Commiting to Doskey
I recently wrote a little about using doskey but recently had a situation in which I thought it could be really handy. I often run the following set of commands…
Author Archives: stephen
Hyphen Like You Just Don’t Care
I recently went to show a colleague something on my blog and horror of horrors, saw this: My first thought was how long had it been like this and my…
Disabling JavaScript
I recently went to a website which had used JavaScript to prevent me from right clicking and inspecting the elements there. I never quite understand why sites do this, especially…
Concatentating Strings in SQLITE
I’ve been using a SQLITE database in my current project (mostly because it is just so easy) and all went well until I needed to concatenate two strings from the…
Removing Tickets and Bloat from Spiceworks
Spiceworks has an SQLite database to store all the information about tickets, but use it for a while, and soon you will end up with a huge file which causes…
Receiving Emails from Forms in MS Team Sites
For this, I am going to assume you have: Already created a team site Added some members Ensured you are an owner Here’s a resource you can refer to if…
If Only
I don’t know about you, but sometimes things that are right in front of me are invisible. DIY jobs, washing up, … you get the idea 🙂 It’s the same…
ISAPI Filters Error
If you get an error that looks like this:
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HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter<br> "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_filter.dll" failed |
You basically have an extra slash in the path name that needs to be removed. Fixing it is quite easy…
Installing the Demo Laravel App on Windows IIS
Let’s assume you already have a basic demo app ready to go. Copy the Laravel app folder into a suitable location on the server; it doesn’t matter too much where….
Installing PHP on Windows with IIS
The Installation Download the Web Platform Installer (Web PI) Run it (search for Web in Start Menu) Click Products then Frameworks. Choose PHP 7.3.1 (x64) Click Add Click Install Click…
A Mention on Startups for the Rest of Us
I absolutely love listening to Startups for the Rest of Us and after a tweet from Rob Walling asking for questions, I had one in the wings ready to ask….
Adding Custom Exception Views to Laravel
There are a number of views already created in Blade for when exceptions occur but as you might expect, you can alter these to be just how you require. Editing…
AutoPlay Won’t Play in Chrome
This is a quick tip for anyone that wants to place a video onto their website and make it play automatically. If you check out the documentation, you will soon…
Useful Aliases in Windows Command Prompt for Vagrant Users
The new Windows Terminal software has been released and by all accounts, the app should have been released in mid June but if you can’t wait till then to have…
Virtual Desktops on Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a nice virtual desktop system which, until recently, I had never really had cause to use. That changed when I needed to do an extended period…