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If you're a System Administrator working with MySQL, you're probably aware about the fact that the most effective way to automatize various tasks on regular basis is using command-line scripts …
MySQL - Secure alternative to include the password in command line scripts using mysql_config_editor and Host Alias Read More
Any System Administrator will agree that the Internet Information Services log files are an invaluable resource for any Web Server machine, since they are the only built-in tool that allows to effectively …
Manage IIS Log Files and purge those older than N days with a Powershell script or a batch file Read More
Anyone who is using the internet and plays with forums - as software developer, webmaster or enthusiast - is most likely aware of what phpBB is: we're talking about the …
phpBB - Turn off deactivated_super_global option to use Server Variables (within global scope or programmatically) Read More
If you've stumbled upon this post it probably means you are a Steam user (the massively-popular gaming distribution platform owned by Valve Corporation) and you have one or more games stuck into …
How to fix Steam Download Queued / Update Queued issue Read More
If you've stumbled upon this post, it means that you ran into a common issue happening right after installing/upgrading to MediaWiki build 1.26.2 (and above) under a Windows/IIS environment. The problem …
MediaWiki and IIS redirect loop issue: how to fix it Read More In case you installed MediaWiki on IIS, you might want to use pretty URLs instead of ugly ones. To quickly understand what we're talking about, here's an example of pretty …
MediaWiki: how to handle pretty URLs under IIS with web.config and URL Rewrite module Read More
These days a lot of users are installing the recently released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which brings a lot of useful features we already mentioned here. If you stumbled upon this …
How to fix Windows Update Error 0x80004005 in Windows 10 Read More
After the abrupt shutdown of Torrentz.eu, one of the most popular and successful torrent search engines during the last 13 years, a whole lot of bittorrent file-sharing protocol enthusiasts are arguably looking for a …
Five Torrentz.eu alternatives they didn't shut down (yet) Read More
A bunch of years after the launch of the native mobile apps for Android and iOS, Ookla choose to revamp his premium network performance measurement tool known as SpeedTest.net by publishing a lightweight, yet fully functional version on …
Speed Test by Ookla switches to HTML5 and launches a Chrome Extension Read More
If you stumbled upon this post, chances are you've just downloaded Microsoft's Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 together with the Microsoft .NET Core 1.0.0 VS2015 Tooling Preview Update 2, following the instructions …
Microsoft .NET Core 1.0.0 VS2015 Tooling Preview Update 2 fails to install with Error 0x81f4000: how to fix it Read More