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FileZilla Forums :: View topic – always get "empty directory listing"

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From
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3841
(I haven’t registered on the forums, I use FileZilla Server very rarely. ;)
I had similar trouble. Comodo firewall, and no files showing in the directory listing.
This is while connecting to the server running on my computer, from an FTP client running on my computer (I tried Filezilla, and Firefox).
What fixed it for me is this: I went into Comodo Firewall. In the Application Monitor entry for Filezilla Server.exe, right click, choose “Edit…”, Miscellaneous tab, and check “Skip advanced security checks”.
After that, I’ve been able to see the files in the directory.
Could you post this there for me, please?
- AshyRaccoon

FileZilla Forums :: View topic – always get “empty directory listing”

I do not know what happened exactly but my FTP server was not working. A FTP client connected but showed a blank directory listing. I was kind of hoping for an error message but no luck. So I checked my Comodo firewall. It looked like my Comodo firewall had updated itself but everything looked pretty normal in Comodo. I could see the FTP connections. So I checked the XAMPP installation. I recently updated it but the Filezilla portion was unchanged except for the configuration file. Everything should work but it didn’t. Finally after some fruitless troubleshooting I found this article. I changed the inbound rule to “Skip advanced security checks” and everything is back to normal.

The Best Free Software – Features by PC Magazine

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I recently reread an article at PC Mag, The Best Free Software, and decided to update my list of favorites. Here are my favorites:

  • Security
    Although I do not have any complaints about their favorites I do not use them. I have used AVG in the past and it was good and stable. I prefer the commercial vendors for virus checking. My favorites in this category are KeePass and TrueCrypt.
    • KeePass is a password manager that stores the passwords in an encrypted file and via a hotkey will automagically fill in the correct userid and password for the site based on the title of the web page. If the title is not unique KeePass will present a selection of userids and passwords that match that title. If you login to a lot of secured sites this is a time saver and allows you to use long, random passwords.
    • TrueCrypt allows you to create a virtual disk that is stored on your disk drive as an encrypted file. This virtual disk will gracefully dismounts whenever your laptop hibernates or goes into standby mode. I use this virtual disk for my QuickBooks files and other sensitive data.
  • Productivity
    I like their selections in this category, too. I regularly use Notepadd++ and WordPress. Open Office is a nice package but Microsoft Office make my life so much simpler when I work with people who use Microsoft Office who are not technically savvy.
  • Utilities & PC Management
    I use both FileZilla and Foxit Reader in this category. Foxit Reader is faster, requires less disk space, and does not need to be installed. I recently installed Foxit Reader on my server because it takes up a lot less disk space and does not need to be installed. Both the free and professional version of Foxit Reader allow you to markup Acrobat files and print the marked up files. I use this feature for filling out rebate forms. The professional version allows you to save the markup data. My other recommendations in this area are PDFCreator and Portable Apps.
    • PDFCreator is a simple way to create Acrobat files. PDFCreator creates a virtual printer when you install it. When you print to this virtual printer it creates an Acrobat file. This is a great way to create and send Acrobat versions of reports via email. I recently installed this program on several computers at a nonprofit so they could create Acrobat versions of their monthly reports.
    • Portable Apps is a repackaging of several free software packages into a portable format. In my case I keep several programs I use infrequently on a USB drive. The Portable Apps format allows me to “safely” evaluate and use open source programs without mucking up my windows registry. The list of programs that I have on my USB drive include:
      • 7-Zip Portable
      • Audacity Portable
      • Clamwin Portable
      • FileZilla Portable
      • FireFox Portable
      • Gimp Portable
      • KeePass Portable

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SYDI and System Documentation

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SYDI is a program to document your system. There are a lot of programs you can use to document your systems. Some programs are very sophisticated and provides lots of detail. Although these programs do not cost much, they inevitably have licensing issues and they provide a lot more detail than I care about. SYDI is a bunch of visual basic scripts that probe the system using WMI to create a XML file. At this moment SYDI provides enough documentation for me. With another script you can transform this XML file into either a Word document or HTML file. The documentation is not fancy but it is sufficient.

Recently I was updating my documentation for my server at home and decided that I was going to start saving versions of the server documentation. I initially changed the scripts to embed the date in the filename. I have since changed my mind and I have decided to store the XML files in a SVN depository. This way I can keep multiple versions of the XML file and compare these versions with the built-in Diff program or WinMerge. I still like the idea of embedding the date in the file name on the latest Word or HTML file.

As I was mucking about the scripts I decided to make a small contribution to the SYDI project and modify the XSL to generate valid XHTML code. I sent the XSL file to the developers and I will let them decide if they want to include it in the next release.

More ideas on freeing up space on a windows server boot partition

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Recently I have been plagued with low disk space on the boot partition of my SBS2K3 server. I was confused why this was occurring since I thought I had this under control. When I found some spare time I started to re-examine the typical culprits(e.g. log files and temp files). I found some files but they were not big enough to cause the problem I was seeing. Since I needed about 1 Gig free space for some major upgrades, I decided to go ahead and move the SBSMonitoring database to another disk drive and delete old patch files. This almost got me to 1 Gb. I even decided to replace Acrobat with the lighter weight PDF reader, Foxit Reader.

Today I found the problem! I had previously set up Shadow copies to store the copies for all disk drives on my backup drive. While I was using JDiskReport to look at the disk space I noticed that there were three large directories in the System Volume information for the boot partition. After a little snooping I figured out my shadow copies were being stored on the boot partition and they were being duplicated. As an example, I was getting a copy at 7:00 and 7:02. I do not know how things got screwed up but I suspect it occurred during a power outage when the backup drive went offline before the server. Fixing it was easy. I deleted the existing shadow copies and changed the settings to point to my backup drive. To fix the scheduling problem, I went into the Tasks control panel and deleted the extra jobs.

I was thinking of getting rid of Java and JDiskReport until it lead me to the source of my problem. I probably will remove it but not right now. TreeSize Free is a free, lightweight alternative. The Professional version is even better. It was much easier to rationalize removing Acrobat from the server. For those interested in using Foxit Reader to replace Adobe Acrobat on your server, the link is listed below. Acrobat uses about 80 Mb of disk space when installed. Foxit uses about 2 Mb, launches much quicker than Acrobat, and does not need to be installed. I do not browse the Internet from the server but I do look at Trend Micro reports while logged as Administrator on the server.

Now with Foxit Reader 2.0, you don’t have to endure such pain any more. The following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit Reader 2.0:

  • Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is only 1.5 M which is a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 M size
  • Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.
  • Annotation tool: Have you ever wished to annotate (or comment on) a PDF document when you are reading it? Foxit Reader 2.0 allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document.
  • Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file.
  • High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to Internet without users’ permission. While other PDF Reader often silently connects to the Internet in the background. Foxit PDF Reader does not contain any spyware or adware.

Source: Foxit Software
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TrueCrypt 4.3

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TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password or correct…

Link to TrueCrypt 4.3

I have been using TrueCrypt for over a year on my laptop. I keep my QuickBooks and other sensitive files in it. My assumption has always been that if my laptop is stolen that my XP login password would be cracked pretty easily. Ophcrack showed me how easy it can be done. My other assumption is that breaking into TrueCrypt would be way too hard for most thieves. I highly recommend TrueCrypt.

Using Version Control to Manage Web Site Changes

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A while back I decided that Version Control software was a better way for me to manage web site changes. This adds a little bit more documentation and incremental control over the daily backups. For small shops Version Control looks like overkill but it is simple to use. So I bit the bullet and setup a Subversion repository on my Windows-based computer. Initially I thought I would only keep my theme customizations and content in the repository but I eventually decided to keep the entire directory. Today I decided to document the process I use to update a website. In this case I am upgrading WordPress from 2.1 to 2.1.1 with a zipped file of changed files. I will be using several open source programs in addition to Subversion and TortoiseSVN. I will be using WinMerge to compare directories and FileZilla to upload the files. There are many suitable programs for these tasks. These are the ones I used.

Step 1 – Update your working copies

Use TortoiseSVN to retrieve a clean working copy from the repository.

Step 2 – Download the updated files and expand into directories

In my case the updated 2.1.1 files are in a zip file which follows the WordPress directory structure. I download the file and expand it into directories. I also print the updated file list. I am going to use the file list as my check list for the rest of the process. Stuff happens!

Step 3 – Compare the directories and update the files.

I use WinMerge as a quick check to compare the directories. I have projects set up to automate my comparison settings. It should show that the files I am updating are the ones on the file list. Surprisingly I find I am missing a couple of files shown on the changed file list. I opt to download the full source and add the missing updated files to my updates. I use WinMerge to copy the changed files over the repository files.

 Step 4 – Update the website

In this step I use FileZilla and the file list to upload the changed files. It is a real plus that my host provider allows me to use sFTP. Every extra bit of security helps keep the hackers away. Since this is a minor update I will leave all of my plugins active during the upgrade. WordPress recommends that you deactivate your plugins before updating in case you run into problems. I sort the local directory based on Last Modified date so that the changed files are on the top and easier to find. I move from directory to directory updating the changed files. FileZilla continually reminds me that I am overwriting existing files. That is good. There are only four directories and twenty file so the process goes quickly. When I have finished uploading the files I go to my browser and click on the Site Admin link in WordPress. It prompts me with links to complete the upgrade. This is normal. I follow the links and finish updating the site within a minute. I do a quick check of the website to make sure everything is still working. I have finished updating the web site.

Step 5 – Commit the changes to the repository

I use TortoiseSVN to commit the changes and with a description. When I am finished I use TortoiseSVN to check the log and make sure that the  description I just added makes sense. This is probably the last time I will look at the description until I need to understand it sometime in the future. I am happy with what I wrote so I move on to my other projects.

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Find broken links on your site with Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM)

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Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.

Source: Find broken links on your site with Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM)

I have been playing with this utility over the last couple of days. It does a better job of spidering a website and checking links than anything else I have tried. It said I had a lot of links refering to the SBS Diva’s website that were getting redirected or were wrong. Most of the rest of the link problems had to do with various directory changes I made over the last two years.  There are a couple sites that are no longer posting content.

This utility is great for occasionally verifying that my links. It takes awhile to run. I had to lower the number of threads since I was getting timeouts. Although this utility has a sitemap, I prefer using the WordPress plugin for maintaining the sitemap and pinging Google when I have made a change.

GreatNews: The Intelligent RSS Reader

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I was prompted to update my version of GreatNews when I started it today. The upgrade went great until I found that the whimsical css files provided by Maty no longer worked properly. I checked the forum and Maty had noticed it, too. Neither Maty or the forum moderator provided a fix. The 2 column design I was using showed a different colored background behind the text. This background overlapped other lines making it difficult to read. The problem I found appears to be related to the display:inline command. After some playing around I finally got everything to work. In my case I added a display:inline on line 78/79 and commented out the line 91/92. The rest of the changes are related to my desire to use a little larger font and fixing the layout issues of the two column design. Here is my diff file.

   1:  31c31
   2:  <     font: x-small Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Sans-serif;
   3:  ---
   4:  >     font: small Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Sans-serif;
   5:  78a79
   6:  >     display: inline;
   7:  80c81
   8:  <     width: 48%;
   9:  ---
  10:  >     width: 45%;
  11:  85c86
  12:  <     width: 99%;
  13:  ---
  14:  >     width: 94%;
  15:  91c92
  16:  <     display: inline;
  17:  ---
  18:  >     /*display: inline;*/
  19:  106c107
  20:  <     margin: 20px 0px 8px 14px;
  21:  ---
  22:  >     margin: 20px 0px 8px 0px;

andy » ScreenGrab 0.8 (now with untested FF2)!

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The FF2.0 compatible version of 0.8 is available

Source: andy ยป ScreenGrab 0.8 (now with untested FF2)!

This plugin does not install unless you modify the install.rdf file in the xpi archive. Here is how to modify the install.rdf file so that you can install ScreenGrab.

  1. I used 7-Zip to open the archive and edit the install.rdf file. You probably can do this with other zip-type programs.
  2. Near the bottom of the file you should find the field, “<em:maxVersion>1.6</em:maxVersion>”. Change the 1.6 to 2.0.
  3. Save the install.rdf file and close the archive. When it asks you if you want to update the archive, click on the Yes button. The modified xpi archive is ready to install.
  4. Open FireFox and then open the updated xpi archive via Ctrl+O or File-Open Archive. Follow the prompts to install the addon and restart FireFox.
  5. After FireFox restarts you should be ready to use it.

Mozilla – Home of the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client

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Mozilla – Home of the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client

The number one reason for me to update to version 2 of Firefox is spell check. This should improve my blog writing throughout the internet. It will probably be some time for me before I update IE6ย  to IE7. I am still using QuickBooks 2004 in several places and it requests that for a continued happy experience with QuickBooks I should not upgrade to IE7 until I upgrade to QuickBooks 2007.

Setting up a Subversion repository on a Windows-based computer

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svn1clicksetup.tigris.org

The goal of this project is to simplify the process of setting up a Subversion repository on a Windows-based computer. Svn1ClickSetup takes a user through the steps necessary to install the Subversion command-line utilities and TortoiseSVN, as well as creating a repository and initial project.

I finally bit the bullet and setup a Subversion repository. My needs are pretty simple. I wanted to keep versions of my website changes. At the complexity level that I am working at backups have served my needs well and it is debatable whether a version control system will be a benefit. The costs are primarily the amount of time I am willing to spend and possibly waste on a system I may not use.

I played a little with version control systems in the past, CVS and Subversion, so this will be my first real “needs to work” experience. The problem was that Subversion has two ways of setting up repositories, svnserve and Apache. Apache would have been my first choice since I have it installed via XAMPP. Unfortunately Subversion needs an older version of Apache(2.0). I was just plain uncomfortable with how to setup Subversion using the svnserve method. After a little searching I found this link to automagically setup everything using svnserve. Suddenly setting up Subversion became much simpler.

Since I already had the newest version of the client on my computer, the installation procedure thoughtfully allowed me to skip the client installation step. This installation program installs an older version of Subversion but that is not a big problem. I downloaded the newest version of Subversion and it did a fine job of updating my existing installation. Then I used the TortoiseSVN utility, repo browser, to copy the existing Project1 to a new folder to create my first project with the same directory structure as Project1. With the folder created in the repository I could now import existing data into the trunk folder.

For my directory structure I chose to use customer-subproject format with the modified folders underneath the subproject. I used the same folder names as I use on the website to make sure it is easy to figure out if I do not come back for awhile. As an example I created a folder for my company with a subfolder called blog. Underneath the blog folder I have two folders, plugins and my customized theme folder. These two folders contain all of my customized code for WordPress. As a test I modified some code and used the TortoiseSVN Diff function to see what it said changed. It worked like a champ and pointed out the single change. Best of all the whole process was pretty intuitive. I still haven’t read the manual. This just might work for me.

Torpark

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Torpark

Torpark is a program which allows you to surf the internet anonymously.

Actually it is a modified portable Firefox browser that is setup to use a “The Onion Router” network. The browser has a few other modifications but it is the anonymous browsing available via the TOR network that is the big feature. From a user standpoint the Torpark’s startup is slow compared to the regular FireFox. Another interesting tidbit is that the default Google page comes from different countries. What I mean is that the first time I cranked it up I got the German version of Google as viewed with the English language fonts. The next time I got the Netherlands version. The next time I got an Asian version. You get the picture.

My interest in Torpark was primarily curiosity but I can see where it maybe useful for the average joe if you are paranoiac about using your computer in public areas. Its other uses are more controversial. It will cause some administration headaches for IT folks.

Azureus 2.5.0.0

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I let Azureus update itself today. Everything worked except the swt library did not get updated. Azureus complained that the library was too old and tried to update the swt library. It repeatedly failed. So I uninstalled 2.5 and then manually installed the 2.5 version. That fixed the problem. Now it has current(ie. 3232) swt libraries.

Groundwork/Nagios Revisited

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Awhile back I got interested in Groundwork and downloaded two virtual machines, one from Tony Su and one from Ginaluca. The one from Tony Su was a little hard for me to setup initially so I downloaded a second one made by Gianluca. Gianluca’s virtual machine, baywatchos, appealed to me because it used Centos rather than SUSE, he had pre-installed Webmin, and he had prepared it as a virtual machine. For some reason Tony prepared his machine as a virtual disk so I had to read some more of VMware manual to get it to work.

I ran baywatchos for about a week. It was primarily a training exercise for me so I could become familiar with Groundwork and Nagios. I really don’t  need a network monitor for my small network but I was curious what the network monitor would tell me about my network. Everything looked fine but for a reason I have not figured out I never was able to get Groundwork status and reports to update with the information I could see in Nagios. That was when I decided to go back to Tony Su’s version and see if it worked there.

Having already setup a nominally working Groundwork/Nagios system on batwatchos it was easy to move the configuration over to the SUSE version. Groundwork status and reports finally worked as expected.

My next task was getting email alerts. This was complicated by the lack of a nice email interface like Thunderbird. I wanted to see if the emails were being generated and sent. I ended up relearning Mailx to verify the mail configuration but I still wanted a GUI mail interface. I also wanted to install VMware tools. New software intuitive was not as intuitive as YUM and was further complicated by the fact that I needed the cd-roms to install new software. This is changed in SUSE 10.1 I think. I also needed the gcc compiler to install VMware tools. This is first Linux/Unix installation that did not install the compiler by default. After messing around for too long with possible shortcut methods, I downloaded the cd-roms for the gcc installation and Thunderbird installation from the Mozilla site. I did find some rpms on the SUSE site for for Thunderbird and Firefox they did not like the library versions in SUSE 10.

So everything is working. I am getting alerts when my websites get slow or we have network congestion. I learned way too much about YaST. In fact my frustrations with SUSE almost motivated me to try my hand at installing  Open SUSE 10.1. Fortunately I walked away from the edge of the cliff. I still slightly interested in emailing daily reports as a support option but I have to brush up on my Perl LWP debugging to get it to work.

Microsoft Kills Off ‘My Private Folder’ App

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Microsoft Kills Off ‘My Private Folder’ App

Microsoft quietly added the free encryption utility earlier this month, and then just as quietly deleted it. The utility allowed users to encrypt and store files inside a private folder.

When I first saw this product I thought it was a TrueCrypt me-too product without the documentation. The nice thing is that it got the blessing of Microsoft. Besides the blessing from Microsoft I could not think of a reason for me to switch from TrueCrypt to ‘My Private Folder’. In a way I am sorry to see it go. There is a serious security/identity theft issue with laptops that encrypted virtual disks/folders can reduce. Ophcrack shows how easy it is to crack operating system passwords so a pragmatic person has to assume that the operating system passwords will be compromised fairly quickly. Encrypting sensitive data without using the operating system passwords becomes a step improvement in security. Using TrueCrypt is not the perfect answer but it is better than no security.

VMware Delivers Free VMware Server

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VMware Delivers Free VMware Server

I have become a fan of VMware. I have used VirtualPC in the past but became interested in their products when they offered VMPlayer for free. When they offered free usage of the server product and encouraged the VMTN appliance community, I switched.

My use has generally been in two areas:

  1. Testing new slipstreamed installations of Win XP.
  2. Playing with pre-built appliances.

The first appliance I started playing with was Asterisk at Home or now know as Trixbox. I have downloaded several versions over the last couple of months using BitTorrent. There is a bit of learning curve for this product and I did not want to waste time setting up a test box. There is a market for supporing this product but I do not have a customer right now.

The second appliance I have started playing with is a couple of Nagios/Groundworks variants. Nagios is an open source network monitoring program and Groundwork Open Source is a free version of a commercial variant of Nagios. Due to some recent discussions I had with my son in which he maintained that our internet access sucked, I decided to investigate the matter further. I originally downloaded a prebuilt Groundwork Open Source system by Tony Su of Su Network Consulting. The good news is that he had built it. The bad news is that he released it as a virtual disk drive rather than a virtual appliance. As a result it was a little harder to set up than Trixbox. To compound the problems the network adapter needed to configured before it would do anything. Trixbox configured the network adapter during startup so this was new territory for me since this was a SUSE box.

Along the way I found a posting about baywatchos. It was a Groundwork Open Source system built upon Centos which is the same operating system used by Trixbox. My familiarity with Centos and the fact that it had Webmin already installed were pluses for me. The author even provided a nice Getting Started document in English. After a brief configuration I had it working. Gianluca, you did a fine job!

My next project will be to move these virtual appliances to my ghetto box and see how well they run. This should be amusing. Groundwork has some pretty stiff hardware requirements.

Gpg4win – EMail-Security using GnuPG for Windows

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Gpg4win – EMail-Security using GnuPG for Windows

Today I upgraded from 1.0.1 to 1.0.3 and experienced problems verifying files. I could not verify a file with GPGee or WinPT. The files had been verified under 1.0.1. GPGee said I had an invalid key and WinPT did not show any results. GPA did verify the file. I re-installed a second time with an uninstall, reboot, and install to see if was an installation error by me. I got the same errors. I have reinstalled 1.0.1 and it verifies the files again.

TrueCrypt 4.2a updated

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TrueCrypt v4.2a
TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password or correc…

This is an open source programs I use everyday. I think it is essential for your sensitive data if you still run your laptop with XP Home.

NewsForge | Portable open source software

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NewsForge | Portable open source software

Since I use several of the open source packages on this list, I have to say that I approve of the selections and will take a look at the ones I do not presently use. For the ultimate in portability I have Firefox and Open Office installed on a USB stick. Most of the packages I use lean toward enhancing security via encryption. Some of the packages on the list I use are:

  • KeePass – password manager
  • TrueCrypt – encrypted file system

Some of the other open source packages listed at the bottom that I use are XAMPP and Notepad++. Although it is not open source, VMplayer/VMServer, really help in this area by allowing you to run Linux on a virtual machine and reach the rest of open source universe.

apache friends – xampp for windows 1.5.2

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apache friends – xampp for windows

The good news is that there is a new version, 1.5.2. The bad news is that I did not find a way to upgrade. I ended up uninstalling the old version and installing a new version. For me that was not a big loss. I had been playing around with a private blog and ftp server. I opted to not save the Mysql files used by the blog. The ftp server was the critical element for me since I use it to transfer files between PCs at a non-profit I help out. I have other ways to transfer files but ftp is real convenient and fast.
Now for the gotchas! To uninstall you need to uninstall the services first. At least for me the uninstall/install process did not work without messages until I uninstalled the services. There were several files that were locked until I uninstalled the services. Maybe its just me but I do not like seeing message windows saying the installation process cannot update files that are in use.

  1. Go to the Apache directory and run the batch file, apache_uninstallservice.
  2. Go to the Mysql directory and run the batch file, mysql_unistallservice.
  3. To uninstall Filezillaserver service you run the executable and it will ask you if you want to shutdown the service. Click on the Yes button. Run the executable a second time and it will ask you if you want to start the service. Click on the No button. A second window will appear and it will ask if you want to Uninstall Service. Click on the Yes button to uninstall the service.

Now when you install the XAMPP the files will be updated and the services will be installed with the standard messages.