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MIcrosoft Surface RT and SkyDrive
So having been using the Surface RT for just over a week now and I am very impressed with it. I had previously tried Windows 8 on my laptop and it just didn’t feel right. It may have been because it was such a huge change that it will take me a while to get……
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SkyDrive Versions (Desktop, Metro and Pro)
Having used Windows 8 for over a week now I am start to get familiar with how SkyDrive should be used, it actually comes in 3 flavours. There are detailed below: 1. SkyDrive Standard or Desktop Mode This is likely to be the SkyDrive everybody is familiar with, it installs like any other application and……
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Confirm Delete missing on Windows 8
So after using Windows 8 for a few weeks I have found a few “features” that may frustrate a few people. I will start making a note of some of these and provide configurable workarounds where needed. The first one up is the confirm delete option when deleting files. I understand why this may be……
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Activate Windows 8 when Receiving “DNS name does not exist” error
After installing a fresh version of Windows 8 Enterprise and adding it to our AD domain, I proceeded to active the copy, however I received the “DNS name does not exist” error when clicking activate. During the installation process I never entered a product key, however it appeared that one was showing on the activation……
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Movember 2013
Last year saw a huge uptake in Movember in our office so this year I thought about taking park. Now I’m probably not the best person to grow a moustache as my facial hair is a little patchy at the best of time, however I thought why not, if enough people take part there could……
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K2 ServiceObject with File Property
Some code snippets to help FileProperty fpropData = new FileProperty(“FileData”, new MetaData(), String.Empty, String.Empty); fpropData.MetaData.DisplayName = “File Data”; fpropData.MetaData.Description = “File Data”; this.Properties.Add(fpropData); public static object ToFilePropertyValue(string propName, string filename, byte[] content) { return (new FileProperty(propName, new MetaData(), filename, Convert.ToBase64String(content))).Value; } dr[“File”] = Helper.ToFilePropertyValue(“File”, “foobar.dat”, {foobar byte[]});
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Removing a File Through SSH
1. Navigate to the folder where the file exists 2. run the command “rm [filename]” 3. Confirm with a “y”
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Backup a MySQL Database Through SSH
1. Connect through SSH 2. Navigate to an accessible folder through FTP (eg “cd /var/www/vhosts/[sitename]) 3. Run the command “mysqldump –host localhost –user [username] –password [databasename] > [filename].sql 4. Enter password when prompted 5. View file in FTP viewer in folder and download
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Upgrading from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012
If upgrading a domain controller ensure the following commands are run first. D:\support\adprep\adprep /forestprep D:\support\adprep\adprep /domainprep
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Error “psa dead but subsys locked” is shown when check status of Parallels Plesk Panel from the command line
~# /etc/init.d/psa status psa dead but subsys locked ~# Resolution ~# rm -f /var/lock/subsys/psa ~# /etc/init.d/psa start1 Starting Plesk… done ~# Further information: http://kb.parallels.com/6566
