IDEs such as Dreamweaver can cost alot of money for the results they produce.  As the web changed, a Java based-platform, Eclipse exploded onto the development scene.  As Eclipse gained more popularity, communities formed and open-source editions that packaged it into a PHP IDE.

One of these IDEs is called Aptana. 

This Howto covers downloading and configuring Aptana for PHP and Drupal development.

To create a snapshot using Microsoft MSSQL 2005 and reverting back to the snapshot can be performed with the following queries:

Creating a snapshot:

CREATE DATABASE Test_Snapshot ON ( NAME = logical_dnName_datafile,

'Test_snapshot.mdf' ) AS SNAPSHOT OF dbName

Using a snapshot:

USE Test_Snapshot
SELECT * FROM tableName

Reverting from a snapshot:

Introduction:

I was at work one day running Fedora 10 on my laptop and needed to be able to work an Office template. I needed some functionality that Openoffice was not providing, certain Macro support with spreadsheets, certain Word features and on another tangent, easier wireless access.

Ever wanted to resize your Windows Server VM?  This works for Server 2003 and Server 2008 if you need to resize the C: drive of your virtual machine.

This is the simplest way to extend your VMs hard drive.

Using Vmware Converter (http://www.vmware.com/download/converter/) to shrink or extend a disk

o When you use Converter to copy a VM it will transfer the data to the

Work In Progress

Operating System:
Centos 5.1
All updates installed at time of writing.
Static IP address.
Hostname: samba
Domainname (the one used for windows): HOMEDOMAIN

Prerequisites:
* samba
* samba-common
* samba-client
* samba-swat

Or packages:

* samba-client-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1
* samba-swat-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1
* samba-common-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1
* samba-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1

Installation:

Install the packages:
yum install samba samba-common samba-client samba-swat

Introduction Some of you readers might want a loadable USB stick for Ghost. This howto not only applies to that but how a person would create a loadable USB stick for a multitude of things. How? Download HP USB format tool from http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197 and install it. Download the system files and extract them: http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=196

Introduction
=======================================================================
Groove is a peer-to-peer collaboration suite for team-members who are often offline and do not share the same network security. Groove offers

Installation
=======================================================================
As a Microsoft product Groove works best in MS Windows. Place disc in drive, and click install.

======================================================================
Install IIS with .ASP extensions:
======================================================================
Install IIS through add and remove programs in the control panel and the windows component menu on the left.
Or alternatively through > Mange your server. Add role, IIS ( Application Server )

======================================================================
Configure a site with IIS Manager:
======================================================================

Server 2003 VPN and Routing
==============================================================

Introduction:

Server 2003, sometimes Microsoft gets things right at times and it looks like Routing and VPN Microsoft has their act together on. Linux can be a pain for routing sometimes.. although it has the huge benefit of IPTABLES, I didn't have to set up DHCP or some wild NAT script. The VPN stuff is fairly easy to configure and use, except when compared to OpenVPN its options seem limited.

====================================================================
Introduction:
====================================================================
Veritas was acquired by Symantec in December of 2004, and has since been heavily developed to include many new supported operating systems. This howto will give a person ideas on how to use a backup server that many organizations require their network. As an administrator to also ensure backups are done regularly and be able to be restored as well.