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Disable Skype Listening On Port 80

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I use XAMPP on my computer to test and create WordPress, and Joomla templates, and I use Skype to communicate with my work team. sometimes when Skype is open, and I want to use XAMPP Apache won’t start. Apache status says “Stopped” The reason XAMPP won’t start is because port 80 is already taken by Skype, so to be able … Continue reading

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Import Emails From Gmail To Outlook

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If you are new to Outlook, and are wondering how to import all your emails from Gmail to Outlook, then hang on, I will show you an easy way to get all your Gmail emails imported over to Outlook. Outlook offers a richer text formatting capabilities, and other advantages than the Gmail web based Interface, so Outlook is definitely better. … Continue reading

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How To Bypass Sonicwall Content Filtering At Work

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If Facebook and other social media sites are being blocked at your workplace, then there are a few methods you can use to bypass the rules of content filtering on a SonicWall or other firewall . Normally content filtering is done at the firewall level and websites are blocked using domain names. for example, if you want to get to … Continue reading

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Picture Upload Not Supported By Blog

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If you use Windows Live Writer to update your blog, and you have recently moved your blog to a new hosting provider, and now you are getting the following error: Picture Upload Not Supported By Blog Then your new wordpress directory WP-Content/uploads folder does not have the right permissions. from your FTP client ( I use FileZilla ) login to … Continue reading

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