Blocking browsing to website subdirectories – 1&1

If you are using a webhost like 1&1, you may find that adding additional domains to your hosting package sets the default directory (the ‘home’ directory) as a subdirectory of the main site. Imagine you have two sites: www.abc.com www.newsite.com After adding the newsite.com entry to your list of domains the home directory may be set to www.abc.com/newsite/ – this will allow a user to browse to www.abc.com/newsite and access the new site. Why is this a bad thing? It’s uncertain whether sites like google treat multiple domains pointing to content as a bad thing – there is some information out there, like here, but the situation isn’t 100% clear. The best situation is to have the content isolated properly, so that the new site we have created newsite.com cannot be browsed in this fashion. There are two methods to resolve this issue: Set the home directory of the primary website to a subdirectory

• Configure abc.com to have a home directory of /http_docs/abc.com (or similar) 
• Configure newsite.com to have a home directory of /http_docs/newsite.com (or similar)

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Scheduled Tasks – Running Tasks Without A Password in Windows XP

 

If you try to run a scheduled task in Windows XP, it will balk if you don’t enter a password (or if your main account has no password, it won’t let you proceed). There are two potential fixes: Run the task as the administrator (i.e. your-machine-name\administrator) You can then enter the administrators password. You may need to set this in Computer Management first: Right click My Computer Click Manage In the right hand window, click into Users and Groups Right click the Administrator account, and click Change Password Enter a password of your choice. You can then run the task as the system administrator. - See more... 

Enable Telnet Command in Windows 7

 

Telnet is a simple but extremely popular protocol for exchanging data between two computers. It is often used for testing computer programs. The Telnet utility is included with Windows Vista and Windows 7 computers although it is not enabled by default. Enable Telnet for Windows Vista/Windows 7 If you would like to enable Telnet, follow these steps: 1. Go to Control Panel. 2. Click into Programs and Features. 3. Click Turn Windows Features on or off. - See more...

Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

 

This is a common problem with Windows Vista – most typically, the CD-ROM or DVD drive will fail to function correctly. Here are the steps we take to fix the issue (be cautious – you’ll have to edit the registry of the computer) Click the Start button, and then in the search box, type regedit. Press the Enter key. NOTE: If prompted for an administrator password or a User Account Control prompt is displayed, type the appropriate password or click Continue. In the Registry Editor window, in the left pane, double-click the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder. - See more...

Sporttracks v2.1

 

Sporttracks is an excellent piece of software if you like to keep a record of your performance, training or fitness over time. Version 3 of the software was released back in September 2010, and it’s very, very good. However, it does cost $35 after a 30 day trial. I’ve been happily using Sporttracks v2 for some time (although the mapping is now quite flaky…). I had to reinstall it recently, and found it hard to find. - See more...