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One of the worst features of the newest Office installments is the dreadful Microsoft Office Upload Center, a tool you can use to remotely store your documents and contents using services like SkyDrive, …
Disable Microsoft Office Upload Center Read More
UPDATE: If you need to do this for Windows 10, read here. Windows updates are generally a good thing, except when they force the shutdown process giving you no chances to do anything …
Windows 8: Disable Auto-Restart after Updates feature Read More
If you're reading this, you're most likely running Windows 8 or 8.1 and also experiencing problems with your Windows Update throwing the 8024402F error. The problem The issue has been …
Windows 8.1: how to fix Windows Update Error 8024402F Read More
The problem We just installed our PHP website (WordPress, Joomla, phpBB or anything else) and we're populating it with contents, including uploaded images and files. Until we realize that any file …
PHP: how to fix error 500 on uploaded images and files Read More
One of the most boring things to do while configuring multiple web server nodes (cluster, server farm or other load balanced environments) is having to setup the entire website configuration tree in each IIS instance. Not …
Exporting & Importing App Pools and Websites configuration between multiple IIS instances Read More
The problem A rather common issue when installing an ASP.NET MVC powered by .NET Framework 4 on IIS 7.0 or higher is the sudden appearance of a HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden upon launch: HTTP …
HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden after ASP.NET MVC Web Application deploy on IIS 7 Read More You just installed your brand-new Windows 2012 RC2 Server and you want to setup the PHP framework aswell. You launch the Windows Web Platform and download the latest PHP version …
php-cgi.exe - The FastCGI process exited unexpectedly error and how to fix it Read More
While working on Windows it might happen to do something that causes the disappearance of some desktop icons. The issue might be due to several circumstances: virus/trojan infecting shortcuts cleaned by …
Missing icons on desktop? Let's bring them back Read More
If you got yourself an Asus notebook you'll probably know about IstantOn, the proprietary energy management software bundled togheter with the asus-branded Windows package. IstantOn is good if you need to switch over …
How to disable Asus IstantOn auto startup Read More
If you're reading this, chances are you just received an e-mail message with a strange winmail.dat attachment file. Don't worry, it's not a virus neither a dangerous content: it's just a container …
How to read/open Winmail.DAT files A list of open-source software (and a Mozilla Thunderbird extension) to open and save attachment files from winmail.dat files Read More