Mar 17, 2012 Posted by newlife007

How install Apache 2.4 PHP 5.4 and MySQL 5.5.21 on Windows 7

Recently decided to install a working Apache 2.4 / PHP 5.4.9 and MySQL 5.5 running locally on my Windows 7 laptop for web design, not using XAMPP or WAMP installation methods. Which are great but this round I wanted to match my Linux server. Apache 2.4 Install First download Apache 2.4 from http://www.apachelounge.com/download/ (httpd-2.4.1-win32.zip) Apache 2.4.1 with IPv6 apr-1.4.6 apr-util-1.4.1... read more

Mar 6, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Install GnuWin32 tools on Windows

Being a geek that uses many OS’s you always run into instances that you think, that would be great if I could do that on Windows, Linux or OSX. The command line tools available with Linux are very handy and Windows is starting to get there with each release of Powershell, but personally I want them now and that is possible with several tools available. One such tool is GnuWin32. The GnuWin project... read more

Jan 3, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Logging Windows Events using eventcreate.exe

With using batch files and other scripting tools it allows us to automate, one thing we lose with the autromation is the ability to have an event recorded when it fails. Eventcreate.exe enables an administrator to create a custom event in a specified event log. One use would be with a command script that deletes old logfiles. The beginning before the execution of cleanup we would write to the application... read more

Jan 3, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Disabling Windows Java Update Scheduler

After installing Java JRE or SDK a behind the scenes updater will will start running. This process checks for jre updates and will popup for each user logging in giving them the chane to install. You can disable this per user by opening the Java control panel app and unchecking the check for updates box, but this is only for that logged in user. There is a separate process called jucheck.exe that still... read more

Oct 13, 2011 Posted by newlife007

Virtual Disk Servce Crash on Windows 2003 Issue

Recently been seeing popup errors on Windows 2003 R2 servers running Microsoft SQL 2005 running giving Virtual Disk Service errors. When looking at the event log there are Application errors showing event id 1000. In doing some research found KB949001which a hotfix for the very error. This hotfix should only be applied to servers experiencing this issue and requires a reboot after applying. According to... read more