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Aug 2, 2013
How To Read Windows Crash dmp Files
Recently had to figure out why a Windows 2008 R2 server was crashing. Which meant reading crash dump files and to read crash dump files you need the Debugging Tools for Windows. Download and install Windows 8 SDK Debugging Tools Windows. The install will require and Internet connection to download the packages it needs. All you need to install is the “Install Debugging Tools for Windows as a Standalone... read more
Jun 19, 2013
How To Securely Delete Files on Windows
When you delete a file on your Windows system is it really deleted? The answer is no, except if the file is on a SSD (Solid State Drive) which the file is deleted immediately. When you delete a file, it isn’t removed from the hard drive immediately. Instead, the computer marks the area as usable and it can be overwritten in the future. This means that your personal files may remain accessible, even after... read more
Jun 11, 2013
How install Apache 2.4 PHP 5.4.16 and MariaDB 5.5.31 on Windows 7
As a followup to my post on How install Apache 2.4 PHP 5.4 and MySQL 5.5.21 on Windows 7, I decided to install the latest Apache 2.4 / PHP 5.4.16 and MariaDB 5.5 with PhPMyAdmin. The difference is using MariaDB and PHP 5.4.16. Apache 2.4 Install First download Apache 2.4.4 from http://www.apachelounge.com/download/ (httpd-2.4.4-win32-ssl_0.9.8.zip) Apache 2.4.4-win32-ssl_0.9.8.zip. Extract the zip and... read more
Jun 10, 2013
How to install Apache 2.4 PostgreSQL 9.2.4 and PHP 5.4 on Windows 7
In following along with previous posts and installing Apache stack on Windows systems I thought I might cover installing Apache 2.4, PostgreSQL 9 and PHP 5.4 on a Windows system. In this case a Windows 7 Professional 64 bit installation. Apache 2.4 Install First download Apache 2.4.4 from http://www.apachelounge.com/download/ (httpd-2.4.4-win32-ssl_0.9.8.zip) Apache 2.4.4-win32-ssl_0.9.8.zip. Extract the... read more
May 9, 2013
How to Fix Flash Player Crashing on Firefox 20
After a recent upgrade of Firefox to 20.01 Adobe Flash player starting crashing on sites. After Googling around I found that most were saying to upgrade or downgrade Flash. Tried them all with no change until I ran across a suggestion to install the debug version of Flash which did the trick. Download the Windows Flash Player 11.7 Plugin content debugger (for Netscape-compatible browsers) (EXE, 17.21MB)... read more
