Sporadic Server Reboots – UPS Service Glitch
Recently, my web server has been down sporadically for no apparent reason.
Command Prompt Reentrancy Issue
In yesterday’s post, I gave an example of how simple command prompt recursion can bring Windows (XP and Vista) down […]
On Windows and Linux Process Scheduling
Today, both Windows and Linux systems are robust and secure enough for daily uses.
Understanding “Error MSB6006” in MSBuild
A couple of days ago, I ran into a mysterious problem when trying to build a web project using MSBuild.
Right Click Freezes Explorer Process
About a few months ago, I got a new desktop computer.
Remote Code Execution via Reflection
Background In .Net, distributed computing can be done in a number of ways.
Will I Switch to Vista?
Microsoft’s new Operating System Windows Vista has been out for a few months now.
Simple is Beautiful
A recent post by independent blogger Richard Stiennon on ZDNet http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311 on the system calls involved when viewing a simple […]
What Are My Favorite Sites Running On?
I have read from many sources that the majority of the websites are running on Linux and UNIX like operating […]
Samba File Server Using a Parallel External Hard Drive
I have a DataStor parallel port external hard drive enclosure bought in 1997 and a laptop computer (Pentium MMX 133, […]
Browser Impersonation
Sometimes it is necessary to impersonate a certain browser type.
Enable Mouse Scrolling in FreeBSD 6.2
After I installed FreeBSD 6.2, I found out that my wheeled Microsoft Mouse does not support scrolling any more.
BASH Text Coloring Settings for FreeBSD
By default FreeBSD (in my case, the most recent 6.2 version) installs sh as the standard shell.
HTML Encoded Captcha Not Necessarily More Secure
I read an article linked from http://www.omgili.com/captcha.php on SlashDot that illustrates an alternative way of generating Captcha to prevent spam […]
Flash Drive Stress Test
One of the shortcomings of flash drives is that the read/write cycles are limited and many sources suggest that flash […]