If you want to know what folder (in Linux), that PHP is using for temps, you can always check the php.ini. However, the setting for temp folder is often commented out, leaving the “system default” as the folder of choice. But what is that? One way is to just type
Continue readingMysqld.exe Process Taking Too Much RAM in WAMP?
If you find that mysqld.exe in Windows with WAMPSERVER is using a lot of RAM, this may help. I have WAMPSERVER 2.4 installed with MySQL 5.6.12 as you can see here: The mysqld.exe process is taking almost 500MB of RAM! This has to do with a high default
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Add Any Program to Explorer Right-Click Menu
This little trick can be found a thousand places online. I wanted to share it for my own safe-keeping.
Continue readingRepairing a Corrupt MYISAM Table with MySQL
It’s just one of those days! I began receiving emails like this: Database error in vBulletin myversion: Invalid SQL: INSERT INTO searchcore_text (searchcoreid, keywordtext) VALUES ( 1584876, ‘ SOME TEXT WAS HERE.’ ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE searchcoreid = VALUES(searchcoreid), keywordtext = VALUES(keywordtext); MySQL Error : Table ‘./mydatabase/searchcore_text’ is marked
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Proper Social Network Graphic and Image Sizes
Every wonder the precise pixel dimensions of a Facebook banner or Youtube background? This infographic covers everything from Facebook profile and cover photo to app images, video previews, to Twitter profile picture to Youtube cover art. Graphic sizes in Linkedin, Pinterest, Google+ and more. Visit http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-image-dimensions_b44957 Save for
Continue readingUpdate Avast Internet Security 2014 and Can’t Access Network Shares
The latest update of Avast made a problem for me at work when it updated to the latest 2014 version. Suddenly networked computers were not able to communicate, could not ping them by IP or netBIOS name, host unreachable, timeouts etc. After spending a couple hours changing every setting I
Continue readingTurn a Website Into a Desktop App with Chrome
Here is a quick tip for those of you with Chrome who often use webpages and wish there was a Desktop version. Or basically, if you are annoyed with having to run a website in a tab all day, or whatever! Anyway, Chrome has a feature to create an “Application
Continue readingPay Amazon Store Card with your Bank’s Bill Pay
Maybe this will help someone. I wanted to pay my Amazon Store Card through Bank of America’s bill pay system and it wanted the card’s zip code. Anyway, if you call the phone number on your card, you can say “talk to representative” during the automated system to get to
Continue readingUse Your Bookmarks!
All websites that you use which contain sensitive or personal information, always use a trusted bookmark to navigate to them. The reason being, if you search Google or a search engine for mybank dot com, it’s possible a cyber attacker has somehow gained search engine prominence through sponsored links or
Continue readingMicrosoft Office Alternatives
I’ll make this quick, if you are getting tired of the licensing and cost issues of Microsoft Office, there are other fish in the sea. And these fish are free! The latest and greatest MS Office is 2013 and then Office 365. They may well be wonderful pieces of software
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