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Josh's Updates: Apache Slow on Windows Local network

So I was having issues where I was accessing my Window 7 tower that has apache webserver installed.    When accessing localhost on the box it was nice and fast.   It should be for an i7 processor and 6GB of ram.    BUT if I accessed the machine from my laptop within my home network, it was taking a LONG time for apache to return anything.   Here is what I did to troubleshoot:

1. Pinged my tower from the laptop and response time was 3ms so network speed wasnt the problem.
2. Created a static html file and pulling it up was still slow so I knew it wasnt PHP or MySQL performance.   had to be DNS, router, or something with Apache.
3. The first change I made on the server, was to say goodbye to DHCP.   Gave the server a static IP address.
4. Disabled the IPv6 protocol on the server's network adapter.
5. Disabled DMZ on the Linksys wireless router since I didnt need it.

VOILA!   Superfast web server response time now.    Hope this helps someone

Posted by josh on Saturday, August 28 @ 10:27:36 PDT (5 reads)
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Josh's Updates: Pains of Quicken

I severely hate Quicken!   Each tax season, I use Quicken to try to total my itemized deductions and recently found that you can't import QIF files anymore.   Many banks still export to QIF and apparently Intuit requires the banks to pay for the web connect file integrations or something.

So I found a way to get QIF files to import for Quicken 2008 Home and Business:

1. Create a new liability account and call it "Temp"
2. Import your QIF file into this account
3. Cut all transactions and paste it into the correct account

Voila...

I'm considering a change in financial software but there are many choices...MS Money (argh)...hope not.   Anyone else have any recommendations?

Posted by josh on Monday, February 18 @ 21:57:30 PST (722 reads)
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