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Installing SharpDevelop

When it comes to programming, what one needs is a good Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Visual IDE usually contains an editor, form designer, compiler and a debugger. Although Microsoft usually provides its express versions of its IDE like Visual C# Express 2010, VB.NET Express 2010 there was a need for an open source IDE which would be available without any restrictions to the programmers and hobbyist, on which .NET based applications could be developed. SharpDevelop is such IDE which is available to the programmers and hobbyists without any restrictions. The main features of SharpDevelop are as follows
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Installing Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular email client. The main features of Mozilla Thunderbird are
  1. Mail account setup wizard: With this wizard you can easily setup POP3/IMAP accounts for sending and receiving email with Mozilla Thunderbird.
  2. One Click address book: with one click address book one can easily add contacts to his address book.
  3. Attachment Reminder: Many times people forget to attach files to their email. For this purpose Mozilla Thunderbird has Attachment Reminder feature.
  4. Built in Activity Manger: This tool records the interaction between email provider and the Thunderbird in one place.
  5. Economical: Mozilla Thunderbird is...

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IIS Installation on Windows 2003 Server

Internet Information Services (IIS) is a powerful Web server on Windows Server 2003 that provides reliable, manageable and scalable Web applications. Let’s check as how to install IIS on Windows Server 2003 system. We can install IIS on a Domain Controller (DC), a member server in an Active Directory (AD), or on a standalone server. # 1. Click Start-> Choose Settings->Control Panel

#2. On the next screen Click Add or Remove Program

#3. Add or Remove Windows will...

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Hosting a Site under XAMPP

XAMPP is open source software consisting of mainly Apache web server, MySQL Relational Database Server and PHP the web programming language. It is available for Windows platforms. XAMPP greatly simplifies the installation of Apache web server, MySQL and PHP on Windows based computer. Besides above features XAMPP package also consists of phpMyAdmin for administering MySQL server, FileZilla FTP program, Perl etc. But main advantage of XAMPP is that any website can be easily hosted on a local computer using XAMPP. In this article we will see how to host a Word-press site under XAMPP. When we start...

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Mailbox enable newly added User in Window Server 2008 under Exchange Server 2007

Active Directory (AD) is a central repository of resources, users, computers and their groups. Each of which symbolize a unique object and its attributes. It uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to add, query and modify data of directory (or repository). Best part of AD is the ability to manage most instincts centrally. Creating User under Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC): ADUC administrates organization of users, computers and groups with their security. We can add, delete, reset, or delete user and computer accounts using ADUC. Part-1 of tutorial...

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Managing New Mailboxes Under Exchange Server (ES) 2007 Part 1

Microsoft has added many new features to ES with new mailboxes.  With a common user mailbox; now ES can have three more, Room, Equipment and Linked, Mailboxes for different scenarios like meeting room or projector. In first part of article we will talk of first two while Linked Mailbox will be covered in part two. Room Mailboxes: Suppose the department of your company is often having meetings and you want to schedule all those proceedings and share with each member. Now Microsoft has understood your need to offer this feature: Room...

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EXCHANGE HUB

The Hub Transport server role is responsible for all message delivery regardless of whether the message is being delivered from one mailbox to another in the same mailbox database, a Mailbox server in the same Active Directory site, a server in a remote Active Directory site, or outside of the organization. At least one Hub Transport server role is required in each Active Directory site that contains a Mailbox server Hub Transport is configured at the server and the organization workcentre area on ECM. Open Server workcentre to set Domain controller, Global Catalog, DNS both internal & external and the limit on message...

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Create a Contact of External SMTP Email Address Under Exchange Server 2007

There are situations when you (or any company user) want to send e-mail to somebody outside your company, like to an external contractor (with Google or Yahoo e-mail address). Contacts come to rescue this need; but to complete the external e-mail flow, we have to create a send connector. This will be covered in another tutorial.  Today, we will create a new contact—Vihaan Reddy—with an external Yahoo e-mail address. To perform this tutorial, the account you use must be delegated with the following:
  • Exchange Recipient Administrator role and
  • Account Operator...

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Amazon Relational Database Service

  • Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) offers a web service designed to manage a relational database in a cloud.
  • It is extremely easy to set up and operate while providing enough scalability. It is also very cost-effective.
  • It provides a feature to access the full capabilities of MySql database. Using this allows you to create, edit and terminate a database in cloud. Amazon RDS also creates database instance (DB instance) in the cloud which is easy to create. It is typically created using command line argument or Amazon API. Amazon RDS creates a master user which is authorized to create, edit and delete a...

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Configuring Thunderbird for Gmail IMAP/POP

These days many people are having Gmail accounts. They usually access their account by logging on to the Gmail account through a browser. But most of the people are not aware of accessing their Gmail account through a stand alone email client like Thunderbird. The advantages of using Thunderbird are as follows,
  1. You can draft the message even when you are offline.
  2. You can configure Thunderbird to use multiple Gmail accounts
  3.  Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) allows you to download only the message headers. If you wish you may download the message after reading...

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