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Windows 7 Mouse Hover Click

Thursday, 2. September 2010 7:04

Had an issue were a user had a brand new windows 7 laptop and if he hovered for too long over something it would double click and open.  The fix was found on this website.  Goto control panel>ease of access center>make the mouse easier to use>make it easier to manage windows.  If activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse is on – turn it off.  Else turn on that option and apply, then go back in and turn it off.

Category:Tips | Comment (0) | Autor: Scott

Sharing Large Files With Zimbra

Thursday, 1. July 2010 5:00

While there are a variety of services out there that have solutions for file sharing across the internet, a majority of people still share files via E-mail. And as bandwidth availability has increased, so has the limitations in place on mailservers; albeit at a scattered pace. Still, sharing small files like pictures or documents via e-mail generally works out and is more or less seamless. But when you start trying to share larger files, it can become problematic. Luckily for Zimbra users, you can use the briefcase feature to share large files with anyone that can download files from their web browser (everyone)

Interested? here’s how… [...]

Category:Tips, Zimbra | Comment (0) | Autor: Russ

Getting a custom account php config working in cPanel

Thursday, 3. June 2010 7:10

We’re new with cPanel, not sure if I like it yet, but just wanted to post my experience with moving a site from a standard LAMP stack server with a custom php config and no control panel to a cPanel server.  We needed to increase the media upload limit for this site over the 5m that is set for the server in general.

First thing I learned, cPanel does not run php as a Apache module, so the current method of using a .htaccess file in the root folder of the site is just ignored when using a <IfModule mod_php5.c> directive or  brings down the site if you are not… since php is not running as an apache module, it just ends up being a bad config.

First, make sure you have cPanel using suphp as the php handler, confirm by looking here:

Service Configuration >> Apache Configuration >> PHP and SuExec Configuration

So, my existing .htacces looked like this:

<IfModule mod_php5.c>
 php_value upload_max_filesize 170M
 php_value post_max_size 170M
</IfModule>

What you need to do is replace that with a php.ini file that looks like this:

upload_max_filesize = 170M
post_max_size = 170M

But you’re not done… I had to put a copy of this in both the root of the site and the wp-admin folder for it to work… I also read that some people had to put it into the actual folder in the wp-content folder to get it to work…

So, hopefully this will save somebody some time…

Category:Tips | Comment (0) | Autor: sgrzy01

Password tip: use math equations

Wednesday, 5. May 2010 8:00

Choosing a strong but easy to remember password can be hard. We’re always on the look out for tricks to make passwords easier to make / remember, so here’s an oldie but goodie: using simple math equations as passwords! We like to run our passwords through passwordmeter to see how good they are. I’ve included the score for each example:

2+2=FouR (84%)

Twelve=6+(2×3)  (100%)

1+2+three=sIx (100%)

12-1=thirTEEN (80%)

that’s all there is to it!

A few things to remember…

don’t make your passwords easy to guess.

we recommend your password score at least a 75% on passwordmeter

Throw an uppercase letter or two in there for more strength.

a little creativity goes a long way. 2+2=four is easy to guess, while 2-2!=dUh, isn’t. both are pretty easy to remember, though.

Category:Tips | Comments (2) | Autor: Russ