Tag Archive: setup

June 8, 2015 / by Marco / Keyword Detection, Script Explanation, setup, visual basic

Using Screencapture IcyScreen in batch file

Several posts ago I mentioned about a tool that I use called IcyScreen to capture screenshots of a monitoring system that I use for work. You can read this here: Automatic Screenshots using IcyScreen. I setup IcyScreen to capture the screen at an interval of 30 minutes, however, I found that this was not the […]

January 15, 2015 / by Marco / login, phpmyadmin, setup, username

How to setup phpMyAdmin to prompt for login and password

By default, phpMyAdmin on WAMP automatically logs in using the root user account. To make this more secure you it is best to use an authentication method to prompt for the username and password. To do this follow these steps: Edit the config.inc.php file located in C:\wamp\apps/phpmyadmin3.5.1 Look for the line that has auth type […]

August 9, 2014 / by Marco / cron, php, setup, wamp

How to create CRON jobs (Scheduled Tasks) in WAMP

What is WAMP? WAMP is a Windows based web development platform that allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and MySQL. It is basically a package that you run on your Windows OS and it will turn the device into a web server. What is a CRON job? Ok, so CRON jobs is […]

Chromebooks videos

I didn’t realise that there are now several manufacturers that are selling Chromebooks and I just love the chromebook promotional videos google is using to market it’s products. Check it out: DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU’VE READ?Join our subscription list and receive our content right in your mailbox. If you like to receive some Great […]

Bufallo Linkstation Pro Quad “Failed to operate disk. Please resubmit after restart”

I recently purchased a Bufallo Linkstation Pro Quad chassis (didn’t come with HHD) which costed the same price as a 2 bay drive from another vendor. I spent hours trying to figure out how to set up a raid 0 when you still 2 hard disks. Unfortunately after reading several forums posts, I found out […]