Doesn’t it drive you mad when you set up an IIS server in Windows and you forget to add Flash files to the MIME types? You end up debugging what you think is some scripting problem only to remember about 2 hours later that IIS’s file support out-of-the box leaves a lot to be desired. [...]

I’ve grown quite fond of vim over the past couple of weeks. After learning and re-learning the shortcut keys, I think that I’m finally on my way to knowing what the hell I am doing! Anyway, after working on it – I’ve found gVim to be great. To install, just run: <code>sudo apt-get install vim-full</code> [...]

I had to set up a new SQL Server database, which I haven’t done in a while as I tend to focus my efforts on mySQL. Nevertheless I needed to get grip on a new site to migrate. After setting most things up, I managed to get to a point where the database wasn’t starting. [...]

Steve and I have often been stumped with migrating users simply because there’s not an easy to follow “how to”. So here’s an easy-to-follow “how to”. To migrate users across domains, you will need the Active Directory Migration Tool from Microsoft. Install this on both servers. First thing’s first – you’ll need to create a [...]

I like simple scripts, and this one is so obvious – I wonder why I didn’t think of it: First, create a folder on your server, and share it as logon$. Make sure that users are given read and write access in the share properties, and in the folder security settings. Create the following logon [...]