Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category

I was reviewing a year old code which I am adding a feature to. It so happened I came to a familiar issue about having two timestamp/datetime columns, one which should have the CURRENT_DATE / NOW() as default value and the other with an 'ON UPDATE...

Source MSFTPSVC Event ID 8: FTP Server could not create a client worker Thread for user at host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The connection to this user is terminated the data is the error. (No error Code) Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the host attempting to...

We would usually just setup a NAT based VM appliance for any new requirement. Most of the time, access is limited to ones desktops. When the need arise for a shared Linux VM on our local Windows 2003 server, the inexperienced may find it trouble setting...

Because of the job demand I recently acquired a second internet line for redundancy at the office. Thinking that the new second line will go stale and unused I bought an Edimax BR-6624 Dual WAN router. However since I only have 2 PCs and a laptop. Either...

August 6, 2008 | In: Windows

Flashy.exe and How To Fix

We were recently affected by an old backdoor malware called Flashy.exe. This is StartUp type program, not visible on Task Manager and disables Task Manager, Folder Options, Regedit to name a few. After hours of searching and testing everything my...

When Windows XP SP3 was officially out I eagerly installed without a problem, so I guess MS did something right this time. However a couple of months later, I needed the Remote Desktop client for work and there, MS blew up again or may I say as...