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Microsoft Deployment Workbench: silent installation of various applications

Silently deploy applications through Windows Deployment Services (WDS) / Microsoft Deployment Workbench

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
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Cleanup WordPress post revisions

Clean up WordPress post revisions easily with one (1) simple SQL statement. Delete WordPress post revisions, turn them off and speed up your WordPress blog.

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Check IP address blacklist status in Bash

Here is a Linux Bash shell script to check whether an IP address is listed in a DNSBL blacklist, or RBL. Using this script in Bash you can quickly test if an IP address is blacklisted.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On14-10-2011
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PHP on IIS: “No input file specified”

When you host your PHP website on Windows Server IIS, you may receive an "No input file specified" error message, when a HTTP request is made to non-existing .php files. When this happens you probably have no Request Restrictions configured in IIS PHP handler settings. Here is how to fix the "no input file specified error" with PHP and IIS.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On30-09-2011
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How-to: limited Socket.Net.SocketPermission in ASP.NET 2.0 Medium Trust

It's possible to restrict System.Net.SocketPermission, for example, for an external MySQL connection. Here is your "Granting limited SocketPermission in ASP.NET 2.0 medium trust" how-to.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On09-02-2010
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