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Does SSL matter? It does and it’s not just web encryption.

Posted on September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 by Percy Kwong

Over the last decade, there’s been an ever growing emphasis on security.  SSL is taking a seat “Front-Row center” on this period of enlightenment.  Interestingly enough, it’s not just about encrypting your traffic on the web.  The purpose of this is far deeper.  This article will delve into the “why” SSL’s importance has grown and…

Editing Video Files in Windows very Easily

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Percy Kwong

There will be the occasional time when you need to edit a video file, because you’ll need to, whether it’s a Family video or a simple file you need for marketing, fundraising, etc. You just might want to put a few captions on a file. For humor, informational reasons, etc. Rather than buy one of…

Word or Office Application could not create the work file check the temp environment variable [Solved]

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Percy Kwong

If you all of a sudden get this error, don’t fret.  Just do the following: open Regedit (as administrator) from the Start / run prompt or just open a dos window and type regedit.exe Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerUser Shell Folders You should see a key called: Cache registry key Double-click on it and change it’s value…

Gotta Love Microsoft..

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Percy Kwong

It’s funny when installing Exchange 2010 is infinitely more retarded and complex than installing Postfix, MySql, Courier, Spam Assassin, SquirrelMail, ClamAV and CentOS 5.3 with all the security and VPN goodies. I just did an Exchange 2010 install and it only crashed the server and mucked things up for no apparent reason 3 times!  Kept…

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