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Building pssh using Cygwin

Posted on 2007/10/04 by

This is how I build pssh on Windows XP, using Cygwin and prc-tools.

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Making the brightness keys work on a VAIO VGN-FE31H

Posted on 2007/04/23 by

After installing Windows XP on the VGN-FE31H, the screen brightness keys (Fn-F5 and Fn-F6) no longer work. To make them work again you need to install some of the utilities that ship with the laptop, which are also available in … Continue reading →

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Building MySQL from source

Posted on 2007/02/25 by

After the introduction of the MySQL Enterprise Server, and the subsequent source-only release of Community Server 5.0.33, there was concern that MySQL would no longer provide official binary builds of the free Community Server. Fortunately, these concerns have now been … Continue reading →

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Installing Windows XP Professional SP2 on a Sony VAIO VGN-FE31H

Posted on 2006/12/24 by

I recently bought a Sony VAIO VGN-FE31H. It’s a pretty nice laptop, except for all the proprietary software that it comes with. The first thing I wanted to do was reinstall Windows XP from scratch. I hoped that I would … Continue reading →

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Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP

Posted on 2006/10/02 by

So, getting Apache and PHP to work on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 was harder than it should have been… if you get this in your Apache error log: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘D:/PHP/ext\\php_mysql.dll’ … Continue reading →

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Routing and Remote Access error 2147483720

Posted on 2006/09/06 by

Getting this error when trying to allow incoming Bluetooth connections? Event ID: 7024 Description: “The Routing and Remote Access service terminated with service-specific error 2147483720 (0x80000048).” Try this: unplug your Bluetooth adapter go into Control Panel → Phone and Modem … Continue reading →

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