Cron as it is called is a very powerful tool. It’s simply a scheduler that allows you to do a multitude of tasks at any given time. It’s been around since the beginning of time and is built into every linux, unix, bsd distribution out there. Even Microsoft has a version of Cron, albeit it’s…
Category: Windows
WordPress older posts or newer posts link not working [Solved]
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,…
Looking for a PBX? Consider the Cloud.
I’ve spoken of the virtues of a cloud PBX on many an occasion. The reality is for the last 8 years, I’ve been running my phone system / PBX in a cloud for many reasons. The most important is redundancy. The system has had no downtime except for when I was applying maintenance upgrades. My…
Considering a Mail Client with the features you need? Consider Thunderbird.
I’ve used them all. From the command line clients to the web mail services and even others such as Outlook, Pegasys, Apple Mail, and all the usual offerings. Here are a few things to consider. 1. You want a mail client that has the ability to accept Add-Ons. This is one important piece of advice…
Word or Office Application could not create the work file check the temp environment variable [Solved]
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…
How to make the Internet Explorer 9 Address Bar Longer [Solved]
If you’re anything like me, you like a nice long address bar. Preferably to go across the entire top of the screen if you can. The introduction of Internet Explorer (IE) 9 and previous versions has just added to the list of windows annoyances. This is actually easily rectified in two easy steps. So here’s…
Promise Pegasys R6 R4 on Windows Bootcamp [SOLVED]
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SSD Performance improvements
So you just bought yourself one of those wonderfully fast SSD Drives. One little problem though. They wear down over timpe. Another thing is you’ll start to get used to the speed very quickly and start getting annoyed at how slow it is. It’s like upgrading your car from a buick to a supercar. …
Disabling Internet Explorer Security Settings Check [Solved]
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]
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…