If you get a message that says "Windows computer is not accessible..." and you are on a domain network here is the fix that generally works: Go to your DNS on your domain controller Look for the FQDN computer you are trying to access in the list. It will MOST LIKELY be the wrong IP…
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Allow user ec2-user (Amazon AWS) write access
To allow user ec2-user (Amazon AWS) write access to the public web directory (/home6/producw6/public_html/blackmoretech), enter this command via Putty or Terminal, as the root user sudo: chown -R ec2-user /home6/producw6/public_html/blackmoretech Make sure permissions on that entire folder were correct: chmod -R 755 /home6/producw6/public_html/blackmoretech
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Unprotect an excel sheet without password
If you have ever protected an excel sheet; forgot the password or got a excel sheet and needed the password to edit it, here is how to "unlock it": http://uknowit.uwgb.edu/page.php?id=28850 Here is the VBA code that you will need to crack and show you the password: Sub PasswordBreaker() 'Breaks worksheet password protection. Dim…
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How to upload files and folders to AWS EC2 instance as ec2-user
Log into your EC2 instance via SSH as ec2-user than SU to root user and enter this command: chown -R ec2-user /path/to/files (Authenticate as the root user first.)
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FTP using WordPress and Amazon Web Services
Recently I started using Amazon Web Services for hosting and what not... some way cool stuff there. Something I immediately ran into was this problem: When I installed WordPress I could NOT install any plugins and/or updates, through the WordPress interface because it would not let me use SSH2 with my PEM key that AWS…
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Cannot change permissions when selecting multiple folders
Wow, just found this out. So now if you have Windows 7 OR Server 2008 or above you can't change folder/file permissions when selecting multiple folders... read more about it. I'll update if there is a GOOD solution. Update: Apparently it was purposely removed, according to this thread in the Server forums... http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverfiles/thread/dbfa011b-7c27-4e1d-b1a4-f0f8839b2d46
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Move shared folders and retain file and share permissions with robocopy
If you have ever had to move files from one server to another (or even computer to computer).... you NEED to use ROBOCOPY. It is a built in Windows tool, simple to use and way faster than "drag and drop". I originally asked the above question on SpiceWorks and wanted to share what I found…
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