GroupWise 2012 Upgrade

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Novell announced the release of GroupWise 2012, Tuesday January 25 2012.  So being a GroupWise devoted admin/user I made plans for a weekend upgrade of my mail system..

So Saturday morning I took a deep breath and started my upgrade. A note here that upgrades of the GroupWise back end normally are pretty painless, but you always have to watchout for Murphy.   So the first step was to make two backups of my GroupWise system, the first was with a custom backup script that backup my post offices using dbcopy and allows the backup to be done Continue reading →

Move WordPress from shared database

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My WordPress database was initially installed in a shared database with four other WordPress installations.  I wanted to move my blog to its own database so that it would be easier to backup and make and restore.

Place your WordPress into maintenance mode so  no changes are made while doing this. In phpMyAdmin I selected the database, went to the export tab.  Then I selected the tables that contained my WordPress installation, then exported it to SQL  format.  After the export,  I opened the exported file with Notepad++ I edited the database name and any paths.

After editing the file. Open phpMyAdmin created a new empty database. Then select the database and go to the import tab and import the edited file.  In your WordPress installation rename the wp-config.php, then open your blog. The installation page will appear, complete the database connection, this is all that is required. Login as admin and turn off maintenance mode. Your blog should be up and running in the same state it was in before the migration, (except in it’s own database).

This should be able to be done in about thirty minutes.

Good luck :-)

New Malware Infection

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Had a client with a system that was infected with an new strain of malware. It was identified as Trojan.Win32.Genome.arbx and was infecting the svchost.exe. The system was running Windows XP Kaspesky Antivirus 2011.

The client complaint was that the system had been locking up and running slow. Initial contact with the system was remotely.  Initial check show that the Kaspersky was was running and the database were up to date.  I checked  the task manager and found 6 iexplorer processes running without a user interface. Attempts to kill the process would restart a new process.  I updated Malwarebytes, Ran a scan Continue reading →

Notepad++ keyboard shortcuts

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Notepad++ Keyboard Shortcuts

Notepad++ has become my favorite editor when coding PHP, HTML, or CSS. It just has so many useful little features. You can have all of the documents you need opened in one window and separated with tabs. When you are updating some code, you can have the original in one “view” and the new code in another view. The FIND feature of searching all open documents, or documents in a directory.  The REPLACE feature allows quick editing of all pages, eliminating the tedious work of updating your website.

Read more to get a list of the Notepad++ keyboard shortcut keys.

Shortcut Command
1 Ctrl-C Copy Continue reading →

MAC OSX Shortcut Keys.

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Here are the modifier key symbols you can see in Mac OS X menus:

Command key icon (Command key) – On some Apple keyboards, this key also has an Apple logo (apple<br /><br /><br /><br /> logo)
Control key icon (Control key)
Option or Alt key icon (Option key) – “Alt” may also appear on this key
Shift icon (Shift key)
Caps lock icon (Caps Lock) – Toggles Caps Lock on or off
fn (Function key)

Startup keyboard shortcuts

Press the key or key combination until the expected function occurs/appears (for example, hold Option during startup until Startup Manager appears, or Shift until “Safe Boot” appears). Tip: If a startup function doesn’t work and you use a third-party keyboard, connect an Apple keyboard and try again.

Key or key combination What it does
Option Display all bootable volumes (Startup Manager)
Shift Perform Safe Boot (start up in Safe Mode) Continue reading →

Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys

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Viewing and exploring webpages

The following table describes shortcuts used to view and explore webpages.

To do this Press this
Display Help F1
Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window F11
Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar Tab
Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar Shift+Tab
Start Caret Browsing Continue reading →

Excel Shortcut Keys

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CTRL combination shortcut keys

Key Description
CTRL+PgUp Switches between worksheet tabs, from left-to-right.
CTRL+PgDn Switches between worksheet tabs, from right-to-left.
CTRL+SHIFT+( Unhides any hidden rows within the selection.
CTRL+SHIFT+) Unhides any hidden columns within the selection.
CTRL+SHIFT+& Applies the outline border to the selected cells.
CTRL+SHIFT_ Removes the outline border from the selected cells.
CTRL+SHIFT+~ Applies the General number format.
CTRL+SHIFT+$ Applies the Currency format with two decimal places (negative numbers in parentheses). Continue reading →