Tech
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Using Windows Live Writer to post to WordPress
I just used Windows Live writer to post this on my blog! I was rather skeptical at first but it works surprisingly well. Very cool!
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Lost network connectivity
I have seen this problem a couple of times now. All of a sudden a machine [usually a VM] loses all network connectivity. The Windows event logs show that IPsec is blocking network activity. Solution? Well, take a look at this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912023 The solution listed there solves the problem. I suspect file corruption is the issue. Happy friday!
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Make an external hard drive bootable
ok, so I found a lot of information on how to make a USB flash drive bootable. But none of them worked on making an external USB mechanical hard drive bootable. I finally found a procedure which actually worked! It is posted here by Kevin. Note 1: On step #2 where he talks about running the bootsect command….there is something more which needs to be done. The CMD prompt on my win 7 machine had to be elevated (right click on the cmd and choose “run as admin”). After that this command made my external drive bootable: bootsect /nt60 G: Yahoo! (thanks Kevin!) Note 2: The tool from Microsoft does not work for external Mechanical HDDs. It only…
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Fix for WordPress MU images not showing up
I have been troubleshooting why images on my wordpress MU installation dont show up after upgrade to the latest version 3.3.2 [from 3.3.1]. After spending a very long time I came across a very useful post. This post describes that the .htaccess file needs to be edited to fix the problem.
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How to check if mod_rewrite is really working
While working with WordPress I came to a point where I needed to check if mod_rewrite was really working and working properly on my Ubuntu Server. Searching for a quick test I found this post on the ‘net. Pretty useful!