How to Uninstall AVG when Control Panel Uninstall / Install Fails and an AVG Installation Error is Displayed

May 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Computer Stuff, How To Do Stuff

I recently wanted to remove AVG Free from my computer and to my surprise I cannot uninstall it. Weird.

It displays :

Local machine: installation failed
Installation:
Error: Action failed for file avg.snu: creating backup….
Error (Ox code here) %DESTINATION% = “C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avg.snu.install_backup_1″, %SOURCE% = “C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avg.snu”

How to Install WordPress in cPanel

March 27, 2009 · 2 Comments
Filed under: How To Do Stuff, Internet, Wordpress, cPanel

WordPress is a great CMS platform you can use in creating websites and blogs. There are two ways you can install WordPress in cPanel : using Fantastico and manually uploading and installing WordPress files. Here are the steps needed to install WordPress:

How to Create mySQL Database in cPanel

March 10, 2009 · 3 Comments
Filed under: Blogging Tools, How To Do Stuff, cPanel

When you are manually installing a CMS (Content Management System) on your webhosting account, you need to create a database prior to the CMS installation and configuration. Here are the steps on how to create a database in cPanel.
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How To Do Full Backup of Website Files in Cpanel

February 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Filed under: How To Do Stuff

It is always a good idea to secure a backup for your website files. If anything unexpected happens, you can always revert or restore everything back to normal.

Here’s how to do a full backup in cPanel:
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Entrecard and Elusive Silence’s Contest

January 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Contests and Promos

Updated ! March 5, 2009 (See details at the bottom of this post)

Good day readers!

Today, I signed in to my entrecard account and I received a message notifying me of an entrecard-related contest sponsored by Elusive Silence blogsite.

Interesting, I muttered to myself. Well, “interesting” since my previous entrecard account was deleted because of, possibly, my 7-8 month inactivity.
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Something from The Heart

January 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Poems and Stuff

This poem was given to me by someone special. I was doing some cleaning earlier today when I found this poem safely tucked in one of my Agatha Christie books. This poem is special because it was written just for me.
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Useful Wordpress Plugins

January 7, 2009 · 2 Comments
Filed under: Blogging Tools

After a very long web hibernation, here I am again… blogging with just about anything.. yet again.

I casually check my website from time to time and on one occasion I was shocked when I found out that my website is defaced by some pranksters !
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How to Add Digg to Blogs

May 25, 2008 · 10 Comments
Filed under: Blogging Tools, First Steps

UPDATED ! March 3, 2009

I have edited this article because the last time I visited Digg, the code changed. The new code is simpler and easier.

Here’s how to add a Digg code to your blog:
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Internet Security Part 1: Firewall

May 24, 2008 · 3 Comments
Filed under: Internet

Connecting to the Internet has many benefits and advantages. Much of what I have learned, I learned through Google and Internet searches. And it is true for most people, like you and me.

The fact, however, that your computer is connected to the Internet, makes it always at risk to intrusion and virus attacks. There are people who spend their time in looking for ways to gain access and attack other unsuspecting users. For your safety, you must always ensure that a firewall is running before going online.
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