Installing a database backend for a simple web forums or content management or similar applications is not that difficult using script installers like Fantastico, Elefante, etc.. Everything is integrated that by running the script installers the required backend database is installed altogether. But one will be forced to install the database manually if the applications [...]

Sluggish Windows startup drives user crazy. I am working on some project and needed to choose some unique fonts for a graphic banner. I pulled out one of my 1001 font collections CD and installed it in my PC. After installation I did a restart and whoa! I am surprised. It seems like Windows is [...]

I was working on a project with the Gender and Development Studies (GDS) of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Part of it was to have a web forum for the students, alumni and faculty to interact. I would like to have a simple web forum layout which doesn’t have much complex things with it. [...]

System hangs up? This might be due to a virus, a power loss, a disk error which corrupted and damaged some Windows system files. In some cases this prevents Windows from loading or this might cause some intermittent errors which might be difficult to troubleshoot. I have been into this kind of mess and I [...]

I have barely a month of getting used to the feel of my web hosting control panel “cPanel 10″. I am excited to learn more of it but when I tried to open it up from my office I could not access it. This prompted me to file a support ticket with my web hosting [...]

A common problem that users normally encounter when using a computer is that it slows down up to a point where the mouse sometimes go slow motion. Yup, it’s a common thing in the windows system. The usual advise to alleviate the problem is to add some RAM (Random Access Memory). This seems to be [...]

I was just starting off with blogging and I think it would be a good idea to have an offline blogging tool. There are several reasons I could think of that blogging offline might be helpful: while travelling on a boat, bus or plane on vacation in the beach or mountain side attending a conference [...]

Hi Friends, It has been a long wait for this to be up and running. Still working on the settings … hopefully it will be full steam up ahead soon. Techxplore.net has come to fruition due to encouragement from friends and family. Regarding the frequency of postings. I would like to make a regular post [...]