Monthly Archives: January 2008

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Pick Me – Pick Meeeeee !!!!

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web on January 31, 2008 by HAL

I like to know what readers find interesting on this Blog – so that I can see if the information is what they are after and whats hot at the moment. You can get some of this from the statistics and utilisation plugins mentioned here. So a plugin for WordPress comes in very handy – […]

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More WordPress Goodies

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web on January 30, 2008 by HAL

As I mentioned before WordPress is an extensible platform for blogging. So what other useful addins are there ? This is just a small selection from the vast range out there but that I have found useful. For an absolute overload on the plugins available for WordPress – take a long look at http://wp-plugins.net TagAlly […]

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Stopping cached logins with cached credentials ?

This entry was posted in Software Web on January 30, 2008 by HAL

Following up on the previous articles about cached logons and the trouble they can cause here and here – a further note is in order on what you can do about it!! Windows operating systems, including 2000, XP, and 2003, cache the logon credentials for the last 10 users. This allows for the user to […]

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Checking cached logons

This entry was posted in Software Tips on January 29, 2008 by HAL

As a result of a query – I wanted to advise how to check if you are having specific issues with cached credentials – and why you don’t get notified like you did before … here is some MS info that shows the mechanism for getting alerted – which will certainly help you pin down […]

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Watching out for cached credentials !

This entry was posted in Software Web on January 29, 2008 by HAL

During an investigation into problems when remote machines belonging to a client appeared not to be able to authenticate correctly with a domain controller across VPN links over adsl and a recently introduced leased line – some useful points were raised. 1) Is your provider blocking any traffic ? After recently putting in a leased […]

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Time to go to the (Win)Dump ?

This entry was posted in Tips Web on January 29, 2008 by HAL

When looking at network problems most people focus at the higher levels – the physical links – settings on PCs – DNS and Wins arrangements. So what happens when you are seeing strange behaviours and want to know more about whats going on under the covers. For many years the tool of choice for most […]

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Safari has gone west

This entry was posted in Software Tips on January 25, 2008 by HAL

I’ve been using Apple’s Safari browser to test web pages and other apps in preparation for developing some Iphone resources. I updated to the latest release a few days ago and when trying to start it noticed an error. AppName: safari.exe AppVer: 3.523.15.0 ModName: webkit.dll ModVer: 3.523.15.0 Offset: 00089d09 On googling I see that this […]

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So whats in a Iphone web app ?

This entry was posted in Programming Software Tips on January 25, 2008 by HAL

After watching someone installing an iphone “web app” I was wondering what makes up the app and what makes it different from simply a web page tailored for an Iphone. I guess I found that in some ways its defined by what it is not. When I put up my first web server – there […]

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