Format FAT32 Drives Larger Than 32gb
November 28th, 2008
By default Windows XP will not allow hard drives larger than 32gb to be formatted FAT32. If you need to format a large hard drive to FAT32 (say for an external hard drive to make backups of your Windows and Mac workstations) you can a tool provided by Ridgecrop Consultatnts called Fat 32 Formatter.
Documentation and [...]
Moving a Large Number of Files with Windows
November 28th, 2008
If you are ever in the situation where you need to move a large number of files in Windows and notice that explorer is not responding you can try the move command.
Open a Command Prompt
Windows + R + cmd
Run your move command
C:\> move /y C:\source_directory\*.jpg C:\destination_directory\
Explanation
/y – Suppresses the prompt to overwrite
*.jpg – This will [...]
Apache WAMP vhost with SSL Configuration
November 28th, 2008
If you are developing in a Windows environment and need to host multiple sites on your Apache development workstation or server here are some tips for setting up your Apache configuration.
Download and install XAMPP
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
Verify apache is running after installation
<a href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a>
NOTE: If you are also running IIS you will need to disable socket pooling that [...]
