SMTP Service check box.
Click OK.
Click Next. You might be prompted for the Windows Server 2003 family CD or the network install path.
Click Finish.

Note: When you install the SMTP service, a default SMTP server configuration is created with a message store inLocalDrive:\Inetpub\Mailroot. When setting up the SMTP service for the first time, you can configure global settings for a SMTP virtual server, as well as settings for individual components of the virtual server.

Restore Mysql Database

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Syntax:

mysql - u user_name -p your_password database_name "<" file_name.sql

IIS Configuration using Control Panel

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:50:00 +0000

Steps:

1. Goto Start menu, click Control Panel.

2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.

3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.

4. In the Components list box, click Application Server.

5. Click Details.

6. Click Internet Information Services Manager.

7. Click Details to view the list of IIS optional components. For a detailed description of IIS optional components, see "Optional Components" in this topic.

8. Select all optional components you wish to install.

IIS Configuration using Server Wizard

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:46:00 +0000

Steps:

Goto Start menu and click Manage Your Server.
Under the Managing Your Server Roles, click Add or remove a role.
Read the preliminary steps in the Configure Your Server Wizard and click Next.
Under Server Role, click Application server (IIS, ASP.NET) and then click Next. By default, the wizard installs and enables IIS, COM+, and DTC.
If you want to serve either of the optional technologies (FrontPage Server Extensions or ASP.NET), on the Application Server Options page, select the appropriate check boxes, and then click Next.
Read the summary and click Next.
Complete the wizard, and then click Finish.

PHP 4.4.8 Installation on IIS 6.0

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:28:00 +0000

First you must download PHP from http://smithii.com/files/php4_installer-1.5-win32.zip (or goto http://www.php.net/downloads.php), unzip it anywhere you want (Desktop - recommended) and then open the folder where you unzipped the file and run the setup.

Backup php.ini, rename it into php.ini_old (or anything you want). It is a good practice if you always backup the original php.ini file.

Rename php.ini-recommended to php.ini and move it to C:\WINDOWS.

Move php4ts.dll to C:\WINDOWS\System32

GOTO Start » Administrative Tools » click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager

Expand your local computer and select Web Service Extensions

Click Add a New Web service extension and type “PHP” on the text box and check Set extension status

Add the path to php4isapi.dll and click OK twice all the way

Expand Web Sites and Right Click on the Default Web Site and go to Properties

Click Home Directory tab and set Execute Permissions to Scripts and Executables

Click Configuration option and then Add

Set Executable path the path of php4isapi.dll and type “.php” on Extension textbox.

Click OK all the way

Restart Default Web Site:

Right click Default Web Site and select Start

Right click Default Web Site and select Start

Shutdown PC using .bat file

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Windows XP can be shut down from the (eventually DOS prompt) command line box.

This is the Shutdown.exe (located in %systemroot%\System32, usually C:\Windows\System32) syntax:

shutdown [-i|-l|-s|-r|-a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "Text"] [-d[u][p]:xx:yy]

Valid Command line switches:

-a = Abort system shutdown in progress ONLY IF the -t xx timeout option was already set to ANY value other than 0. ALL switches except -l and -m are ignored during abort.
-c "Text" = Text comment (case insensitive) to be displayed in the Message area of the System Shutdown window. MUST be enclosed between quotes. Maximum allowed 127 ASCII characters.
-d [u][p]:xx:yy = Reason code for shutdown:
u = User code.
p = Planned shutdown code.
xx = Major reason code. Positive integer number less than 256.
yy = Minor reason code. Positive integer number less than 65536.
-s = Shut down the local computer.
-r = Shut down and restart (reboot) the local computer.
-f = Force running applications to close without warning.
-l = Log off the current user of the local computer (default action). Can NOT be used with the -m option unless the current user has Sysadmin rights, in which case the -m switch takes precedence.
-m \\computername = Remote/network computer name (most always case sensitive) to log off/restart/shut down. Current user MUST have Sysadmin rights to be allowed to use this switch!
-t xx = Set shutdown timer to timeout for xx seconds. IF NOT specified defaults to 20 seconds. Allowed values between 0 and 99 seconds. The -a switch is the ONLY one that CAN be used during the timeout period.

Notes:

The dash (-) in front of these switches can be replaced by a forward slash (/).

Ok let's start creating a sample .bat file that shuts down your local computer in 3 seconds and displays a message "Shut down" ...

Steps:

Open notepad
Copy and paste the code below
shutdown -s -c "Shutting down!" -t 3
Save as "shutdown.bat"
Double click the .bat file created.

And it's done, amazingly you've created a .bat file to shut down your PC...

How would you like putting this file at the statup of someones computer? :)

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:06:00 +0000

how to shutdown or logout using .bat command?

Email Server Configuration on a Virtual Machine

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:46:00 +0000

You can install the Email Server by using Add or Remove Windows Components or Manage Your Server. In this tutorial we will use the latter, because it’s the quickest way to get this up and running. Manage Your Server is a bit easier to use too, because it will prompt you for the domain you want to use during setup. That will not Add or Remove Windows Components do, and we have to do everything manually.
If it’s not open, start Manage Your Server by clicking Start->Programs->Administrative Tools->Manage Your Server.

Click on Add or remove a role.

This will start the Configure Your Server Wizard. Read the text and make sure you have connected all the necessary cables and all the other things it says you should do before continuing.

Click Next

The wizard will now detect your network settings. This will take a while depending on how many network connections you have

We now come to the step where we add and remove roles for our server. We will add the Mail Server role. I also suggest that before you click Next, click Read about mail servers because this tutorial is not a complete reference.

Click Mail server (POP3, SMTP)
Click Next

You will now specify the type of authentication and type the email domain name. In this tutorial we will use Windows Authentication, and I will use a sample domain name, nwph.com. You should of course use your domain name.

Click Next

Next step is to confirm the options you have selected.

Click Next

The installation will start, and will also start the Windows Components Wizard. When you get prompted to insert your Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, do so. If you didn’t get prompted to do that, you maybe already have it in the drive. Hopefully within some minutes you get this screen:

You can now see the log, click view the next steps for this role, or click Finish. Do whatever you feel you want to do before continuing.

Click Finish

You have now successfully installed the mail server, congratulations!

Configure the Email Server

So, it is no fun with a mail server installed, if we can’t use it. And to use it, we have to configure it. This section will help you configure the mail server.

Click Start, then run, and type p3server.msc

This will open up the POP3 Service. This is where you configure and manage the POP3 part of the mail server.

Click on in the left pane
Click on Server Properties in the right pane

This brings up the Properties for our Mail Server.

As you can see, we have a lot of settings. We will use the standard setup in this tutorial, but I will explain every setting we can change in case you want to change something in the future.

Create a mailbox

The Setup Wizard created a domain to us, so we do not need to create this manually. If you did not use Manage Your Server to install, add the domain manually be clicking the server name in the left pane and then click New domain in the right pane. Remember to set the properties before you add the domain.

Click on your domain (ilopia.com in my case) in the left pane.
Click Add Mailbox in the right pane.

This will open up the Add Mailbox window.

Write Nwph in Mailbox Name
Write nwph as password (of course this is not a password you should use in a production environment, it’s too short)
Click OK

A message will pop-up and tell you how to configure the email clients. Read this, and notice the difference when using SPA or not.

Click OK

What we just did was not only creating a mailbox named nwph, but we also created a user nwph. We will also create a mailbox for an existing user - andrew. To do that we simply perform the same steps, but we uncheck Create associated user for this mailbox. Remember that the mailbox name must be less then 21 characters (64 for Encrypted Password File and Active Directory). Periods are allowed to use, but not as the first or last character.

So, we have now two users. Are they equally? No, bob is a member of the POP3 Users group, which is denied to logon locally. Ariel is not member of this group, and can still logon locally and access her mailbox.

Configure the SMTP Server

Actually, that’s it! It is this simple to configure the POP3 part. But it is not yet working as we want, we have to configure the SMTP part to be able to receive and send emails. Yes, I said receive emails. A common mistake is to think that the POP3 server receives the emails. But that is not true, all the POP3 is doing is ‘pop’ the emails out to the clients. It’s the SMTP server that is communicating with other SMTP servers and receives and sends emails.

Open Computer Management
Expand Services and Applications, expand Internet Information Service
Right click Default SMTP Virtual Server and click Properties
Click the Access tab
Click the Authentication button and make sure Anonymous Access and Integrated Windows Authentication is enabled.
Click the Relay button and make sure Allow all computers which successfully... is enabled and Only the list below is selected.

First of all, Authentication and Relay is not the same thing. We use the Authentication button to specify which authentications methods are allowed for users and other SMTP servers. So enabling Anonymous here is not a security issue, in fact, it’s required if we want our server to be able to receive emails from other servers on Internet (I doubt you want to tell all administrators of email servers on Internet how they should logon to yours). We also need Windows Authentication so the email clients can authenticate to the server and be able to relay (send emails).

As Relay Restrictions we selected Only the list below because we do not want to be used by spammers to send emails. But we never specified any computers. That is valid, because we wants our clients to always use the username and password to authenticate, no matter where they are.

If you want users to only be allowed to relay if they are on a private network, then you can uncheck Windows Authentication as allowed authentication method, and specify the IP range for your network in the Relay Restrictions window.

Is that all? Do we have a working email server now? Well, the answer is yes. But we still haven’t configured the email clients.

Configure the email client

We will use Outlook Express (2007) as email client.

Start Outlook Express (any computer that is connected to the email server)
Click Tools and then Accounts
Click the New button and select Manually configure sever settings or additional server types
Choose Internet E-mail and click Next

A wizard starts. Use the following table to complete the wizard:

Your Name: Nwph

E-mail address: Nwph@ (Nwph@nwph.com)

Account type: POP3

Incoming mail server: (VM name)

Outgoing mail server: (VM name)

Username: Nwph

Password: nwph

Configure SMTP

Click More Settings

Select the Outgoing Server and put check mark on My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. This means that you are configuring the outgoing E-mail to be authenticated. Without this, you will receive an error message.

Click Test Account Settings to test if you have configured it right. If the test is not successful then you may have missed one of the steps…

Click Next and Finish

Enable SPA

Of course we want our network as secure as possible, so we prefer to use SPA (Secure Password Authentication). This will, as stated before, send the user name and password from the client encrypted, instead of clear text.

Click Start, then Run
Type p3server.msc
In the right pane, right click your computer’s name and click Properties
Check the box Require Secure Password Authentication...
Click OK
You will be prompted to restart the Microsoft POP3 Service, click Yes

We must also change some settings for the email clients.

Start Outlook Express
Click Tools, click Accounts
Click the E-Mail tab, click the name of your email account, click Changes
Put check mark on Log on using Secure Password Authentication

· Click Next and Finish

Create a Port Forwarding Rule on your router

Remember that we have just installed a mail server on a VM so we have to make port redirection for the SMTP and POP3 because without this, you cannot receive and send E-mail outside the network. Now you have to set a port forwarding rule for port 110(POP3) and 25(SMTP) on your router to be redirected to the VM where you’ve installed the Mail Server.

Trixbox IP address configuration

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:13:00 +0000

To configure the IP address of the trixbox you can use the following vi (UNIX) commands...

netconfig - configure IP
ifconfig - view IP

PHP MySql connection

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:38:00 +0000

If you're developing a PHP web page and you wanna pull some data from your MySql database you can use this code...

$link = mysql_connect("$db_host","$db_user","$db_password");

mysql_select_db($db_name,$link);

if (!$link){

die("MySQLError". mysql_error());

}

$db_host - your host

$db_user - your MySql username

$db_password - your MySql password

$db_name - your MySql database name

Making Windows XP boot faster

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:32:00 +0000

Steps:

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\

2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".

3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.

4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".

5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.

6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".

7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"

8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".

9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".

10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.

11. Reboot your computer.

Creating hidden folder

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:24:00 +0000

Keep your folders hidden without settingt its attribute as hidden...

Steps:

Create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive
When you name it hold down "Alt" and press "0160" this will create an invisible space so it will apper as if it has no name.
Then right click in and select "Properties" select the tab "Customize" and select "Change icon" scroll along and you should see a few blank spaces click on any one and click ok when you have saved the settings, the folder will be invisible to hide all your personal files.

Unattended Windows XP/2003 setup

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:14:00 +0000

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Speedup menus in Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Cadiz Jr) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:10:00 +0000

Steps:

Go to Start > Run > Regedt32
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Locate the key called "MenuShowDelay" and it is probably set to 400.
Change that value to 150.
Reboot your computer.
You should notice a slight increase in the speed of your menus