Repairing tables in a MySQL database
The unfortunate happens, your MySQL database tables are corrupted and you need to repair them. How do we know they are corrupt? Error messages typically, but good house keeping to check every so often anyway.…
Category Archives: Software
Recover your deleted or lost files on a hard drive
Giveaway of the Day are giving away a free version of iCare Data Recovery for personal use. As GotD’s name suggests you need to download and importantly activate the software on the same day. There…
Backup your data
When did you last perform a backup and what did you backup? There is much to backup and so often we delay it, forget data and then one day….. Automation and variety are your adorable…
How to Backup and Restore a WordPress Database
Yesterday afternoon a self hosted wordpress blog I maintain died. It just wouldn’t load and then the site would timeout. The database had decided to pack it’s bags and vanish, not even a dear john…
Compression made easy
This blog post is about using the compression software 7-Zip. Note: This isn’t a sponsored blog post. “Compression made easy”… I’m not referring to the inbuilt zip features on Windows. Instead referring to 7-zip the…
Print Screen / Screen Capture on Windows = Greenshot
So on ubuntu you hit the print screen keyboard button and a nifty application opens up and you can then save the screen capture to a graphics file. On microsoft windows…….. the experience wasn’t as…
Create PDF files
Your using open office, word or any number of other applications and you want to create a pdf file. Well here are a couple of methods I’ve tried on Windows XP, Windows 7 RC and…
Nero 9 basic version free download
A basic version of Nero 9 is now free to download. If you use an old version still for basic burning of dvd’s or cd’s, then this is great news. Personally I am not a…