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Is Firefox preventing you from going to a website because of the port it’s on? [Solved]

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Every once in a while, we need to go to a website that has a non-standard port.  For example, the address might look like this:  https://localhost:888  (This would be for the 3ware management interface for example). In Mozilla Firefox, you’ll get a screen that looks like this: [singlepic id=63] Obviously, this can be a real…

How to Bind utorrent to a specific ip and route it out a vpn for better speed. [Solved]

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Torrent technology is an amazing in the sense it uses swarms of users to serve and share files you may be trying to download.  It’s been implemented by many companies and is a very bandwidth efficient format to get your files served to you faster.  Whenever I download CentOS DVDs, I use utorrent and other…

Automated Backups to Amazon S3. WordPress example explained here.

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Percy Kwong

There are tons of Automated backup plugins for WordPress, but the reality is you’re assuming they work unless you’ve actually restored one of them.  This article will explain how to do this without using anything fancy like a backup program.  In fact, I just give you a few scripts and of course the old, trusty,…

Is your website slow? Fix It.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Today, almost everybody has a website.  Many are run on a Webserver called Apache.  It’s an amazing piece of software that is ironically free and incredibly secure (when configured properly). There are plenty of content management and publishing tools out there as well.  WordPress (my personal favorite), Drupal, Movable Type just to name a few. …

WordPress older posts or newer posts link not working [Solved]

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So you’ve installed WordPress and all of a sudden, when you clicked on older posts, it doesn’t work.  This seems to be a problem that plagues many people and the situation hasn’t been solved. The reality is it’s a misconfiguration in your apache vhost (if you’re using a vhost) or just the apache configuration.  So,…

Disabling Internet Explorer Security Settings Check [Solved]

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Percy Kwong

For those of us still on Windows Internet Explorer as a browser, we’ve definitely made some changes to the default security settings.  This leads to the really annoying bar that pops up asking you to “Fix the Security Settings for Me.” (Click the Thumbnail to see the annoying page) [nggallery id=3] If you’re like me,…

Seriously Speeding up Windows 7 and other Computers [Bootcamp compatible]

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Percy Kwong

OK.  So you’re running Windows and over time, you’ve started to notice things are starting to slow down extensively.  Boot up and log-in start to take minutes instead of seconds.  This tutorial will show you how to speed up your Windows install (and clean up a lot of the mess) over the life of the…

Recommended Products I use these for all my clients.

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Supermicro Motherboards – They work well and have proven chipsets. 3Ware RAID Cards: They’re one of the best in the industry.  They work and I’ve never lost data with them. Remember to buy the battery backup option. Supermicro Cases: Talk about seriously over-engineered cases.  They cool well and are built to last. Quality beyond anything…

RAID and what it Means

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Percy Kwong

RAID.  Rapid Array of Inexpensive Disks.  That’s what it means.  The question is what level of RAID do you need? God knows there are plenty of different types of RAID.  This post explains the different RAID levels and *hopefully, it will help you pick the right configuration for you*** Note:  When in doubt, RAID 1+0…

Promise Pegasus R6/R4 on Windows Bootcamp [SOLVED]

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I’m a Windows and a MAC User.  It really chaps my knickers that I went out and bought a brand new Promise R4/R6 RAID Array only to find out I can’t use it with Bootcamp.  (Having an SSD in my Macbook Pro is great, but space is at a premium). Apple doesn’t want to help,…

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