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How to Install a Local Web Server on Windows XP

Hi everyone. Installing a local web server is a very important matter that web developers need to know. Well when you are working on a script you can afford to edit a file each time, upload it to a web server and test if it works. This seems very time consuming. Instead, the better option is why not install a local web server and test the scripts locally. NO you dont actually need a high end server configutration PC to install and run a local web server.

A lot of aspiring new web developers dont know this. So, I thought to write a tutorial on how to install a local web server on Windows XP. So today in this tutorial we are going to see how to install a Local Web Server and run files on it. To be accurate we are going to install an Apache Web server with PHP 4 or 5 and MySQL and test how it works on Windows XP

Local Web Servers on Windows XP. Which Package to choose ?

There are two ways to install there. One is the manual install which is harder one and the other is the automated install which is a lot easier. The concept behind the manual install is we have to manually download Apache, PHP and MySQL and install it on our computer. Any single mistake let the server not runniing properly. So to avoid these we can use the automated one which is a single Windows Binary package loaded with all prerequisites and addons that you might need to ru the server right from Apache to FileZilla and a Mail Server. (more…)

MS DOS Tutorials – How to Create, Delete, Change, Rename Directory and Files

MS DOS Tutorials – Learn MS DOS with an ease
This tutorial will show you how to create or change or delete or rename a directory (called a folder in windows) and how to create sub-directories within a directory, and how to check the list of directories present in your working directory (more…)

MS DOS Tutorials – Learn MS DOS with an ease

MS DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) – DOS Prompt, Command Prompt or just simply Prompt is the basis to start learning about computers. DOS is a CUI (character user interface) where you need to work with commands using your keyboard unlike your Windows which us GUI (graphical user interface) where you have the mouse support. So basically working with DOS is just like working with commands. DOS seems to be so outdated bus there are still many things that DOS features or DOS can do which you can do from inside the windows. For instance your all time favourite CON Folder tutorial is done using MS DOS. If you have missed out that CON folder tutorial you can check it here. They are many commands you can start with but since everyone like the customization part a lot so we thought of starting with customization you command prompt Window and them we may see whatall we can do later on

The commands you need to memorize are like

command [ -options ]

command filename [ -options ]

command filename1 filename2 [ -options ]

The options part is optional where as the other 2 parts are required once. We will check the differences later.

Now lets start using it but before doing it lets us know how to open your Dos prompt, well below is one of the easiest way you can go to the Dos prompt whereas they are several ways you can go through with if you like

Go to START -> Click RUN ->

Type command or cmd and press Enter

The below over information in green can be avoided
We write command for opening dos in older versions of operating systems and cmd for new versions but its better you make an habit to use cmd because it works in every version, cmd works for latest versions of Windows those were released after 2001 i.e., windows 2003 or XP etc.

How to use title command ?

This command changes the title for the current prompt Window. To change the title as techytuts
simply write in and press enter (yes every command follows and enter key, so we dont need to remind you)

title TECHYUTS

Note: In Mircosoft DOS the command case is sensitive

How to change the font color and background color ?

In the previous tutorial how to change color in Dos prompt we studied how to change the font color if you missed that tutorial click on this link Changing Font color in Dos
Here in this tutorial we are going to show you how to change the background color too

color [background] [foreground or font color]

For example if you want to change the background as bright yellow and font as black which is my favorite write in

color e0

( E is the code for yellow and 0 is the code for black) Some of my favorite color combinations are

04, B9, f0, f4, f2, 0d

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MS DOS Tutorials – How to change colors in DOS prompt

This tutorial is a constituent of our sequel of tutorials MS DOS Tutorials – Learn MS DOS with an ease

This might be a beginner tutorial though but it is a part of fancy, DOS prompt or Command Prompt is an area where limitations are not given a place to learn a lot from Well lets come to the bottom line

These are the commands to write in for changing your color in Dos Prompt

color option changes the color of which the option is selected

like

0 – BLACK

1 – BLUE

2 – GREEN

3 – AQUA

4 – RED

5 – PURPLE

Just type in your dos prompt like below to change in for green color

color green

for more colors simply write in

help color

It will display you more color options

Good Luck Well Everyone needs it !!!!

How to show a Command Prompt Shortcut in Context Menus in Windows XP

Hiya,

Today I am going to show you a simple windows registry tweak to bring up the command prompt option in the context menu….

Just download this registry file and run it

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The Anatomy Of StumbleUpon – How to drive more traffic with StumbleUpon

Hello guys, this is the first tutorial on traffic building here at techytuts. We hope you guys enjoy it. As you see the Alexa traffic rank of this website which keeps going day by day. Thanks to you all…. A lot many people ask me a couple of time regarding how to make quick and genuine traffic… well my answer to the beginners is StumbleUpon.

In this tutorial we will be discussing how to get the most of the genuine or organic traffic or drive more traffic to your website.. Starting through the anatomy of stumbling and how StumbleUpon works then will move to the page content to get the best organic visitors… Please don’t make any misuse of this guide and we are not responsible for anything you do after reading this lol…

(Please note that this post is what I feel and have observed so far. We have no intentions of reverse engineering Stumbleupon) (more…)