WordPress installation on a laptop using xampp September 24, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: mysql, sql, wordpress, xampp
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path=%PATH%;c:\xampp\mysql\bin
mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE database;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database.* TO “username”@”hostname” IDENTIFIED BY “password”;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT
notepad config.php
<<update configuration>>
http://localhost/wordpressdir
Steps to allowing an additional MythTV frontend August 6, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: frontend, knoppmyth, linux, mythtv
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First you need to set up the backend to allow it to communicate
You first need to stop the mythtv backend which is currently running, at the root prompt enter:
/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend stop
You can also stop the mysql server, enter:
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
You need to edit the my.cnf file and add a '#' symbol in front of the line 'bind address' to allow the front end to access the mysql database:
nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf
Configuring Samba for KnoppMyth July 21, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: knoppmyth, linux, mythtv, samba
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Samba allows you to access your MythTV box via Windows or Macintosh computers on your network. It is already configured to share the /myth directory, but is not set to start on boot. Therefore, all you actually need to do to begin using samba is to start it up. Open an Xterm window, su to root, and start the daemon:
su
/etc/init.d/samba start
However, if you want to avoid doing this each time you restart your MythTV box, do the following to set samba to start up automatically (as su):
update-rc.d samba defaults
Dell Dimension 8400 System Restore April 21, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: dell, restore, XP
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Make sure you back up first because it is a destructive restore
””To use PC Restore:
1 Turn on the computer. During the boot process, a blue bar with www.dell.com appears at the top of the screen.
2 Immediately upon seeing the blue bar, press CTRL-F11. If you do not press in time, let the computer finish restarting, and then restart the computer again.”’
Disable ‘Set Network Location’ in Vista April 17, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: network, vista
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Sometimes the dialog that asks ‘Home, Work, Public’ is an unnecessary feature if you only use your laptop is secure areas. Create the following key without any value to disable this feature
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\NewNetworkWindowOff
PST File greater than 2G March 24, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: outlook, pst
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B33B1DFF-6F50-411D-BBDF-82019DDA602E&displaylang=en
XP Spooler won’t start March 7, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: printer, spooler, XP
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1) Put your XP CD in the CD Drive.
2) Start > Run (Where D: is your CD drive letter)
EXPAND /r “D:i386SPOOLSV.EX_ C:WindowsSystem32
3) Start > Run
SPOOLSV.EXE /install
Get rid of annoying 3-5 black screen during Vista boot February 23, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: boot, vista
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This normally occcurs when Vista searches for external monitors on startup of Vista. If you are not using an external monitor…turn TMM off.
Start->control panel (Classic)->administrative tools->task scheduler.
Expand “Task Scheduler Library”… “Microsoft”… “Windows”… “MobilePC”
Click “TMM”, and on the right-hand side, click “Disable”
Simply Accounting won’t load company over network February 20, 2009
Posted by Cowboy in Uncategorized.Tags: accounting, network, simply
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If you find you can load a company file locally, but not over a network share, your DNS server / router may be the problem.
You can confirm this by determining the ip address of the computer with the file (eg: \CATHY ) and finding out it’s ip address using ipconfig on that machine.
Then try and access the machine using the ip address (eg: \192.168.1.101 ) If it works, complain to your IT department, or in my case Telus.
