How to Flush DNS on Mac and Windows

To flush or reset DNS on a Mac OS X type the following into terminal and run: dscacheutil -flushcache If you have older Mac OS X, this might work for you: lookupd -flushcache To flush DNS on any Windows version, click start > Run and type in command: ipconfig /flushdns Hope this fixes your DNS …

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How To: Configure Your Domain with Windows Live Hotmail

Windows Live Admin Center (changed from Windows Live Custom Domains in November 2007) is a service provided by Windows Live. It enables users with domain names to change their domain MX record (Mail Server) so that they can enjoy the full features of Windows Live Hotmail on their personalized domain.Email accounts provided by Admin Center …

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How To: Find .NET3 and .NET3.5 versions

If you are programming a web application for .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 you might be looking for the versions in IIS6 or IIS7. You ask where is ASP.NET3.0 or ASP.NET3.5 versions? The right answer, there is NO ASP.NET3.0 or ASP.NET3.5. There are 4 ASP.NET versions:ASP.NET1.0ASP.NET1.1ASP.NET2.0ASP.NET4.0 There are 6 .NET Framework versions so far:.NET Framework …

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How To: Backup IIS7 ApplicationHost.config and Settings

Internet Information Services 7 (IIS7) doesn’t use metabase-like file from IIS6. Instead the settings and configuration are stored in schema files and applicationHost.config files. Since the configuration files are different, the old IIS6 tools will not be able to backup IIS7 settings. This is the new script that you can use to backup your IIS7 …

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How To: Create a Self-signed SSL Certificate for II6

Self-signed certificate Self-Signed Certificate History (from Wikipedia) In cryptography and computer security, a self-signed certificate is an identity certificate that is signed by its own creator. That is, the person that created the certificate also signed off on its legitimacy. In typical public key infrastructure (PKI) arrangements, that a particular public key certificate is valid …

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Static IP vs Dedicated IP

There has been a lot of confusion between static and dedicated IP addresses. There are a lot of customers open a support ticket with request to get a static IP address. Today I would like to discuss this issue. There are two types of IP addresses Dynamic and Static. Dynamic is the IP address that …

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How To: Burn ISO on Windows 7 for FREE

It’s very simple but most people don’t know that it’s possible to burn a CD or DVD ISO file using Windows Explorer on Windows 7 for FREE without any 3rd party software. 1. To get started navigate using Windows Explorer to the ISO image file that you want to burn to DVD. 2. Double click …

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