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Windows 7 & 2008 blocks stuff downloaded from internet
So I found a very interesting fact about how Windows may tag a script/executable you downloaded from the Internet as “blocked”. So when you try to execute that script on a command line it won’t work. Yup, a very interesting ‘feature’ of Windows OSes. I have confirmed this on Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 Check it out here:
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Watch those heating pads!
If you use a heating pad for starting seeds, you need to keep a watch at the temperature of the soil. I measured over 90F in the center of the tray and over 84F at the corners. This is with the plastic dome on and the shop lights switched on. I used a “instant read” type meat thermometer from the kitchen drawers 😉 Of course this temperature is too hot and this is probably why my impatiens seeds are not germinating.
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My review of Lowepro’s S&F Light Utility Belt for Photographers
I have been using this for a couple of years now. So far I like it very much. Pros: All equipment is easily accessible. Modular construction is priceless. You buy exactly what you need. You can quickly reconfigure it as per your day’s shoot. Don’t want that bottle holder today…remove it in 2 seconds. Want to take that third lens today…add the lens pouch in 2 seconds. Voila!
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Good WYSIWYG editor for mediawiki 1.18
I found a good looking WYSIWYG mediawiki editor called extension:WYSIWYG here http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WYSIWYG Unfortunately, this version is not supported on mediawiki version 1.18 yet. I tested it myself; it really does not work on 1.18. In the extension’s discussions I found that someone has modified it and posted it to: http://wiki.linuxmatter.com/index.php/File:WYSIWYG.zip I have tested it. It works fine with version 1.18
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IPSec blocking all network traffic
We could not ping one of our servers. I looked at the event logs and found this entry: Description: The IPSec driver has entered Block mode. IPSec will discard all inbound and outbound TCP/IP network traffic that is not permitted by boot-time IPSec Policy exemptions. Really strange! I did not enable any IPsec policies, the firewall was also disabled on this server. So how did this happen? Well, the server ran out of space and somehow a registry entry got corrupt. Take a look at this KB article. The fix worked for us. Actually the whole key was missing. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\IPSec\Policy\Local When I registered the DLL , it re-created the key. Reboot…