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MySQL 5.1 installer Could not start Service …

Dave — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:11:08 +0000

Error Message: Could not start Service …

Problem: Installer can’t create my.ini properly when you use anything but the default settings during the initial configuration soo…

Solution:

1.Remove Instance
2. Uninstall MySQL
3. Delete %alluserprofile%\Application Data\MySQL
4. Delete rest of %programfiles%\MySQL
5. Reboot (not 100% sure if required but Windows likes reboots)
6. Reinstallation of MySQL
7. Creation of MySQL Instance with default values
8. Reconfiguration of the Instance with the Configuration Tool

Remote Desktop login screen black

Dave — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:57:54 +0000

It’s annoying and confusing. A black login screen? Yes my friends it does happen and its usually a sign of a registry problem. Either corruption or user error. Any easy enough to fix.
Just whack the following into a text file and name is fixblackscreen.reg. Double click your new file and all should be good.

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors]
“ActiveBorder”=”212 208 200″
“ActiveTitle”=”10 36 106″
“AppWorkSpace”=”128 128 128″
“Background”=”102 111 116″
“ButtonAlternateFace”=”181 181 181″
“ButtonDkShadow”=”64 64 64″
“ButtonFace”=”212 208 200″
“ButtonHilight”=”255 255 255″
“ButtonLight”=”212 208 200″
“ButtonShadow”=”128 128 128″
“ButtonText”=”0 0 0″
“GradientActiveTitle”=”166 202 240″
“GradientInactiveTitle”=”192 192 192″
“GrayText”=”128 128 128″
“Hilight”=”10 36 106″
“HilightText”=”255 255 255″
“HotTrackingColor”=”0 0 128″
“InactiveBorder”=”212 208 200″
“InactiveTitle”=”128 128 128″
“InactiveTitleText”=”212 208 200″
“InfoText”=”0 0 0″
“InfoWindow”=”255 255 225″
“Menu”=”212 208 200″
“MenuText”=”0 0 0″
“Scrollbar”=”212 208 200″
“TitleText”=”255 255 255″
“Window”=”255 255 255″
“WindowFrame”=”0 0 0″
“WindowText”=”0 0 0″

Remove Windows stored passwords

Dave — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:01:41 +0000

Ever notice sometimes Windows stored passwords for some things, usually like accessing remote file shares via explorer.

Most of the time I like this behavior but sometimes you want to remove those stored usernames and passwords for whatever reason. So here’s how:

Start -> Run: “rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr”

That should bring up a simple dialog with all of the saved usernames

Find MP3′s with Google

Dave — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:04:49 +0000

Just google, easy as pie...

intitle:index.of + mp3 + "grandaddy" -html -htm -php -asp -txt -pls

Can’t resolve public IP in NAT environment

Dave — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:36:33 +0000

Scenario:
Public <-NAT-> Private
87.114.220.20 <-NAT-> 192.168.1.20

Problem: The NAT’ed machine can not resolve (or ping) its public address.
Solution: Add a loopback interface with the public IP address on it.

This is particular useful on web servers where viewing the site on the server itself is required for testing etc.

Windows heads: How to add loopback interface
Linux heads: You’ll have to create a new lo interface with the public address. lo:1 for example

Windows File Sharing ports

Dave — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:06:47 +0000

TCP & UDP: 135-139
TCP & UDP: 445

Yes its a lot of ports and I don’t have any evidence to prove that UDP is actually used but thats the word from Microsoft.

And yes they work!
Tested on firewalls: Cisco ASA and PIX, Monowall, Sonicwall and IPTables.

Restart IIS service

Dave — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:24:59 +0000

Theres 2 ways to restart IIS which I find seems to fix most random IIS problems.
Start -> Run : services.msc
Right click on “Microsoft Internet Information Service” and select restart

Star -> Run : cmd
Simply type iisreset
This approach seems to work first time every time.

How to fix Windows 2003 Enterprise Server 8GB RAM bug

Dave — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:29:07 +0000

Edit c:\boot.ini and add /PAE flag to the end of the Windows boot line.
So it should look a little something like this…

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Windows Server 2003, Enterprise” /noexecute=optout /fastdetect /PAE