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Telus eProtect not connecting to the Internet
Upgrading Wordpress on Netfirms or any other hosting account
Ubuntu error message grub-install (hd0) failed
Securing Windows XP tutorial
This method may prevent Telus eProtect from working. If Telus eProtect stops working, unblock IE and use the method below called Telus eProtect not connecting to the Internet instead.
Explorer cannot be blocked. At least I have not found a decent way. A user can run Explorer through the run command. The easiest option to block IE is to use Windows SteadyState.
Windows SteadyState, unfortunately, may slow down your system quite a bit.
This may work, but I have not tried it yet. Disable IE
You can try this if you have XP professional. Note: This will prevent MSN, Telus eProtect, and possibly other programs that use IE from connecting to the Internet. If you find that some programs that require Internet access are not working, you can use this other option. The Telus eProtect not connecting to the Internet section below will only block certain plugins that you choose.
Start>Run…
Type in gpedit.msc
Under Local Computer Policy > User Configuration > Windows Settings > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Connection
Double click on Proxy Settings
Make sure there is a check mark beside Enable Proxy settings
1. HTTP: 0.0.0.0
Make sure there is a check mark beside Use the same proxy server for all addresses.
Click the apply button then OK button. Done
See the picture below
Telus eProtect not connecting to the Internet
For some reason, using the above method to prevent connecting to the Internet using IE prevents Telus eProtect from working. It could be Telus eProtect uses IE to connect to the Internet, therefore, I had to find a workaround. This worked for me on Windows XP Professional.
Start>Run…
Type in gpedit.msc
Under Local Computer Policy > User Configuration > Windows Settings > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Programs > Programs
In the pop-up box, click on the Modify Settings button.
In the next pop-up box, click on the Manage add-ons button.
You will get the following screen. Disable the add-on that will not be used. If you want to disable IE altogether, disable all of them.
To disable the add-on click on the add-on to disable. For example, click on Adobe PDF. Adobe PDF will be highlighted in blue. Under Settings below, click on the Disable radio box. A period is now be in the Disable radio button. Adobe PDF is now disabled and it cannot be used in IE.
I disabled the following. This basically ensures that any games and movies will not work. If you look under Status, you will see Enabled, Enabled, etc. DivXBrowserPlugin Object is disabled. Other plug ins are also disabled, but you can find them by looking below.
You may notice that Windows Messenger and Windows Live Messenger are also disabled. Apparently this does nothing. Messenger still works on my computer.
Netfirms 301 Redirect
I was having a few issues getting this to work, but I managed to get it working.
- Do not use Wordpad or Linux. Use notepad and Windows only. Linux ftp cannot see the .htaccess file. Well Linux Fireftp did not see it.
- Use the command below.
- RewriteEngine on
- RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.aprivatebeach.com
- RewriteRule (.*) http://aprivatebeach.com/$1 [R=301,L]
The following created an infinite loop. Notice the difference from the one above. Do not use the command below.
- RewriteEngine on
- RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^aprivatebeach.com
- RewriteRule (.*) http://www.aprivatebeach.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Upgrading Wordpress on Netfirms or any other hosting account
When you upgrade Wordpress, you need the following information.
- Database Name
- Database Username
- Database Password
- Database Host
The easiest way to do this is to copy the wp-config.php file from the old version to the new one. If this does not work, print out the wp-config.php file and manually enter in the information into the new Wordpress version.
Clonezilla
AsecurePC’s page updated. The page is located at http://asecurepc.com/Ubuntu%20Tutorials/Clonezilla.html. If you are having a problem with GRUB after using Clonezilla, you are most likely having the problem located below at Ubuntu error message grub-install (hd0) failed.
Useful free programs
DRM Packager – This program converts an audio file into the format required for a phone to use it as a ringtone. Sony Ericsson phones currenty cannot use any audio file unless they are converted using this program. It is quite possible that the file created can work in other phones.
GRUB repair tool – I created this using Ubuntu 7.04. It is an ISO of a GRUB LiveCD that is 466KB in size. This is a bare bone GRUB repair tool that loads almost instantly. A tutorial on how to use this program is here. This can fix many GRUB errors. Furthermore, it can restore GRUB after a Windows install. If this does not work, your problem maybe related to the Ubuntu file system. See Ubuntu error message grub-install (hd0) failed
SuperGrub – A GRUB repair tool. I remembered using this sometime last year, but it did not work for me. This was the reason I made my own. This is also a LiveCD. Much has changed since last year. They have a forum, wiki, and a blog. That was not there last year.
About ASecurePC
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