microsoft.ace.oledb.12.0 provider is not registered on the local machine

Sorry, I really don’t post this stuff enough and it’s probably helpful to the few people who run into these weird issues. Working for a web host, I run into weird issues all the time. We deal with a plethora of different customers using different technologies, software, applications, configurations, etc. Here’s something a customer just […]

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Cloud Computing Explained

Great graphic giving some basics on cloud computing. Almost any web host now can offer cloud computing simply based on their infrastructure. However, true cloud computing is pay as you go for what you use. Meaning you only pay for the CPU cycles, disk space, and bandwidth used by visitors to your site or that […]

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Bridge your wireless network with a WRT310N v2 and Airport Extreme

Update 11/6/2017: Here is a guide on the best VPN for DD-WRT routers. Worth checking out if you want to add even more great features to your open source router firmware. The best VPNs for DD-WRT routers and how to set up OpenVPN on DD-WRT https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/best-vpn-dd-wrt-router/ In my living room are two devices that require […]

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More on Wincache + WordPress + IIS 7

I just found this blog post on iis.net and applied it to my WordPress site. The site does seem a lot faster but it could be the car wash effect. You know, when you get your car washed and somehow it makes it faster. Also known as the gas tank effect. http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2010/03/05/make-wordpress-faster-on-iis-with-wincache-1-1.aspx

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Windows 2008 + Railo + IIS 7

I recently had the pleasure of figuring out how to get Railo working for a customer. Unfortunately the internet doesn’t convey my extreme sarcasm in saying the word pleasure. It was not pleasant. For one, there is very limited documentation. So limited that it’s hard to determine what version you should install. Despite all this […]

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PHP 5.2.13 + IIS 7 + Wincache

MikeSaysMeh dot com is now running on PHP 5.2.13 with IIS 7 and Wincache. Its pretty easy to install, just download the Non Thread Safe version of PHP 5 from here. http://windows.php.net/download/ and download Wincache from here, http://www.iis.net/expand/WinCacheForPhp. Install PHP, add wincache extension, run. Its really that simple. Just make sure you use the non […]

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