I received these from a Vendor and thought they may be of interest to some.

PC Pitstop has free computer checkup and diagnostics that can help you detect and fix many common PC problems.

PurePerformance has lots and lots of tips for almost every Windows O/S.

Paul Thurrott’s Super Site for Windows is a Windows & .Net Magazine sponsored site with loads of info.

Dynamic Zone FX has a series of "workshops" complete with the screen captures to help you through.

Free PCTech has a huge list of tips and explanations in order for you to get the most out of XP.

Bob Cerelli’s Windows site has categories of tips including performance, internet and repair.

MVPS.org has Windows XP registry fixes, utilities, illustrations and tweaks.

Note: 

I have no direct interest, profit, nor gain in these sites :). I just wanted to share what hopefully are some added resourses to your arsenal.

Have you ever been a victim of adding a theme to your site and then discovering that not only isn't the theme working, but you cannot access your site at all? Normally your only recourse is to use phpMyAdmin and directly edit your config and users table which is a hassle, for sure. With this utility you can make the changes very easily! Try it - you might like it :).

Download Raven's Fix Theme Utility

beetraham writes:  

Have you ever felt yourself insecure when performing *blind-folded* IP Bans due to performed quick risk analysis? To ban or not to ban a certain IP Range? We'll, you should not feel that insecure anymore - there are ~55k lines more of IP Ranges from now on backing you up with your decision making process.

This straightforward LookUp utility, Easy IP Ban Reference, is constructed in an attempt to boost up webserver root's / site admin's ability to succesfully manage the issued IP Bans/Blocks with enhanced precission based on used reference - either in form of anticipated protective bans being targetted for certain regions, sub-regions, countries - or as focused IP Bans targetted for certain hostile IP Ranges only.

The *script set* input consists of (1) external compound only - *ip-to-country.csv* file (used by various apps/instances) which is being dumped into a predefined location for *script set* driven processing purposes.

The downloadable package is equipped with following content:

* README-INSTALL.html
* ec-ipbr-ready.zip (*ready-made end-product*)
* ec-ipbr.tar.gz (*script set* providing the *ready-made end-product* - for yours to manage and make the future updates)

 Read More...

Want/need a quick way to test code via your browser without having to use a text editor? Then Quick PHP is for you!

Vinu Thomas writes: Do you need to change your web host or switch your database server? This is probably the only time when you really think of backing up your MySQL data. If you've got a website with a database or your custom database running for your applications, it is imperative that you make regular backups of the database. In this article, I will outline two easy ways of backing up and restoring databases in MySQL. The easiest way to backup your database would be to telnet to the your database server machine and use the mysqldump command to dump your whole database to a backup file. If you do not have telnet or shell access to your server, don't worry about it; I shall outline a method of doing so using the PHPMyAdmin web interface, which you can setup on any web server which executes PHP scripts.

Click on Vinu's name/link above for access to the article.

karakas writes:  

Hello Nukers,

I have glued the famous rdf.php for phpBB and backendforums.php of nukecops together to create an RSS newsfeed of any combination of PHP-Nuke Forums on a site. Upload the rdf-nuke.php file to your PHP-Nuke root directory and enjoy the all-round syndication of any and all forums on your site in any combination and variation: from one single forum to three in a bundle - you define how long should be the description of the latest posts syndicated, the number of news items, and can even specify that the forum name or post date be included in the title of each news item! Read on for a detailed description... Read More...