How To Clear / Flush Local DNS Cache in Windows 2000 / XP / 2003

October 20th, 2007 While configuring your routing (like load balancing with dual ADSL connections) you would often need to view the current route cache and also to occasionally delete the current cache. Here is how you can do it.

June 14th, 2006 You can forcibly bind to the same address and port to which there is an open server socket by using SO_REUSEADDR option (ServerSocket.setReuseAddress(boolean on) in Java). Such reuse can be exploited by malicious applications to disrupt the functioning of the original server application and worse.

March 17th, 2006 I changed my motherboard recently to Asrock. Soon after my Windows 2000 installation started crashing (read: Blue screen of death).

August 30th, 2007 By default, Windows Vista uses Live File System to incrementally add files to your CD. Live File System is a file storage system that can be used to create CDs and DVDs.

May 29th, 2009 Microsoft has reported a vulnerability in its DirectShow, in some versions of Windows. DirectShow is Microsoft's framework for playing different media types such as games and multimedia.

July 7th, 2005 I hate to say this but after installing Ubuntu on a 1.8 GHz PC with 256 MB RAM, I found it to be slower than Windows 2000. Here is my experience.

September 18th, 2005 Wp-Cache2 is a WordPress Plugin to cache WordPress generated pages. However it doesn't work with in-built gzip compression.

October 8th, 2006 When installing Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you have to decide the evergreen question: Should I choose FAT32 or NTFS and why? Today I will try to answer it once and for all. Note: I haven't discussed FAT file system because it is very much obsolete with todays high volume hard-disks.

January 16th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A computer virus attack that has infected more than 6.5 million Windows PCs this week is one of the worst in years, internet security firm F-Secure said Friday. In total the worm, which is known as Downadup or Conficker, has infected nearly nine million PCs since its first version was unleashed two years ago.

March 10th, 2009 Yes, you heard it right. Today I will tell you a trick by which you can save a youtube video from youtube only.

July 13th, 2006 As I informed earlier we made a major move to a new server in the last few days. All the websites have moved over.

June 3rd, 2009 Latest in Microsoft's line of browser Internet Explorer 8 is packed with new features. The successor to IE 7 was released to the web on March 19, 2009.

April 26th, 2006 Most of highly trafficked and highly commented wordpress blogs rely upon some smart caching solution or another. However it may not be enough to prevent slowing down your server if your post(s) are heavily commented upon.

March 20th, 2008 Editing boot configuration in Windows Vista is complicated for most users. You have to manually edit the BCEdit file using bcdedit.exe.

October 20th, 2008 There is hardly anyone who has any relation with computers and doesn't own one pocket hard drive or a pen drive or a flash drive. The mobility they provide is absolutely remarkable.