How to Install and Configure XAMPP 1.8.1 on Windows

If you plan to host your development PHP applications on local windows workstation or windows server, i would recommend you to use XAMPP as your web server. XAMPP is one of the popular and cross-platform package of a Apache HTTP server, MySQL database, PHP interpreter, and Perl interpreter. It’s consist of Apache web server, MySQL, PHP, … Read more

How to Use the Tracert Command in Windows

Tracert or Trace Route is a network diagnostic tool for displaying the path of packet and IP address information takes from your computer to specified destination. Tracert is DOS command that equivalent with traceroute command if in linux operating system. It will list all the routers it passes through until it reached the one you … Read more

How to Install 389 LDAP Windows Console Client on Windows

389 Directory Server is an enterprise-class open source Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. In order to manage this 389 directory server from windows, you need to install 389 Windows Console Client. This post will describes the steps to install 389 Windows Console Client on Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008. Please … Read more

Download and Install Java for Windows

Java technology allows you to work and play in a secure computing environment, play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few. You must have a installed copy of the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) on your windows workstation to run Java … Read more

5 Ways to open Command Prompt in Windows 8

In Windows 8 you will not see old Programs Menu and classic start button. In windows 7, usually end user will find applications quickly by searching them in the “Run” box. To find Windows command prompt also not easy as previous windows version. A Windows Command Prompt is a screen where you type in commands … Read more

How to Add Icons to Desktop Windows 8

By Default, only one icon available in Windows 8 desktop which is Recycle Bin at the top left corner and two icon at the taskbar’s left corner which are File Explorer and Internet Explorer. This might not convenience for the Windows 8 newbie. Most of Windows users still like to launch the it from the … Read more

Group Policy Editor Windows 7 – USB Devices Disabled

In certain circumstances, the system administrator or Information Technology ( IT ) officials will need to limit access to removable devices for each computer in the organization primarily due to security. By limiting the USB port we can avoid the virus does not spread from USB thumb drive. Most important, we also can make sure … Read more

How to Check MX record using Windows Command Prompt

MX record or mail exchanger record is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that specifies a mail server responsible for accepting email messages on behalf of a recipient’s domain, and a preference value used to prioritize mail delivery if multiple mail servers are available. The set of MX records of … Read more

How to Install and Configure Squid Proxy Cache on Windows

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Squid has variety of uses and advantages such as speeding up web browsing for end user, reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. It also can work as web filtering and can control the browsing traffic. In this post, i will … Read more

How to Flush DNS on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Window 7

Most windows workstation or notebook that are used to connect internet or used to browsing the internet do what is called domain name system (DNS) caching. The windows workstation with DNS client service enabled will automatically cache IP Addresses and other DNS results. If DNS client service stop, the workstation will not able to resolve … Read more

Windows 8 Arrives and Top 20 Windows 8 Features

Microsoft Corp. today announced its popular Windows operating system, Windows 8 now available on Friday, Oct. 26 2012. Consumers will be able to experience a beautiful new user interface and a wide range of applications with the grand opening of the Windows Store. There are two primary versions, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro. Windows … Read more