Notepad++ free IDE for programming

I just started using this IDE called notepad++.  I have been hearing things about this app, and when I tried it, I had a bit of a hard time getting the hang of it.

The only thing I liked about it. Is the document preview on the right side, where I can see the whole code and drag the view to where I want to be.  There could be more features on this free IDE, I could just be scratching the surface.

As a free tool, I like this IDE already.  Only thing lacking, is the design window, but that could be asking for something else, when it is just an advance version of notepad.

Official website of Notepad++: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

IIS 6, windows 2003 SMTP service not sending email

I have recently been trying to install SMTP service on our new server, but been having trouble sending email.

In my case, the solution and instructions are found on this link: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH86263

I added the component, tried their IIS SMTP test, but somehow the email was only in the queue.  I already restarted when I installed the SMTP service.

I looked at my IPv4 settings, but I there seems to be something lacking done by our Network Admin.  He forgot to place the DNS for the server.

So I placed the DNS, tried the SMTP send, by placing a text file on the pickup folder, but it still goes to the queue folder under the default folder set-up: c:\Inetpub\mailroot\Queue

As indicated on this microsoft article: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297700

After sending a few test, and still no positive results.  I decided to restart the server, as the server started, those email in the queue folder was sent and I received all of them.

This was the solution to my problem.  Hope this blog was any help to those who have the same problem.

IIS Redirection include querystring

I mentioned before that I tried redirecting a website source for users not able to see the real website, but a folder or a domain name that points to the real site.  Little, did I know I still need to set the redirection with a placement character of $S$Q.  Example: the URL is: http://www.Domainname.com$S$Q

Placing that placement character made a big difference in passing the query string and value.

Source of the solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7147806/iis-redirect-preserve-querystring

Redirection in IIS for folders and domain name

I came across this solutions on how to redirect the domains folder or the domain itself to another website.

These are good sources, and simple to follow on different versions of IIS:

IIS v7.7 - http://marckean.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/windows-server-2008-r2-iis-v7-5-http-redirect-the-proper-way-best-practice/

IIS v6 - http://www.serverintellect.com/support/iis6/iis-url-redirect.aspx

Save not permitted in MS SQL 2008 Server Management Studio

I encountered this first time on editing the fields in design, the management studio pops up a dialog box with message the changes cannot be saved due to drop and create of table.

Luckily, I found the answer on google search right away.  Here is the website of that solution: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb895146.aspx

jQuery Thickbox, passing querystring value

I found a solution for passing value using the jQuery Thickbox.  My error was I placed the querystring value at the end, when I should have placed it on the front.

Sample:
page.php?queryvar=a&TB_iframe=true

This solved my problem.  Thank you internet for giving the answer, but the answer was deep in the haystack.

A good source of explaination on RAID, NAS, and DAS

I was just browsing on YouTube and I was subscribed on Cnet.  I was fascinated about NAS servers for home use.  Then the term NAS and RAID came about.  I always forget the types of RAID there are and how to set them up.

Luckily, they have an article on this NAS, DAS, RAID, and other things concerning storage:
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-33088_39-57549884/digital-storage-basics-part-2-external-drive-vs-nas-server/