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Technology

  • OfficeScan Console Timeout

    I ran into another issue where I was trying to use the management console for the Trend Micro OfficeScan software. But as soon as I logged in, it told me that I had timed out and made me log in again. That's just insane – even the fast-talking…

  • Fixing Windows Time Issues

    I recently ran across a spate of the dreaded errors in the event log saying that my time synchronization wasn't happening. What a nuisance. Luckily, I found my way to a page that tells you how to fix time synchronization issues. It's geared towards Small Business Server, but…

  • Exchange 2003 and RPC over HTTP

    So I'm in the process of moving some mailboxes from an SBS 2003 server to Exchange 2003 on a Windows 2003 Server installation (need more than the 75 licenses that SBS offers). All went really well, except I couldn't get RPC over HTTP to work on the new…

  • Smarty Category Filtering

    Until recently, I depended solely on the most excellent FilterCategories plugin to, well, filter my category list. For instance, where I might present a subset of my entire category list. The latest hurdle in a static-to-dynamic conversion is dealing with the problem that this plugin doesn't work in…

  • Windows 2000 Sharing Issues

    I was working with a client today when I ran into an issue where the computer just would not make a connection to any other devices on the network. I couldn't even run a NET USE command for a resource on the same computer, a sure sign of…

  • Multiple Homepages in Firefox

    While I'd noticed the Use Current Pages button previously, I had never paid attention in order to set up multiple start pages manually. Now I know how to do it. Pipes are your friend….

  • Apply Updates and Shut Down

    Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, offers a new Shut Down option in Windows Server 2003. I think it's available in newer versions of Windows XP as well, but don't quote me on that part. Anyway, this option is a nice one – apply the updates that are pending…

  • Random Rows in SQL

    At least in MySQL, all you have to do to return random data from your query is add ORDER BY RAND() to your query, for instance: SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1…

  • A Plethora of Programming

    This week I've been rather busy working on a number of projects – mostly in languages that I don't typically use (notably Javascript). As such, I found myself digging around for information more than is typical, and came across some gems that helped me out when I was…

  • Firefox Memory Usage

    First, while I do create some software, I am not what should be called a developer. I don't have the experience. With that out of the way, it seems to me that Firefox (1.0.3) is using up a decent amount of memory on my (Windows XP) system. When…