Microsoft Windows Vista x64 requires the use of signed drivers. The purpose was to prevent any malicious code from running; however, many legitimate applications have unsigned drivers or drivers that have expired. If an unsigned driver exists, you cannot boot into Windows. Options There are several options available. done.txt 1.cmd 2.cmd certmaker.cmd readme.txt Disable Integrity Checks (untested) I understand that…
Read More »Disable Shutdown Event Tracker in Windows 2003 using regedit It is widely known how to disable the Shutdown Event Tracker using gpedit.msc, however, I needed a method to accomplish this using regedit. To disable Shutdown Event Tracker in Windows 2003 using regedit, change the ShutdownReasonOn from 1 (enable) to 0 (disable) The source of this tip is found in the…
Read More »On one of my websites, I have older dated material, so it seems that the site is not being updated. I wanted to put a widget in place that would indicate that the “site was last updated” however; the native widget built into WordPress will not execute PHP code. I found a WordPress plugin called the Samsarin PHP Widget. The…
Read More »Remove or uninstall Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool. This is possible by reviewing the contents of the update.inf file that is part of the WindowsXP-KB905474-ENU-x86-Standalone.exe. Microsoft offers a manual method in their knowledge base (KB921914). Once the WGA Validation tool is installed, there is no usable add/remove entry to remove. Here is an AutoIT script to automate the manual removal:…
Read More »It has been confirmed, it has been nearly seven years using Microsoft Windows XP, and I have come to realize that I have never used the Files Stored on This Computer section of My Computer. Particualarly, never stored or used the Shared Documents File Folder. I recently came across an article detailing just how simple it is to remove Files…
Read More »Having tested eRoom under different conditions and scenarios, I have found it to be a laborious task to manually stop and start services throughout any procedure as there are at most nine services. So, I created a couple of scripts using AutoIT to stop and start all services that eRoom uses. Using these scripts have saved me quite a bit…
Read More »INNO Setup is a free installer for Windows programs available at JRSoftware. There is no official unpacker – the only method of getting the files out of the self-extracting executable is to run it. An open source utility called innounp.exe is maintained at Sourceforge. Sourceforge has maintained version 0.19 online for over a year, however, 0.20 also exists from Sourceforge,…
Read More »Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta Version: 8.0.6001.17184IS Update Versions: Beta . . Issue Internet Explorer 8 Beta has it’s own version of the annoying RunOnce, however, this one is a pop-up and is not yet too annoying. There is no reasonable explanation as to the purpose of this link. After the RunOnce executes, notice that Microsoft…
Read More »I wanted to validate this website against w3.org, and ran into a couple of correctable problems. The images in the lower right indicate the certifications that this site has achieved. One problem, was with the plugin, Global Translator,where w3.org validator didn’t like the use of 〈, so I replaced that line with the recommended &. After making this correction, the…
Read More »I am learning Linux as quickly as possible. I am using this site as a repository to support the bits and pieces of code that I have found useful. The following example is code to remove apache2, however, is useful to remove any package, just replace apache2. sudo apt-get purge apache2 sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install…
Read More »LAMP, an open source web development platform based on Linux, is an acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (Perl or Python). Using terminal, enter the following line to install the LAMP stack. sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql php5
Read More »Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in a browser. This guide will demonstrate how to take many Selenium scripts and automate them using a single test using a Microsoft Windows workstation. Prerequisites Selenium Scripts Create Automate Create an html file to batch the tests together (placed in the same folder) as the existing html…
Read More »I wanted to create a condition in a theme, where if the plugin wp_pagenavi existed then use the plugin. If the plugin does not exist, then use the text Next and Previous. Researching through the internet took quite some time and without a functioning code. I found this code in another WordPress theme and applied it to another and it…
Read More »I have modified a WordPress the Internet 1.0 theme to better appeal to my layout. I have found several themes that follow different paths. I modified code from several sources and created my variation of the original template offered by solucija.com. Please keep in mind that this is my first attempt at modifying a WordPress theme so some of the…
Read More »If you have ever forgotten your WordPress password, there is a work-a-round, change it. The WordPress password uses an MD5 version of the password that may have been selected. Generate a new MD5 password using the tool below. Replace the MD5 password in WordPress with the one generated. This, however, is only valid for WordPress installations up to version 2.3.3….
Read More »A recent update hosed the installation of Microsoft Office 2003. Whenever someone attempted to launch Excel, it would begin the installation process then a popup indicating that SKU011.CAB could not be found. The solution is to open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Delivery\. Once there you will see a string similar to this one {90xx0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}. The xx may be most likely…
Read More »Change CTL-ALT-DEL Background Color Annoyance:All servers in server environment had a gray background at login, except for one. The reason for this difference is that one server had been upgraded from an earlier version of Windows. To change the background to the desired shade of grey, edit the following settings in the registry with regedit. Note:The color codes are RGB,…
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