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Problems while running the Nokia Software Updater?
If you get the following error while trying to update the firmware on a Nokia Phone… Nokia Software Updater has attempted to connect to the internet but has failed three times. This could be because of a poor-quality,…
Read More »Moving emails from Mac Mail back to Outlook on Windows
Although both Apple and Microsoft say it’s easy moving between their platforms, things aren’t as easy as they seem. You can struggle for hours trying to move your data. I’ve tried conversion tools and some emails always fail….
Read More »No more Windows Live Messenger for Windows Server 2003
Microsoft just upgraded Live Messenger. If you happen to use Windows Server 2003 as your operating system of choice – As a lot of web developers do, you are now out of luck using Windows Live Messenger. As…
Read More »Serving Google KML and KMZ files from IIS
By default, Microsoft IIS only supports a small number of files. This is what you need to support KML and KMZ files in IIS. The MIME type details are: Extension: .kml MIME type: application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml Extension: .kmz MIME type:…
Read More »Erasing a drive that shows as "Healthy (GPT Protective Partition)"
I’ve recently pulled a drive out of Windows Server 2003 and tried to use it in Windows XP. When connected, it shows up as “Healthy (GPT Protective Partition)”. I can’t assign a drive letter to it, format it…
Read More »Supporting RSS Files in IIS
Microsoft IIS does not support RSS files by default. Here is a step by step guid eto enabling it. If you’re impatient, already know your way around IIS and just want the MIME type details, they are: Extension:…
Read More »Sandisk Cruzer – Making them work like a standard USB stick
I just brought an 8GB Sandisk Cruzer USB stick. Unfortunately whenever you plug it in, it comes up as both an emulated CD-ROM drive and the removable disk. the emulated disk comes up as “U3 System” and it…
Read More »Testing websites with multiple versions of IE
One of the most annoying tasks I have to do when I’m developing a website is to test it in the many different browsers and in some cases, multiple versions of each. Internet Explorer is the most difficult…
Read More »Deleting files based on their Date
If you are perfoming regular automated backups (like you should), You’ll soon find you are running out of space and need to start deleting old backups. Here is a really simple way to delete files that are more…
Read More »Backing up SVN to a Zip File
I promised in my post about getting a UTC Formatted Date and Time from the command line that I would give some tips about using it for backups. I use my dateTimeUTC command line application I wrote about…
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