For the past two days, our site remained inaccessible due to intermittent crash of the Apache and MySQL servers. I immediately wrote to MediaTemple support to know what’s going on with the server. They stated that this had to do with the amount of traffic, and the number of active connections to my site were high. This got me thinking as the crash occurred many times in the off-peak hours where the traffic per hour would be in few hundreds. When I explained this, MT support suggested that I tune up the Apache and MySQL servers. I did that and nothing improved. (more…)
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WordPress Memory Usage & Website Outage Issues Resolved
Internet Explorer 8 Final Is Released to the Web
Internet Explorer 8 has gone final now. Microsoft made an announcement of the availability of Internet Explorer 8, the new web browser that offers the best solution for how people use the web today. Internet Explorer 8 runs on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista (RTM), SP1 and SP2. Some new features in Internet Explorer 8 include the following: (more…)
Ask the IE Support Team (askIE) Blog Launched
Check out the excellent askIE Blog, which will be used to discuss "all things" Internet Explorer. They talk about topics from a Core IE perspective, such as the IEAK and Group Policy all the way to programming techniques and solutions related to Internet Explorer. These blogs will come from Microsoft Support Engineers who specialize in Internet Explorer. (more…)
Windows 7 Feature Walkthroughs From Microsoft
Want to know more about a feature in Windows 7? Explore new and updated features in Windows 7 with these short screencasts from Microsoft. Microsoft has made available the walkthrough videos for the following features in Windows 7. (more…)
Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets Released
Remember some of the excellent Windows Vista Tips (secrets) published by Tim Sneath more than 2 years ago, when Windows Vista was released? Now they have released the The Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets.
The Black Box Recorder Tip is my favorite out of the whole lot. (more…)
IE8 Blocker Toolkit Now Available
The Internet Explorer 8 Blocker Toolkit enables IT Administrators to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 8 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites.
The script creates a registry key and sets the associated value to block or unblock (depending on the command-line option used) automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 8 on either the local machine or a remote target machine. (more…)
