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Edit files with Notepad++ From Anywhere on your Network

Notepad++ is a very handy tool. It rocks.
What is annoying is that if you have it installed on a server, then you have to run NPP before opening the intended file that you want to edit.
Well, no more! Using the power of Group Policy Preferences (which also rocks).
First of all, install NPP onto your server [...]

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From the BlackBerry!

Just putting in my first post using the official Wordpress for Blackberry software.
About time, too!
Although only a beta version at the moment, it’s working nicely and I think that this will be one of my must have apps when i’m on the move!

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IIS and those pesky Flash files

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.
Well, [...]

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Some Useful Ubuntu Commands

Here’s a useful guide for some IT people that are getting into Linux, and more specifically Ubuntu.
Basically, it’s a reference for Windows users to do Linux-type commands. I’ll be adding to this post as time goes on.
Shell Commands
sudo -i set the command shell to have root privileges
Networking Commands
ifconfig shows network information (ipconfig in Windows)
ifdown eth0 [...]

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BT Test User Account

Test your ADSL line using the BT test user account Broadband test
If you are unable to connect to ADSL using the login details provided by your ISP, then try the alternatives below to test your connection.
Here are the login settings to use for your router or modem to connect to the BT test domain.
User: [...]

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Praise Be for Regular Expressions

I used a regular expression in VB for the first time ever (I think) today!
The reason is that I cached some generated ASP and realised that when I needed to use it on different pages, the id lookup for certain elements would change. So, no problem (except for the fact that I’m coding in ASP):
Dim [...]

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