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If you install phpMyAdmin on IIS and get the error:
PROBLEM: cannot load mcrypt extension. please check your php configuration
This could be due to the extension being missing or that it is not listed correctly in php.ini file. Listed below are the instructions from around the web that I followed to get this working:
Continue readingIf you have change the IP address that an IIS website is pointing to, then find that when you try to restart IIS services you get the error:
The network location cannot be reached.
…you may need to use a utility called httpcfg to tell IIS to listen specifically to the new IP.
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Informal learning is particularly useful where learners are not novices in a subject area and have some background, but are trying to add skills or need additional support for the details of unfamiliar tasks. Training people to find the information they need when they need it may work as well as training them to remember all the information they need, especially if they will not be putting the new skills to use frequently enough to keep it all memorized.
For a recent project I created several sets of Windows scheduled tasks that generate iCal files and FTP them to another server. Each file-generator task executes an ASP script that creates the customized iCal file.
Continue readingWhen installing Windows 7 in VMWare Fusion or Parallels, if you get the following error: The unattend answer file contains an invalid product key” simply open the VMWare Settings or in Parallels, select Virtual Machine
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I find the new debugging tools in Safari almost as useful as Firebug. There’s a Web Inspector that lets you see exactly how the HTML is formed, a Javascript console that lets you see errors and debugging messages written into the code and much more.
But to use them you must enable the Debug menu in Safari. Open Safari preferences in the Safari Menu, click Advanced, and select Show Develop menu in menu bar.
Continue readingSometimes a web app hits it square on target for me, and for once, Google Docs has done that with its new Drag to list to upload functionality. It’s as direct as dragging something to a folder with no intermediate step. Nice!
Continue readingIf clicking on a link containing a javascript results in a white page contining nothing but the word “true” or “false”, check the link to see if it is written in the form:
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When XML data is sent back from a web service, it is in the form of a stream: there are no line breaks or indents to make it easier for humans to read. The example below is typical: the entire XML result is one continuous line. This makes it very hard to troubleshoot your application: you need a utility to put the indents and line-breaks back in.
XCode, the developer tools suite provided by Apple is available to registered Apple Developers for free. If you are not a registered developer with Apple, you can still get XCode for a small fee through the App Store. But unlike many of the app store applications, clicking the “Install” button under the XCode description does not directly result in a working application appearing in your dock. The icon for an XCode installer shows up there instead. And that can installer isn’t trouble-free.
When I tried to run the XCode installer, it failed when it was nearly done, and displayed a message to go look for an error in the log (/var/log/install.log) where I found errors like this:
Xcode install Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain…
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