Web-Enable Your Custom Software Application
Are you using custom software to run your business? Perhaps an older Access or FoxPro application? Or maybe some Excel spreadsheets with custom macros? Ever wonder about converting that to …
Android Certificates
I’m enjoying my new Samsung Captivate, still running Android 2.1 (c’mon, AT&T, let’s see 2.2!). But I’ve found that Android doesn’t trust the SSL certificate I installed from StartSSL. No …
Identifying and Avoiding Fake Anti-Virus Programs
One of the biggest threats to your computer comes when you land on a web site containing a fake anti-virus warning. These sites try to trick you into installing a …
Set up Windows Authentication in IE8
If you have a web site that requires logging on with Windows Authentication, you can set Internet Explorer 8 to pass through your current credentials, thus bypassing the logon prompt. …
GoldMine Sync ERROR 00000024
Sometimes the most difficult problems have the simplest solutions. I’m using GoldMine 6.50.40704. For years I was able to sync with Outlook using the built-in wizard. Since upgrading from Exchange …
Accessing a Button in a Visual WebGui ListView
I’ve developed a Visual WebGui 6.4 RC1 form that uses a ListView control with a button in each row. The button opens a custom control when pressed. It’s very similar …
How to Repair the SBSMonitoring Database
My daily report from SBS 2008 told me that MSSQL$SBSMONITORING had raised error event 8646 “Unable to find index entry in index ID 6, of table 357576312, in database ‘SBSMonitoring’. …
Where to Find CHKDSK Results
In Server 2008 R2 (and probably other OS’s), when you do a chkdsk /f or chkdsk /r, you’ll probably have to reboot your system let chkdsk have exclusive access to …
VSS Errors While Formatting Drive
In Server 2008 R2, I started a full (not quick) format on an external USB drive. While that was running, I wanted to check the shadow copy setup on some …
PowerEdge 1500SC: Bogus Memory and Linux Errors
Sometimes the trickiest errors are the ones you should ignore. I’m running PBX in a Flash, based on CentOS 5.2, on a Dell PowerEdge 1500SC. Back in February, I got …