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frost Setup SVN with SSL using Apache2 on Linux (Debian) - Subscribe
The past few days I have been digging and diving and reading through many different tutorials about setting up SVN (or Subversion) through Apache2 on Debian based Linux Distro's. After many trials and errors and taking down my webserver a few times I finally was able to get a full on SVN Server for my main website up and running with Authentication over SSL, and here is my tale.

Read the full tutorial at Slunked.com
Setup SVN with SSL using Apache2 on Linux (Debian)
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david How to Create a Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut Feb 12th, 2010 17:03 - Subscribe
This entry explains how to Create a (RDP) Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut on Windows 7, XP, & Server 2003.

Nobody likes to type an IP or network address if you do not have to. At work we have so many IP's it's hard to track, whats what.

I personally like to use mRemote to manage network connections, but here is a simple way just to create a remote desktop connection so that all you have to do is double click an icon for remote access.

How to Create a Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut
  • Go to your desktop
  • Right click on it
  • Create new shortcut
  • In the Type the location of the item enter this
  • mstsc.exe /v:192.168.0.111 /w:800 /h:600
  • Be sure to change the 192.168.0.111 to the IP that you wish to connect to remotely
  • Notice the w:800 & h:600 - This is the width and the height of the remote desktop connection window upon double clicking. You can change these values at any time to suit your window.
  • To go full screen with your remote desktop connection shortcut simply remove w:800 /h:600 and replace it with /f

    I hope this helps. If you have any tips or tricks on remote desktop connection shortcuts please leave a comment.
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david How to Prevent a Low Spam Score in Email Marketing Jan 28th, 2010 16:16 - Subscribe
This entry explains that when doing mass / blast email marketing the do's and the do not's of mass mailing. It will show you how to Prevent a Low Spam Score in Email Marketing.

How to Prevent a Low Spam Score in Email Marketing
First off let us begin with the subject. The subject, aside from the body is one of the most important aspect of your email marketing campaign.
  • Do not start the subject with Contains ‘Dear (whatever)'
  • Do not start the subject with a $ amount
  • Do not start the subject with losing weight / pounds.
  • Do not start the subject with spaces between your words
  • Do not capitalize your WORDS

    HTML do not's to Prevent a Low Spam Score in Email Marketing
  • Do not use HTML font size that is over 12pt
  • Do not use HTML which includes a form that can send email
  • Do not use HTML that is all image and no text

    Obvious ways to Prevent a Low Spam Score in Email Marketing
  • From: domain has series of non-vowel letters
  • Content regarding removal from mailings / list
  • Content regarding larger body parts
  • Content regarding millions of dollars
  • Content regarding Home refinancing
  • Lowest Price
  • Content contains a URL listed in the blocklist
  • Content praises like the word free
  • Content with links to common unsubscribe script: ‘getmeoff.php’

    I hope this helps, many thanks to our user submission of this topic. If you would like to share some tips and tricks please leave a comment.
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    frost Getting Dell WiFi to Work on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Jan 16th, 2010 22:24 - Subscribe
    Getting Dell WiFi to Work on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
    by frost

    Introduction
    This morning I found myself ripping my hair out attempting to get my wireless card working on my new dual boot Ubuntu 9.10 / Windows 7 setup. The wireless worked great on Windows 7, but alas, the dreaded Ubuntu Karmic Koala was putting up a fight! Well here is how I was able to get my wireless card to work on Ubuntuo 9.10 Karmic Koala.

    The First Steps
    After many hours of googling (I was plugged into a hardline) I had learned nothing about the problem other then feeble attempts at trying to use ndiswrapper drivers to no avail. This was very disheartening, as it seems installing and using ndiswrapper worked for many people. Well unfortunately it did not work for me. Now I am just sitting here twiddling my thumbs and decide to lookup some simple commands I could use to probe and see why my wireless card was not working. It boiled down to 1 command that really caught my attention, "lshw"!

    lshw Command on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
    It seems as though the lshw command lists available hardware on the system. In a desperate attempt I decided to give it a try. Well what came up really caught my attention, under *-network there was a "disabled" next to it. Which caught my attention and got me thinking, why is my wireless card disabled? Well in this line of thinking I stumbled upon another helpful command "lspci | grep Network" which pulled out the listing for the card. To my surprise it told me it was missing something to do with b43.

    Fixing the missing b43
    Well it turns out the b43 firmware was missing for the broadcom wireless card. Well great, thinking of how to fix it I decided to see if there was anything in the Synaptic Package Manager. I do a quick search for b43 and to my surprise on package comes up, b43-fwcutter, which basically extracts the broadcom firmware. Of course I install this package at once! After I installed it, the card did not work. Since this had to do with firmware etc, I decided to try a reboot. Once the computer came back up WOOHOO! My Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala now has Wi-Fi capabilities and connected flawlessly to my networks.

    Ending Notes
    Although I was very frustrated at time, I am extremely happy that the solution was a simple one. I decided to write this entry to help others out there with a Broadcom card having the same issue on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. What took me a few hours to figure out, should have been more like 10 minutes to get straightened out.

    This was a great learning experience for me and I am so happy that I finally got the Wireless card to work! I hope this works and helps you out as well.

    Other Notes
    I am not an expert at Linux / Ubuntu by any means. I do not claim to be, as such if the above does not work, I am not sure how to fix it for you. Your question is better directed towards the Ubuntu Help Forums. If this does work, great! Glad I could help. Just an FYI that you posting your problems here means that you are posting them in vain if you are expecting me to fix them for you. Thank you!
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    david How to Reverse the Order of Adobe Acrobat PDF Pages Jan 15th, 2010 11:26 - Subscribe
    This entry explains how to reverse the order of Adobe Arcrobat PDF Pages. The process is not to hard, just kind of tricky to find.

    How to Reverse the Order of Adobe Acrobat PDF Pages
    1. Open Adobe Acrobat
    2. Go to File
    3. Find the PDF File in which you would like to reverse the pages
    4. Now press CTRL+P or Apple+P to open a print dialog box
    5. Check mark reverse pages (This will be under the print range section)
    6. Now select the drop down menu under Printer
    7. Adobe PDF
    8. Hit the Ok button
    9. Now save the document


    Your pages will now be reversed for you from 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

    I hope this helps, if you know a quicker way leave a comment.
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    david How to Restrict Access To Network Drives in on Windows Dec 28th, 2009 16:01 - Subscribe
    Entry explains How To Restrict Access To Network Drives in on Windows. Do you have a shared or public pc that many users use? If so you can restrict them from external network drives using the local group policy.

    (Windows 7 & Vista only)

    How To Restrict Access To Network Drives in on Windows
    1. First type gpedit.msc in the search box of the Start Menu and hit Enter.
    2. Now go to User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Explorer. Then on the right side under Setting, double click on Prevent access to drives from My Computer.
    3. Select Enable then under Options from the drop down menu you can restrict a certain drive, a combination of drives, or restrict them all. The main drive you would probably want to restrict is the C:\ drive or which ever lettered drive Windows is installed on. Restricting all drives means they can’t access the CD or DVD drive, and cannot use a flash drive if they need to get files from it. Note: This setting won’t prevent users from using programs that access the local drives.
    4. The restrictions take effect immediately, no restart is required. When a user opens up My Computer they’ll be able to see which drives are listed, but when they try to access a restricted drive, they’ll get the following error message.
    5. Keep in mind that Local Group Policy allows you to customize several settings for how you want to administer your machine. Restricting access to certain drives in addition to other security and access measures, can help keep a shared computer stable and secure.


    Questions? Leave a comment below, and the community will try and troubleshoot your situation.
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    david Windows 7 How to Remotely Stream Music and Videos to any PC Nov 22nd, 2009 15:17 - Subscribe
    This entry will explain how to remotely stream music and video from home to your work in Windows 7.

    Ever wanted to get access to your music, videos, and other media on your home pc from work, or while traveling? Well, Windows 7 makes this process easy. Below is all you will need to get started.

    Requirements:
  • Windows 7 Business and above
  • Windows Media Player 11
  • Decent internet connection


    Windows 7 How to Remotely Stream Music and Videos from Home
    1. Go to Start
    2. All Programs
    3. Windows Media Player
    4. If the player is open and you're in Now Playing mode, click the Switch to Library button in the upper-right corner of the Player.
    5. Click Stream
    6. Turn on home media streaming
    7. On the Media streaming options page, click Turn on Allow Access to Home Media. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
    8. Click on Link an Online ID
    9. Click Add an online ID provider (Keep in mind an Online ID provider must be installed on your machine in order to link an online ID to your Windows user account.)
    10. You should now be directed to: Windows 7 online ID providers.
    11. Download Download for 32-bit
    12. Install the software
    13. Type your user name and password for the online ID to sign in, and then click OK.
    14. In the Internet Home Media Access dialog box, click Allow Internet access to home media. Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
    15. Click OK.


    Keep in mind when trying to Stream Music and Video's in Windows 7
  • If your computer is on a public network, you will be prompted to change the network location before you can stream media. For more information about network locations, see Choosing a network location.

  • If you have set up a homegroup, you might be prompted to share your media libraries with your homegroup before you can stream media. For more information about sharing libraries with a homegroup, see Share libraries with your homegroup.

  • To send and receive your home media streams over the Internet, the current version of Windows Media Player must be installed on the computers you plan to use.

  • The home computer used to stream media can't be on a public network or joined to a domain.

  • A linked online ID can be associated with 10 Windows user accounts.

  • Internet access to home media isn't available on Windows 7 Starter or Windows 7 Home Basic

    If you have any questions, feel free to post them here. I will do my best to help out.
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    david YouTube - Experiencere Nov 11th, 2009 11:15 - Subscribe
    Simply one of the best YouTube promotions ever. Excellent usage of flash and javascript (jQuery).

    Take a look:
    http://www.youtube.com/experiencere
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    david Road Runner Turbo Speed Test Nov 9th, 2009 20:20 - Subscribe
    Here is my residential internet speed test for November 09 2009. As you can see my the graphic below, I'm a proud customer of Time Warner Cable.



    I have nothing else to type. The chart speaks for it's self.
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    david How to Use Google Voice with an Existing Number Oct 26th, 2009 23:54 - Subscribe
    This video explains How to Use Google Voice with an Existing Number. The process is farely simple and requires very little modification on the user end. My recommendation is to watch the video, and go to your Google Voice account settings to get started.



    Tip's, tricks, hint's are welcomed. Feel free to post them!
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    david How to Organize Digital Photos Like The Professionals Oct 26th, 2009 23:47 - Subscribe
    So we all have hundreds if not thousands of digital photo's on our internal and external hard drives, but the questions is how do we organize them like the pro's do? Here is how I plan on doing it.

    How to Organize Digital Photos Like The Professionals
    Right now I have an I:\ drive where I store all of my photo's along with other needful items that I do not plan on listing here. Well one of my directories is:

    Pictures

    Inside of my pictures directories I have:
  • Photo's
  • PSD's
  • Wallpaper
  • Web

    Photo's is what we are looking at in this entry. Well I figured that the easiest way to organize your pictures is by creating a directory. (which I have) that describes the images stored with in it. eg: Halloween 2008 Inside of my Halloween 2008 folder I have pictures of Milani trick-or-treating (my daughter). Well rather than labeling the directory, 'Halloween 2008'...I plan on listing it as:

    2008-10-31 - Halloween Windows will recognize the year 2008 first, the month, and final the day and place them in sequential order.

    Once you have placed all your pictures in directories, and properly labeled them by year, month, day. It is now time to use your favorite photo management software. Many of the pro's use expression, but personally I enjoy using Adobe Light Room for meta labeling, and Google Picasa for facial remembrance.

    Either path you choose to take, Adobe Light Room, Google Picasa, or another 3rd party program always label the directories of the images that you purge from your camera on to your PC.

    Here is a list of my primary directories in my Picture folder. Your are more than welcomed to use this as an outline for your digital photo organization.
    1. Animals
    2. Architecture
    3. Environment
    4. Events
    5. Family
    6. Friends
    7. Home
    8. Objects
    9. Office
    10. Screenshots
    11. Travel
    12. Work

    Eventually I plan on revamping / optimizing my primary directories by year, but for now this suites me well. Should you have any recommendations or suggestions I welcome you to comment below. Thanks

    External Links
  • Adobe Light Room
    A photography software program developed by Adobe Systems for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, designed to assist professional photographers in managing thousands of digital images and doing post production work.

  • Google's Picasa
    Picasa is a software download from Google that helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. It's free, and easy to use.
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    david How to Make Windows 7 Upgrade a Full Install Oct 25th, 2009 09:57 - Subscribe
    Explain on how to create a complete walkthrough on how to make Windows 7 Upgrade a full install. Paul Thurott and a friend over at the SuperSite Blog have worked out how to perform a clean Windows 7 install using the upgrade disc. Come again?

    That's right: save $80 and buy the Windows 7 Upgrade disc, because you can use it to perform a clean, full-featured installation.

    How to Make Windows 7 Upgrade a Full Install

    1. Perform a clean installation using the Upgrade disc -- this should work without a hitch.
    2. Make sure there are no Windows Updates pending -- if there's an orange shield icon next to the Shutdown button in the Start Menu, that means you need to reboot before attempting the next steps.
    3. Open 'regedit.exe' from the Start Menu -- just type it in there, where it says: Search programs and files. Accept the User Account Control dialogue that pops up to give yourself Windows 7 superpowers.
    4. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/
    5. Change MediaBootInstall from '1' to '0'
    6. Open the Start Menu again and type 'cmd' -- use ctrl+shift+enter to run it as an elevated-permissions user
    7. Finally, type slmgr /rearm -- and press enter.


    Your computer will now reboot and run the Activate Windows utility. Type in your product key and you should be good to go.
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    david Resize from Geocities by Peter Bone Oct 25th, 2009 08:29 - Subscribe
    Resize software by Peter Bone. I use to use this software back in the day. Excellent image software for batch resizing. I am posting this as an entry becouse Geocities is going down permanently on October 25, 2009. So to pay tribute I am posting this for everyone else to enjoy.

    As stated from the website.
    Resize allows you to resize images. Reduction is done by pixel averaging, which gives much better quality than sub-sampling. The program allows you to resize a batch of images and also convert to JPEG. This is useful for creating thumbnails for web pages or resizing the frames for animated gifs.



    The resizing algorithm produces high quality images because it uses all available information from the source image. Most other image resizing software only use a small amount of information from the source image.

    Download Resizer
    http://rapidshare.com/files/297718723/Resize_Version_Multi_Lang_2.7_Final.zip
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    david Windows 7 64-BIT Driver for M-AUDIO Fast Track Ultra Oct 11th, 2009 20:43 - Subscribe
    Since I figured many of you were having this same problem I did with your equipment, I decieded to post this How to Install Drivers for M-AUDIO Fast Track Ultra Windows 7 64-BIT.

    Can you believe it? I finally got my M-AUDIO Fast Track Ultra USB to work on Windows 7 64 BIT. Here is what I did:

    Windows 7 64-BIT Driver Installation for M-AUDIO Fast Track Ultra
    1. Download the Vista 64 BIT Driver from M-Audio
    2. Save the download: FTU_V64_5_10_00_5099.exe file to your desktop
    3. Right click on FTU_V64_5_10_00_5099.exe
    4. Go to properties
    5. Go to compatiability tab
    6. Check mark Run this program in compatibility mode for:
    7. Select Windows Vista
    8. Under Privlege Level, check mark Run this program as an administrator
    9. Click ok
    10. Now proceed the installation of the driver


    Pretty cool huh? No need to wait for M-AUDIO to release the fix for there installation wizard!
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    david How to Assign a Hot Key Short Cut to the Snipping Tool in Windows 7 Oct 10th, 2009 17:00 - Subscribe
    Explains how to assign a Windows Hot Key Short Cut to the Snipping Tool in Windows 7.

    Windows 7 has a pretty awesome new screen shot utility that allows you to highlight a part or all of your screen and save it to .JPG, .GIF, .PNG, and .HTML (.MHT). Well what if you were able to assign a hotkey to the snipping tool for easier access? Wouldn't hurt, huh?

    Here's How to Assign a Hot Key Short Cut to the Snipping Tool in Windows 7.

    1. Start
    2. All Programs
    3. Go to Accessories
    4. Right Click on Snipping Tool
    5. Select Properties
    6. Now simply enter in the shortcut key text box something like CTRL+F12.
    7. Ok

    Now every time you press CTRL+F12 simultaneously your Windows Snipping Tool will be available. Keep in mind you can do this with many windows programs.

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    david How to Download MP3's from Playlist.com Sep 30th, 2009 10:12 - Subscribe
    My cousin contacted me about how he figured out how to download MP3's from Playlist.com I am not sure why I'm posting this...perhaps because he called me a 'jurk'.

    How to Download MP3's from Playlist.com
  • (11:15:07 AM) deckard50: want free mp3's?
  • (11:15:23 AM) deckard50: http://www.melodynelson.com/music/Temptation%20%28Secret%20Machines%20Remix%20Edit%29.mp3
  • (11:15:29 AM) deckard50: http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#new%20order/2
  • (11:15:56 AM) deckard50: just visit the hosting site of song, copy / paste link, save page as....there u go
  • (11:18:56 AM) Creative210: lol das old school
  • (11:19:07 AM) Creative210: i host some of my songs on these with the server we got
  • (11:19:09 AM) deckard50: why havent u let me know then??
  • (11:19:18 AM) Creative210: cuz its obvious
  • (11:19:19 AM) Creative210: happy.gif
  • (11:19:31 AM) deckard50: i hate u
  • (11:19:36 AM) Creative210: hey david
  • (11:19:40 AM) Creative210: apple jacks
  • (11:19:43 AM) Creative210: taste like apples
  • (11:19:46 AM) Creative210: FYI
  • (11:19:47 AM) Creative210: wink.gif
  • (11:19:48 AM) Creative210: hahaha
  • (11:19:55 AM) deckard50: jurk

    So there you go. happy.gif
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    david How to Uninstall / Remove Internet Explorer Add-Ons Aug 19th, 2009 15:24 - Subscribe
    This entry explains How to Delete or Uninstall Internet Explorer Add-Ons. I read on the microsoft website today that the end user is not able to uninstall / remove Internet Explorer Add-On's. Well you know me, I won't settle for that.

    How to Uninstall / Remove Internet Explorer Add-Ons, here is how I figured it out.

    1. Open Internet Explorer
    2. Manage Add-Ons
    3. Find the Add-On on the list Manage Add-On List
    4. Highlight it
    5. Click on More Information
    6. Click on Remove

    Easy enough? Wonder if MS overlooked this. happy.gif

    Now then, if the Remove button is not highlighted or it does not allow you to remove the Add-On, this means that their is a program that you installed associated with the Internet Explorer Add-On. To fix this, simply remove the installed program, and if needed start from step 1 of this entry.

    Should you have any questions, leave a comment.
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    david M-AUDIO - Fast Track Ultra & Windows 7 Driver Aug 18th, 2009 18:45 - Subscribe
    Updated! - 10.11.09
    Windows 7 64-BIT Driver for M-AUDIO Fast Track Ultra

    So I decided to do some gaming today on the PC. I rarely do it...for the fact that I feel that I am ignoring my family while I proceed to frag the opposing team. happy.gif

    Well today I found out that on my NEW PC that my M-Audio Fast Track Ultra audio / mini is not supported by Windows 7. I mean, sure I have the RPM and I understand that Windows 7 is not released...but what the heck. Shouldn't it at least work in compatibility mode with Windows XP? Dammit, what luck.

    The error message that I receive is: This device is not supported by the Windows Operating System that you are running. Typical Windows error, but that's ok I guess. Seems as though M-Audio is working hard to release the drivers soon.

    M-AUDIO - Fast Track Ultra & Windows 7 Driver:
    M-Audio Windows 7 Drivers Status
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    david How to Create Restart, Shutdown, Sleep Icons in Windows 7 & Vista Desktop Aug 17th, 2009 12:18 - Subscribe
    This entry will show you How to Create Lock Restart & Shutdown Icons in Windows 7 & Vista. This process is as simple as creating a shortcut, adding a command to that shortcut, then simply adding an icon to accompany it. Let me show you how to do it with the shutdown button.

    1. Right click the Desktop
    2. New
    3. Shortcut
    4. Enter in the browse location
    5. Shutdown.exe -s -t 00
    6. Name the shortcut 'Shutdown'
    7. Now right click the new shortcut
    8. Properties
    9. Change Icon*
    10. Choose the Shutdown Icon
    11. Ok


    * NOTE: If you do not have a list of icons go back to step #9 and enter this in the browse section: %SystemRoot%\System32\shell32.dll

    quote:

    Windows 7 System Command Lines
  • Shutdown Command - Shutdown.exe -s -t 00
  • Restart Command - Shutdown.exe -r -t 00
  • Lock Workstation Command - Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation
  • Hibernate Workstation Command - rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
  • Sleep Computer Command - rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0


    • Now you can add these icons that you created to your Aero Taskbar or to your Windows 7 Quick Launch.

    If you have any questions leave a comment.
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    david How to Enable Quick Launch in Windows 7 Aug 17th, 2009 12:07 - Subscribe
    This entry explains How to Enable Quick Launch in Windows 7. Sure the Aero Task bar is great, but if you enjoyed the Windows Quick Launch and are using Windows 7, it's no longer available. Or is it? I will show you how.

    How to Enable Quick Launch in Windows 7

    1. Right click the Task Bar
    2. Click on New Tool
    3. In the folder line copy
    4. %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
    5. Select the folder button
    6. You should now have a Quick Launch Toolbar


    Pretty easy huh? Leave a comment if you have any issues.
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