I regularly use remote access tools such as LogMeIn, RemoteDesktop and TeamViewer to provide remote support for clients all over the country. Since Windows 8 arrived, getting the Windows username from clients has become increasingly difficult. More often than not I hear “I don’t know” or “my PIN is …”, neither of which provide insight to the actual username.
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So over the past few months I have been working more with media applications (graphics, video, etc). During this time I noticed my aging Dell Inspiron N7110 laptop was starting to lag as if I was out of memory.
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A quick run-through to show you how to adjust the volume of individual Windows applications…
I realize LiveZilla has their own suggestion for performing input field validation, but here is my spin on the process.
Create `validation.php` in your main LiveZilla folder with the following code (update input field IDs accordingly)…
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I wrote a post yesterday about testing your internet connectivity using a Windows batch file, but since I cannot leave well-enough alone, I decided to keep working on it.
A few things to keep in mind…
I was hardening a server this morning and decided my reference for disabling root access within Linux / cPanel / WHM may benefit someone else.
Note: Some may end up here trying to find out how to disable the WHM’s root user login. I do not believe that is possible.
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I finally decided to tackle a site that had over 20GB of images in a single folder. I won’t say who created this monster (whoops), but while moving the site to a new dedicated server, I decided it was time to remedy the situation.
The first issue is with anything you want to (graphically) process folders is limited greatly by the GUI and how much data needs to be processed for each request. This is why I decided a hashed folder naming convention would be the best approach. The folder names do not matter, just so long as there is reasonable grouping and/or separation.
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There are multiple ways to remove an application from most Macintosh operating systems. Choose the one that suits your tastes and environment. Continue reading
I have always been of the mindset, the more you add to a system to automate mundane tasks, the more you open yourself to exploits. I have had to deal with many workstations, servers, and personal computers that were previously maintained by other (less experienced) administrators that swear by the use of CCleaner, Defraggler, and Speccy (not linking intentionally, use Google if you want links to their software). I have always immediately removed them as one of my first clean-up tasks. Continue reading
Do you have a password field that the user wants to be able to view at the click of a button? Here is the solution I came up with to handle that need…
The field…
<div class="input-group">
<input type="password" name="password" value="P@$$w0rD" placeholder="Password" id="input-password" class="form-control" required>
<span id="view-password" class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i></span>
</div>
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Found this on reddit. Reposting here for my reference an in case the original post/comment is ever removed…
Comment by LetsGo:
Open the file manager and then add the following to the URL in the address bar (and press enter to go)
Save yourself the trouble and don’t bother asking BlueHost support when you run into a problem trying to assign a domain from one BlueHost account to another. They misinformed us about more than a few aspects and the notices displayed on the page when the assignment encounters a problem is not very intuitive.
First things first: If you are using BlueHost for email and have your email program configured for IMAP, you have a bit of work ahead of you.