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Enabling PHP Errors in MAMP

MAMP is an amazing tool that should be used by any web developer who wants to minimize the hassle of setting up a web server and mySQL environment.  Out of the box, it has almost everything you could possibly need; however, errors are not set to be displayed automatically.  This post will show you how to […]

Enabling RDP in Windows 7 Home Premium

A client’s PC was on the verge of collapse: constantly crashing and blue screening every other day. I told him that it would be best to get a new machine, virtualize his current environment and everything would work much better.

Awesome Utility to Boot from VHD

If you are ever in the process of accessing the command prompt and using BCD to created bootable VHDs for your machines, then you might want to have a look at this utility: https://fiechter.eu/bootable-image-creator/

How to Set xdebug in Mac OS X with phpStorm and MAMP in 23 Easy Steps

  It’s amazing how spoiled we tend to get with products such as Xcode and Visual Studio.  I’ve gotten accustomed to debugging a web application by hitting F5 and off you go.  After the last hour or so of configuring phpStorm has taught me, setting up remote debugging can be a bit of a pain.

Resources for Learning JavaScript, AJAX, and JQuery

If you are into web development, then you should be looking at JavaScript, AJAX, and jQuery.  Being rusty on the subject, I decided to dust off my books off the shelf and get at it again.  So far the experience has been great, there are tons of resources out there that can ease the learning […]

Installing .Net Framework 3.5 Remotely on WS2012

Here is a quick way of installing the .Net Framework 3.5 on various computers running Windows Server 2012 using the command prompt.  We’re assuming psexec is installed on the computer from where you are running this script. Here is what I run in my case (make sure you run this as a user who is admin […]

How to Change DPM 2012 License from Evaluation to Retail

If you have installed DPM 2012 Evaluation and have decided to purchase and have obtained a product key, you might be wondering “where do I enter the product key to turn the evaluation to a full product”?  Short answer: you can’t.

Fix Live Migrations on Hyper-V 2012 when starting the LM from another computer

This is not a very common case, nontheless I though I’d post in case someone faces the same issue. This is my scenario: I have one Hyper-V host (HostA) with VMs that I want to move to another host (HostB) I’m doing this via PowerShell on a computer that is not HostA or HostB, I’ll call […]

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