It's been a while since I configure a firewall for a new office setup. So here's just a review for myself as well.

In Joomla 1.x releases, you can add a new module positions through the Template Manager, then add module position.

Just like other webmasters or publishers, you want to put up your own Privacy Policy to inform your visitor when they browse to your website. For corporate business, they have a legal department to create one for them easy. What about if you are an entrepreneurs or a small business owner managing your ecommerce website?

I have some useful links in my Favorites and I always make a point to keep a copy (backup). Here's a simple procedure to backup Internet Explorer (IE) Favorites.

Our Security Tip of the Week is courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security.

Based on these random interview, you still have a shot to do business in domain name industry. A lot of opportunity to introduce the domain name as business tool to increase productivity.

"What do regular folks think of the domain industry and domainers? Howard Hits The Street to find out as he grabs a microphone and camera and strolls Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida" (2009, Youtube.com)

A Blogger's Help.

Just like you I enjoy using Google Blogger (or blogspot.com) Here's a few tips and links to start using Blogger.com. For your information, these authors providing their time and effort for free. Don't forget to give them credit.

Parsing Adsense HTML for posts:
http://howcanidothat.blogspot.com/2007/04/parsing-adsense-html-for-posts.html

Adding Page Element Above Post:
http://howcanidothat.blogspot.com/search/label/page%20element

31 Days of becoming a better blogger:
http://northxeast.com/blogging/31-days-to-becoming-a-better-blogger/

How can I create expandable post summaries?
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=42215

The main purpose of creating phpinfo page is to see what the public (Internet) see to your website. This is a set of php settings for your web server. Here's how to.

1. Create a new text file named as info.php
2. Add this code:
   <?php phpinfo() ?>

3. Upload your info.php to your web server.

Testing: Visit your website, for example http://www.king.net/info.php where I uploaded the info.php file to my main folder normally in public_html.

I hope this help you.

This is a step-by-step procedure to setup VPN connection in Windows XP to your company network.

1. Click on Start, Control Panel
2. In Control Panel, double click on Network Connections
3. In Network Connections, click Create a new connection
4. In Network Connection Wizard, click Next to continue.
5. In Network Connection Type, click on Connect to the network at my workplace (VPN)
6. Click Next to continue.
7. How do you want to connect to the network at your workplace? Select Virtual Private Network connection.
8. Click Next to continue.
9. In Connection Name, Company Name, type VPN.KING.NET (for example).
10. Click Next to continue.
11. In VPN Server Selection, type the Host name or IP address, type VPN.KING.NET (or 192.100.100.1 for example). Your IT Guys should give you this information.
12. Click Next to continue.
13. In Connection Availability, accept default My use only.
14. Click Next.
15. Click Finish to complete.
16. A login screen will prompt. Click on Properties, Options tab, put check on Include Windows logon domain. Click OK.
17. It will go back to the login page with User name, Password and Domain.
18. Login using your username, password and domain. For example my domain is KINGNET, you can get this information from your IT Guys.
19. Click Connect to start. The network will verify username and password. Once it's complete, you will see Authenticated message and you can start accessing your company network resources.

With your VPN connectivity to your company network, you can access network resources that you have permission e.g. Email, File Server, Server Management, Shares, etc.

Please post comments or suggestions to improve this HOWTO Guide.
Thank you,
http://www.king.net

This is a simple HOWTO setup your Blackberry phone.

If you want to use your company email through your personal Blackberry phone. You may follow this simple procedure.

First you need to get the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) not the BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) normally use within the company added to your phone service plan.

Your phone service provider (AT&T, Verizon or Sprint) will need the following information for them to setup your BIS service. They will configure this for you when you subscribe to BIS. Normally it will take 4-8 hours before you start receiving emails through your BlackBerry phone.

Here's what needed to configure your BlackBerry phone email:

• Email Website: https://mail.king.net/owa (for example)
• Username: your network login ID
• Password: your network password

They should give your account ID and website link for you to manage your BlackBerry service if you need to add or delete email address.

Please post here comments and suggestions.
Thank you.

This is a simple procedure to add Office Outlook Data Files or some tech guys call it a PST file. Note: This procedure is for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 edition only.

1. Start your Microsoft Outlook
2. Click on Tools, Options.
3. In Options, click on Mail Setup tab, then click Data Files.
4. In Account Settings, click Add. You will see two selection. The 1st selection type of storage is Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) and the 2nd type of storage is Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst). The different is, the Office Outlook Personal Folders File is not compatible with Outlook 97, 98, 2000, and 2002.
5. Select the 1st type of storage e.g. Office Outlook Personal Folders File.
6. You will ask to create or Open Outlook Data File. By default, you will save the PST file to your local profile. For example, c:/Documents and Settings/king.net( king.net is my login profile name)/Local Settings/Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook/
7. The default file name is Personal Folders and save as type Personal Folders Files. You can change the file name to what ever you want. I prefer to use YYYYComment to easily identify the Personal Folders File. For example, 2009MyEmail.pst
8. Click OK to continue.
9. In Microsoft Outlook 2007 Edition, it will prompt you to add password. You can type the password of leave it blank. Click OK to continue.
10. Click OK. Your will return to the main of Micrsoft Outlook.
11. Check your All Mail Items to see your new created Personal Folders File.
12. You can now use this Personal Folders File to store messages. Simply drag and drop to move folders and files.

If you ask, why I need to give password to my PST file? The Personal Folders File (.pst) is only a file that you can copy and open using Microsoft Outlook program as your reader. Without password, someone who possess the PST file can see all the messages including attachments.

If you have questions, please don't hesitate to post your comments.

Early this morning I'm working with one of our laptop in the office. It's been a while since the last time I've used the docking station for a laptop. Before I go on with my story, let me give you a link about docking station so you know what I'm referring to.

So I place my Dell Latitude D410 in the docking station to test the DVD drive. When I about to remove it, I have no idea how to get it done. I focus on pushing the button in the left side of the docking station but no success. I told myself, I don't need a brain surgery to figure this out.

Well, 10 minutes later I'm still looking a way to get it done. Hmm, search the Internet for information but most links I've clicked are all about Dell specifications and promotional links. This is the reason I wrote this blog, to help other techie out there to get the answer right away.

To find the answer of my own. I've used my hands to slide on all sides and viola. I've found the un-latch lever that nicely blend on the docking station of Dell laptop. You will be able to see it left upper-corner of the docking station if you are facing your computer.

Hope this help you save your 10 minutes looking for this information through the Internet.
Cheers for now.
KING.NET

You are using your workstation and you see this prompt about Outlook Express box requesting to Free up disk space with option to click OK or Cancel.

The Windows XP operating system with Service Pack 2 or later is set to ask about compacting messages after every 100th closing of Outlook Express. (2009, techguy.org)

To correct this problem, you can simply run to compact your Outlook Express folder or updating the registry record.

Option 1. Compacting Folders.
In Outlook Express, click on File, Folder then Compact All Folders

Option 2. Edit the registry.
Look for this key in the Registry (run regedit)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
Double click the Compact Check Count
Select the Base option for Decimal and change the value to 0
This should change both the Hexadecimal and decimal values from 2 to zero.
Close the Registry.

Restart your computer and check it. If error still occur, please post your comment here or visit PCLiveSupport.com community.

This HOWTO is only applicable if you're in the same network subnet or connected using your company's VPN service.

Prerequisite:
You need to be a workstation local admin group or with administrative rights within your
domain. You configured your workstation firewall settings to allow Remote Desktop connection.

First, check if the workstation firewall setting is allowing remote desktop connection:

• To allow Remote Desktop, click on Start, Control Panel.
• In Control Panel, double click on Windows Firewall icon.
• In Windows Firewall, click Exceptions tab, then put check on Remote Desktop, click OK to close.
• Click on Start, right-click on My Computer, then Properties.
• In System Properties, click on Remote tab, put check on Allow users to connect remotely to this computer.
• Get the computer name and IP address.

To test, go to any workstation in your network and start the Remote Desktop tool. Click on Start, Run, type MSTSC hit [Enter] to execute. You may use the computer name or IP address. If the DNS is working properly, you can use the computer name and if not use the IP Address.

I hope this help you.

Cheers, KING.NET

Managing Exchange Server is easy when you configure it correctly, you need to apply some patches to fix it and continuous monitoring of your server health. Most common issue from the default installation of Exchange Server 2007 is excessive memory, high CPU utilization or application pool resets in IIS.

Here's a simple guide to correct this problem.
- First visit http://support.microsoft.com for the updated release.
- Install the hotfix 942027 for Exchange Server 2007

Reminder, always backup your Exchange Server before your maintenance schedule.

If this help you, please don't forget to share it here.

A friend of mine is asking on how to use the /3GB parameters to fully utilize the memory management of your Windows Server 2003 to support Exchange Server 2003. It's been a while since my last setup and configuration of Exchange Server 2003 (maybe because I am managing Exchange Server 2007, by the way SP1 for Exchange Server 2007 is out).

When I need to get some information related to Microsoft Exchange Server, I always search it first through http://support.microsoft.com website. Yes not Google search. You will get 95% relevant information than searching to Google. Well it's a Microsoft product anyway.

Here's the information I've found on how you can configure your Windows Server 2003 to add the /3GB and /USERVA=3030 parameters.

"After you have installed Windows Server 2003, modify the Boot.ini file, and then add the /3GB and the /USERVA=3030 parameters to the startup line" (2009, Support.Microsoft.com)
For example:
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT

[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows Server 2003" /fastdetect /3GB /USERVA=3030

There you go, reset your server and run TASKMGR to see improvement to your Exchange Server 2003. Read here for more information.

Other useful links:
- Troubleshooting High CPU Utilization by Store.exe
- Store stops responding with High CPU Usage
- Exchange memory use and the /3b switch
- How to optimize memory usage in Exchange Server 2003
- Large memory support is available in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000

Wonder why?

• In your Microsoft IE browser, click on Tools, Internet Options.


• In Internet Options, click on Programs tab.


• Click Manage add-ons.


• In Manage Add-ons, scroll down till you see the Microsoft RDP Client Control (redist), select it.


• In Settings, select Enable then click OK to execute changes.

That's all.

For additional questions, please post it here or visit PCLiveSupport.com community.

Thank you EM @ KING.NET

Here's the step-by-step procedure to forward your internal emails (user mailbox) to their external email address.

First create the contact information.

• In Exchange Management Console
• Click on Recipient Configuration
• Select Mail Contact, right-click on Mail Contact, select New Mail Contact.
• In New Mail Contact, click Next to continue.
• In Contact Information, type the user First name, Last name, Alias, then click Edit.
• In SMTP Address, type the external email address for ex. johnsmith@king.net OK
• Click Next.
• Click New.
• Completion notes should have 1 succeeded, 0 failed.
• Click Finish.

Now, let's use this new contact information to receive messages.

• In Recipient Configuration
• Click on Mailbox, select the user Mailbox to manage. For example, select Jane Santos mailbox.
• Go to Jane Santos mailbox properties.
• In Jane Santos Properties, click on Mail Flow Setting
• Select Delivery Option, then Properties
• In Forwarding Address, put check on Forward to:
• Click Browse and select mail contact.
• Click OK

That's all.

Year 2009 is to keep more cash for your business needs, to maintain your business operations and stay in business. I've read this article from CNN today titled "2009: Keep more cash!" I've got some useful informations for me to consider when filing my tax returns. Though just like other entrepreneurs out there, I have many questions to ask.

Profit from losses:
This is getting interesting when I continue to read the article. You can actually recoup some of the money by executing what's called a net operating loss (NOL) carryback. This is the first time I've learned about this specific tax code.

"Here's how the carryback works. Say you lost $1 million in 2008 after turning a $500,000 profit in each of the previous two years. You carry the loss backward by having your accountant amend your 2007 tax return to offset the entire profit for that year. You would then be due a refund on any federal taxes you paid on that profit - and state taxes in roughly a third of the states. You would still show a loss balance of $500,000, which you could carry back to 2006 and offset your profit for that year as well." (2009, CNN)

You can carry a NOL forward to offset profits for up to 20 years.

Though after reading this example computation, I'm still in the dark side figuring how can I apply this to my business? Who's my accountant HR Block? I'm planning to use Turbo Tax this year tax returns. Woow!

Sometimes, I asked myself why I choosed B.S. Computer Engineering and not Accounting or Financial Management. Well that's another story to tell.

Read the full story here.