If you write PHP and are anything like me, you want to test your code before making it live to the world on your own LAMP stack on windows. I have installed linux on separate computers, installed LAMP stacks on windows, created development environments on my live web servers and yet none of these are all that great to work with. Enter Virtualbox. If you are reading this … [Read more...] about Installing LAMP Stack on Windows XP, Vista and 7
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How to Map filesanywhere.com as drive in Windows 7
Question: How do I Map a filesanywhere.com account to a drive letter in Windows 7? By mapping a network drive to filesanywhere.com in Windows 7, you will have easier access to your cloud storage. Advanced user access is required on your account as you will have to enable webdav access for this work. NOTE: Only Advanced User's on filesanywhere have drive mapping … [Read more...] about How to Map filesanywhere.com as drive in Windows 7
Thunderbird Settings SMTP for q.com Mail
So, after messing around with these settings for about an hour, I got Thunderbird to finally send mail. I have had this problem before and I have decided to blog about this so everyone can take a shortcut. The correct settings for the q.com SMTP mail server as of 01/19/2010 are: Thunderbird q.com e-mail settings SMTP Server name: smtp.live.com Port: 25 Username: email … [Read more...] about Thunderbird Settings SMTP for q.com Mail
Sharing a Printer Over a Network
So, how do you share a printer that is on another computer located on a home wired or wireless network? I actually received this question from an old friend on Facebook. MY DISCLAIMER: This article is intended to be a guide on how to properly set up a networked printer. Before you proceed, please understand that I take no responsibility for any use, misuse, or errors caused b … [Read more...] about Sharing a Printer Over a Network
The Requested Operation Requires Elevation in Vista
If you are using Windows Vista and are performing operations that require Administrator Privledges in the "cmd" command line area, you may receive an error "The Requested Operation Requires Elevation." The way to properly run privileged commands in the command line area is to start the command line interface in administrator mode. This can be done by clicking START>All Pr … [Read more...] about The Requested Operation Requires Elevation in Vista