http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com Blogging of all things Sysadmin & PHP. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:44:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been sitting on this post for a long time, and intended to write a more detailed description. Here are some things you may need to consider (outside of the obvious like DHCP scopes, DNS server settings, Firewall settings & rules, etc) when changing the IP range your Windows ... http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/mini-brain-dump-ip-subnet-change-considerations/ This tool should be a part of any self-respecting SysAdmin's toolkit. mRemote is "a full-featured, open source, multi-tab remote connections manager". What does this mean?, you say. It means you've got one neat console where you can manage all your remote connections in one place. mRemote currently supports these protocols: ... http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/mremote-a-remote-connections-manager/ I recently figured out a better way to get MYOB Premier to deploy via MSI that the previous method that I posted. This method basically stops the MSI from checking if it's been run by a bootstrapper (Setup.exe). I've tested this with Premier 11 and 12 and it deploys fine ... http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/update-deploying-myob-premier-via-msi/ This code goes in {ModelName}::beforeSave: foreach ($this->data[$this->name] as $key => $value) { if (!set::classicExtract($this->data,$this->name . '.' . $key)) { $this->data = set::remove($this->data,$this->name . '.' . $key); } } I use it where the DB may be expecting values for certain ... http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/cakephp-code-snippet-return-only-fields-with-values-to-the-db-upon-saving/ The (Built on) Asus Z71V was released in 2005, so it's not a Vista "certified" notebook. That aside, I replaced my "in need of a rebuild" XP Pro install with a fresh Vista install. Audio and Video drivers didn't work out of the box. For video, you can just select ... http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/vista-on-asus-z71v/ Read my update: http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/update-deploying-myob-premier-via-msi/ After many attempts over the years to get MYOB Premier deployed via AD GPO, I stumbled across a method this morning using only free tools. These two tools are an essential part of my MSI toolkit, keeping in mind that i'm not some sort of MSI guru like ... http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/deploying-myob-premier-via-gpo/ Here's how to deploy an Outlook 2003 Junk Email list to your domain via GPO. 1. In a plain text file, specify your safe senders and/or domains. For example:@example.com bob@email.com 2. Place the above file in a location such as \\yourdomain\netlogon. This will ensure that it's available to all domain users, plus ... http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/gpo-based-deployment-of-outlook-junk-email-lists/ While working on some modules for Drupal's uberCart, I've made a bunch of SVG graphics for use with online stores that use the eDeliver Delivery Rate Calculator. It's easier to give your customers a graphical representation of the shipping options. I couldn't find any good ones on the net, ... http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/australia-post-svg-graphics/