GTGreg

Windows Server 2008 Copy/Paste not working

gtgreg — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:32:48 +0000

While recently working on a project, I was annoyed at the fact that the wonderful copy/paste feature on RDP wasn’t working. After a bit of digging, I found the culprit and thought I’d share.

Whilst connected to the server go to Admin Tools -> Terminal Services -> Terminal Services Configuration, then double-click on RDP-TCP Connections. Under the Client Settings Tab, uncheck the Clipboard settings if it’s checked. That’s a list of services to be disabled.

Personal Security virus/spyware removal

gtgreg — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:05:50 +0000

A family member had a computer that was running slow and came to me for help. After examining it, I found that it had the “Personal Security” virus/spyware on it.

It impersonates anti-spyware so it will block anything that tries to remove it, and that alone makes it quite difficult to remove. There is, however, a very simple way to uninstall it.

Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\
There should be a folder named “PSecurityUninstall”, or something similar. Open that folder.
Click the “Uninstall” link. (Yeah, it’s hid).
That’s it. You should now be able to run your normal anti-virus apps and anti-malware apps (and I highly recommend that you do!)

I hope this helps someone else out there.

Magento Downloader “ERROR: failed to mkdir”

gtgreg — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:53:40 +0000

If, in the course of your website, you use the Magento Downloader, you receive an error crying, “ERROR: failed to mkdir”, here’s a tip I just figured out.

If you moved your Magento to a new domain, check your path’s in your Downloader PEAR.ini file (/downloader/pearlib/pear.ini). In my case, when i changed the domain name Plesk changed the saved folder name as well. You can get an updated path by creating a PHPINFO file and saving it in there and checking the values there. If the path isn’t the same as what’s in that serialized array, you’ll have to update all the paths in the PEAR.ini file. Also be sure to update the string length, or PHP will throw another error.

Happy Computing!

iPhone 3.0 software release time

gtgreg — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:20:40 +0000

Apple has delayed the release date and release time of the iPhone 3.0 software until June 18th…no details or explanation as of yet.

**Update** Turns out an Apple Developer mixed up the nav’s and posted the Singapore delay with the US release…all should be well. As for a release time? If I were a betting man (and I am), I’d bet on sometime after 12PM EST.

Georgia Tech – a National Title run?

gtgreg — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:11:21 +0000

According to this article at CFN, Matthew Zemek doesn’t think it’s impossible for Georgia Tech to have a run at the national championship. Unlikely (and I agree), but not impossible. Other teams will need strategic losses for us to be in contention, but generally, scenarios when your fate depends on other teams don’t bode well.

Overall, I think we’ll end the season in the top 10…rumors even have us somewhere in the top 15 or 20. But, I don’t put a lot of faith in preseason polls. Just ask #3 Michigan losing to Oklahoma State, or the U(sic)GA being preseason #1 last year. That’s all I’m saying…

Magento ConnectManager and the “404″ page

gtgreg — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:21:46 +0000

I ran into a recent problem with Magento on a Windows/IIS install. From the admin, the I couldn’t navigate to the ConnectManager; instead it bounced me to the 404 page.

Confident that a fresh install can’t be quirky, I paused and thought it had to be a permissions issue. I opened the folder, checked the permissions, and IUSR_<> had the right permissions. So i kept snooping around and found that, on this particular box, CREATOR/OWNER had no permissions, so I applied them according to the Magento Permissions guide, and voila, everything worked as expected.

If your having problems with Magento ConnectManger, double-check the permissions on everything. And remember, if it’s a remote host, FTP may not be setting it as you expect.

Magento Code Snippits

gtgreg — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:40:41 +0000

I’ve found a great new website that has some quick and easy snippits of code. Snippi.net has a good base of code that allows you to integrate Magento into non-Magento pages, and even can be used to write your own module.

Handy Cheat Sheets

gtgreg — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:39:14 +0000

Cheat sheets are blessed invention; a handy reference for those times when your code calls for something common, but for the life of you, you can’t remember the details. Usually I just Google whatever I need, but I’ve came across these cheat sheets and have them handy.

Magento Events:

http://activecodeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/magento-events-cheat-sheet.pdf

PHP Cheat Sheet:

http://www.gosquared.com/images/help_sheets/PHP%20Help%20Sheet%2001.pdf

WordPress Cheat Sheet:

http://www.gosquared.com/images/help_sheets/WordPress-Help-Sheet.pdf

…and a whole crapload more can be found on GoSquared’s site.

Magento and WordPress

gtgreg — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:33:31 +0000

Two of the most popular open-source packages available are WordPress and Magento, and tying them together isn’t an impossible task, but it’s not exactly straightforward either. I found this link on the Magento twitter, and thought I’d repost it.

http://www.magjournal.com/2009/05/wordpress-and-magento/

SSH: Find a future (or past) date from the command line

gtgreg — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:18 +0000

I just ran across this tip and thought I’d archive it here since I’m terribly forgetful. From your SSH, enter the following:


date -d "1 month 2 weeks 4 days"

…will yield Tue Jun 16 08:21:27 EDT 2009. You can use any of the following variables

years
months
days
hours
minutes
and negatives work too!