It’s important to backup content and databases we have online. Whether you run a blog (such as Wordpress) or other applications on a website, there are often many individual files to download if doing a backup manually via FTP. This can be slow and tedious if a quick backup is what you want (and why wouldn’t you?). phpMySQL has build in backup functions if you need them, although the following tools provide an easy one-stop solution.
Check out the following great tools for backing up your site content and MySQL databases.
- phpMyBackup Pro is a very easy to use, free, web-based MySQL backup application, licensed under the GNU GPL.
You can create scheduled backups, manage and restore them, download or email them and a lot more!
Major features:
- backup of one or several databases with or without data, table structure, …
- three types of compression (no compression, gzip or zip)
- scheduled backups (by a small PHP script which must be included in an existing PHP script)
- interface for management of the backups (viewing, restoring, downloading, deleting)
- backup directly onto FTP server and sending of backups by email
- platform independent - only webserver and PHP needed to run e.g. on MS Windows, Linux or Mac
- shell mode (to use manually or by cron script)
- backup of whole file directories (on a FTP server).
- backup databases from different accounts on several MySQL servers
- one installation can be used for all MySQL users of one MySQL server (used by webhosters)
- highest security through two alternative login methods (HTTP or HTML authentication)
- easy to use interface and very easy to install
- several language packages available
- PHP WebSite Backup
- PHP MySQL Backup
On Outlook Express it is not obvious where your data files are actually stored on the computer. Here’s two ways to find them:
- Via Outlook Express
- Start Outlook Express
- Go into TOOLS menu
- Click on OPTIONS
- Go to Maintenance tab
- Click on STORE FOLDER button
- Via Windows Explorer (useful if you can’t run/open Outlook Express for some reason)
- Start Windows Explorer
- Right-click “My Computer” on your desktop and select Explore
- Fast way — Hold down the Windows key on your keyboard (key to the left of spacebar with a flying window icon on it) and then the “E” key (whilst still holding the flying window key). Explorer will start.
- Make sure show hidden files is enabled under Windows Explorer. Go to Tools (Menu) -> Folder Options (menu item) -> Views (a tab) -> Show Hidden Files and Folders (a selector in the list you can see)
- In XP go to C:\Documents and Setting\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\[GUID number, a long number]\Microsoft\Outlook Express\
- In older versions of Windows (non-XP) –> C:\Documents & Setting\[Your Username]\Application Data\Identities\[GUID number, a long number]\Microsoft\Outlook Express\
The current release of mailman lacks a very important feature. There is no immediately obvious way to export a list of subscribers from a mail list — at least not via the admin interface. There is, however, a way to get this data. In my case I needed it in order to move the list of people from one mail-list to another way.
I read the following was an option:
Here is how to get a list of subscribers in one shot:
Send a message to: list-request@some-domain.org where list is the actual list name (e.g. sds-request@some-domain.org)
The subject line should read: who password*
* if the listserv is locked down you’ll need a password
(if you send it without and the list is locked it will complain in a reply email) Although it seems bizarre to send your password as part of the subject
I tried this method and nothing was emailed back to me. It may be that the mailman server I am using is configured to not allow this feature to work. I am not sure, as I only have access to the lists I manage and not the entire set-up.
So, here are some other options:
Go to the following address: http://www.yourdomain.com/mailman/roster/<listname>
This will produce a page with all members listed on it. Be prepared for a long page if you have lots of subscribers. The format is this: address at domain.com as opposed to address@domain.com. If you have a lot of subscribers there is an easy way to use Excel to convert this data into the format you want (address@domain.com). There is an Excel file available right here. Just unzip the spreadsheet into a directory of your choice. Open the Excel file (it is free of macro viruses, but you may like to scan if first if you’re not convinced). Highlight and COPY the list from the web page. Past into Column A the data you have just copied. Now all you have to do is fill the formulas in columns .
Enjoy, and let me know if this helps some.
Jonathan Evatt
Looking for a portable secure computer system that fits onto a USB key?
Look no further… take a look at the free solution from Metropipe (here)
Here the info on it…
Feature Overview
- Carry your entire Internet communication system on a tiny USB drive.
- Contains a complete virtual Linux machine with privacy-enabled Open Source Internet applications.
- Carry your Internet applications, email, bookmarks, history, web cookies, download files in your pocket.
- Perfect for travelers - nothing to be scanned, started, poked, or prodded at the airport.
- Get English keyboard support no matter what computer you use.
- No installation needed - just plug the drive into any Windows or Linux computer, and click on the Virtual Privacy Machine icon and you’re ready to go.
- The VPM’s network connection will auto configure and run seamlessly on any machine with a working internet connection..
- All Internet session data (cookies, history, downloads, etc.) are stored on the VPM, not the host computer.
- Runs on any rewriteable media (USB drives, Flash Memory cards, Secure Digital devices, iPods, etc.)
- This PR1-2 release runs on Windows and Linux - OS X support is also possible, details in the readme.txt.
- Runs in full screen mode (CTRL-ALT to Exit Grab and CTRL-ALT f to Toggle Fullscreen)
- Includes the Latest Firefox 1.5.0.2 Browser with MetroPipe Privacybar for Firefox and the NOSCRIPT Extension Pre-installed.
- Includes Mozilla Thunderbird News/Email client (with Enigmail plugins for PGP email encryption)
- Persistent Home directory, changes, bookmarks are saved to the PVPM and available on next reboot.
- Created from 100% Open Source GPL code and binaries.
In the Press
The Portable Virtual Privacy Machine was featured on:
Slashdot: PVPM: Secure, Portable, Virtual Privacy Machine
Wall Street Journal: (subscription required) WSJ.com and AWSJ.com by WSJ columnist Jeremy Wagstaff.
Also: A Directory Of Programs Designed For USB Drives written about in WSJ article.
Download
The Portable Virtual Privacy Machine may be downloaded from via the link below. Size: 82 MB Download (108 MB uncompressed)
DOWNLOAD VIA HTTP
If you are looking for a great Optical Character Recognition application and don’t wish to pay for it there are two easy options.
- Download a cracked/pirated version of a commercial OCR application (illegal and time consuming)
- Download SimpleOCR and use it (quick and legal)
Use SimpleOCR to add accurate
character recognition capabilities to your custom software without the
complexity and expense of runtime licensing. The SimpleOCR
freeware demonstrates the power of our engine and is the only OCR application
that is completely free.
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SimpleOCR is the only OCR SDK that’s
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Save on every runtime license
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SimpleOCR - the only royalty free OCR engine!
Bittorrent is a popular form of non-centralised peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution. For obtaining many things on the Internet (software, videos, books, DVDs, updates, etc) it is often a very convenient and quick way to get what you want.
There are many torrent clients (the software you use to download software as torrents) freely available The one I recommend for most users on Windows is uTorrent. It has feature rich, free, and easy to work with.
Once you are set up with uTorrent there are various steps you can take to maximise your download speeds. The following links will provide you with the information you need:
At present most DVD devices and products are region locked. What this means is that DVD users are prevented from viewing DVD content that has been locked to another region. If you live in New Zealand and you wish to buy DVDs from Amazon.com in the USA it is quite likely the disk will not be viewable on your hardware in New Zealand. I, and a huge community of other DVD users, see this as an infringement of basic consumer rights. The following links (and the web sites these links point to will show you how to get around these DVD issues.
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=239
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_dvdrk_1.html
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_utility.php
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/
http://tdb.rpc1.org
At present most DVD devices and products are region locked. What this means is that DVD users are prevented from viewing DVD content that has been locked to another region. If you live in New Zealand and you wish to buy DVDs from Amazon.com in the USA it is quite likely the disk will not be viewable on your hardware in New Zealand. I, and a huge community of other DVD users, see this as an infringement of basic consumer rights. The following links (and the web sites these links point to will show you how to get around these DVD issues.
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=239
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_dvdrk_1.html
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_utility.php
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/
http://tdb.rpc1.org
In July 2006 Microsoft purchased the Sysinternals utilities suite. All the various utilities from this suite are now available from Microsoft’s web site. Many of these free tools are very useful for the advanced Windows user and administrator.
The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006. Whether you’re an IT Pro or a developer, you’ll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications. If you have a question about a tool or how to use them, please visit the Sysinternals Forum for answers and help from other users and our moderators.
Featured Resources
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File and Disk Utilities
Utilities for viewing and monitoring file and disk access and usage. |
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Networking
Networking tools that range from connection monitors to resource security analysers. |
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Processes & Threads
Utilities for looking under the hood to see what processes are doing and the resources they are consuming. |
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Security Utilities
Security configuration and management utilities, including rootkit and spyware hunting programs. |
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System Information
Utilities for looking at system resource usage and configuration. |
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Miscellaneous
A collection of diverse utilities that includes a screen saver, presentation aid, and debugging tool. |
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There is also a great video library of many Windows troubleshooting topics.
OpenDNS is a free service worth checking out. It may help to speed up your Internet experience, make it safer, and handle common typos in website addresses you type into the address bar. First, let’s take a look at what a DNS (Domain name server) does.
When you type a domain name (like www.e-volutiononline.com) into your browser the browser will pass this request onto the network system on your computer. From there it is passed on to the Domain Name Server your networking system has recorded as being the DNS it must use. This DNS (two of them actually) is typically provided by your ISP (the company that gives you access to the Internet. From here if the DNS goes not have a record of the domain name you have requested it will ask another DNS server for this info. Every active domain name has an IP (Internet Protocol) address associated with it. This is the a unique code that differentiates one node/computer from another. The code is in the format 000.000.000.000. The IP for the domain Microsoft.com is 207.46.230.219.
Your computer is then routed to the server to which this IP address is allocated. The browser then starts downloading the HTML content (or whatever content is there) and turning it into a web page you can view or a file you can download, etc.
So, what OpenDNS does is provide the service your ISP normally provides, with the claim that their service is superior. You can learn more about it at www.opendns.com
To use their service all you have to do is access the web control panel of your router (assuming you use ADSL) and edit one setting. The OpenDNS site gives instructions on how to do this. It takes about two minutes.
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