Category: How-to
Outlook 2007 IMAP auto purge option
Just in case you encounter problems permanently deleting e-mails in Outlook 2007 on an IMAP server, make sure you have the Purge items when switching folders while online option checked (see screenshot below). What happened was when I tried deleting e-mails, the e-mails would just have a strikethrough line, but would still be present in…
Bind an XMLDataSource to a GridView control
On one of my ASP.NET 2.0 projects, I had to use an XML file as the data source for a GridView control. The problem was that I had never used this method before. But after doing some research, I found it to be very similar (and straightforward) to binding to a database – with the…
XP Run commands
Here’s a list of commands you can run from the XP Run command prompt. Enjoy! Accessibility Controls <font size="2">access.cpl</font> Add Hardware Wizard<font size="2">hdwwiz.cpl</font> Add/Remove Programs<font size="2">appwiz.cpl</font> Administrative Tools<font size="2">certmgr.msc</font> Character Map<font size="2">charmap</font> Check Disk Utility<font size="2">chkdsk</font> Clipboard Viewer<font size="2">clipbrd</font> Command Prompt<font size="2">cmd</font> Component Services<font size="2">dcomcnfg</font> Computer Management<font size="2">compmgmt.msc</font> Date and Time Properties<font size="2">timedate.cpl</font> DDE Shares<font…
Yum on RHEL4
First off, apologies for not have posting anything in the last few weeks. I just got back from Manila, Philippines to visit my ill grandfather (read: father). He made it, but is still weak. I love you lolo! Anyway, I personally run Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 at work for any *nix tasks, and in this post…
Fix for undeletable user-defined Squirrelmail folder
I run my own mail server and use Squirrelmail to facilitate webmail access using HTTPS. I encountered problems trying to delete a folder that I created as part of a test to find out if things were working correctly: ERROR : Could not delete “Archive” Given: Invalid mailbox name SquirrelMail is a Webmail application started by Nathan…
Accessing specific event logs on a remote server
An old friend and classmate of mine, Zahid Faisal, wanted to know how to access/read event logs on a remote server using Windows PowerShell. I thought it was an interesting challenge, so after some research and playing around I found that you can make use of the WMI objects to do this. Follow along to…