’501 Method Not Implemented’ error may occur when the firewall blocks any of your pages with scripting language.

This occured on one of my pages which included a script for a weather magnet.
To fix the error, it requires the server administrator to add an exception rule for ‘wp-admin/post.php’ in the firewall configuration.
Posted by bioss at 10:32 pm on September 2nd, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: tweaks, web.
Best of breed software
Who said the best things in life come for free? They do, check out my favourite FREEWARE list.
The list is built of applications and tools that I am using or I have deployed. While many alternatives may exist, these are the ones that do the job for me.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, so you will need to tolerate some advertising or constraints in functionality. If you are willing to ‘pay that price’, you have a good deal.
Virus and Spam Protection
Browser, Mail and Internet Phone
Internet Explorer is a FREE web browser that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Mozilla Firefox is a FREE web browser that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Note: the reason for using both is because of their different implementation of ‘standards’ which causes unsimilar display results when you design web pages – (check out my posts on Mozilla Firefox).
Note: Outlook Express is end-of-life and was my initial prefered mail client – (check out my posts on Outlook Express).
Skype is a FREE Internet Phone client and service that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Media Players
VLC is a FREE mediaplayer with great video codec support that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
iTunes is a FREE mediaplayer and library tool that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Note: check out my posts on iTunes support
IrfanView is a FREE image viewer that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Media Library and Conversion Tools
Note: check out my posts on Videora support
DVDVideoSoft.com offers a FREE collection of tools to work with DVD, video and audio files.
DVD Profiler is a DVD Collection Database Manager.
File, Print and System Tools
Cute PDF is a FREE PDF creator that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
ZipGenius is a FREE file compression tool.
FileZilla is a FREE file transfer client and server that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
CCleaner is a FREE system optimization tool that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
MyDefrag is a FREE system disk defragmenter and optimizer that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
KeePass is a FREE password manager that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
SyncBack is a FREE backup and file synchronization tool that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
iTunes Sync is a FREE Free iTunes MP3 Player Integration tool that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Note: check out my posts on iTunes Sync support
Remote Assistance Tools
TeamViewer is a FREE Remote Assistance Client that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
TightVNC and UltraVNC are FREE Remote Assistance Clients.
Note: check out my posts on Remote Assistance support
Enjoy the free ride!
Posted by bioss at 5:31 pm on August 26th, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: MAC OS, support, windows.
The Squeezebox Radio can playback MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Apple Lossless audio. Built into the Squeezebox Radio is an 802.11G antenna which supports WPA Personal, WPA2-AES, and 64/128-bit WEP encryption. However, your wi-fi connection must have the SSID broadcast enabled. Alternatively, you can connect through the Ethernet connection, which is a 10/100 Mbps version.
Like the Squeezebox Classic, you can control this device through a web interface over the Internet.
Posted by bioss at 5:18 pm on August 26th, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: audio, gear, internet, itunes.
Netbios Security
In Windows XP, you can secure your files from the Internet and disable Netbios over IP in the TCP/IP protocol settings (Advanced options). Windows uses the NetBIOS protocol to share files and print services over your home LAN. By default, NetBIOS is routed over TCP/IP and as such creates a security vulnerability on your PC. Check your TCP/IP protocol bindings and disable file and printer sharing. In the advanced TCP/IP settings, under the WINS tab, disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
Install IPX/SPX. IPX/SPX is not installed by default. If you need to share files and printers, then install Novell’s IPX/SPX powerfull protocols. In the Network Connection’s Properties, choose Install and Protocol: NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS.
Make sure the network bindings are adjusted. This you can modify with the Network Connections Advanced Menu Option ‘Advanced Settings’ in the ‘Adapters and Bindings‘ tags. Under the Start menu, select ‘Network Connections’. In the Network Connections window, select ‘Advanced’ from the top menu. In the pull-down menu, go to ‘Advanced Settings’. The Advanced Settings show the ‘Adapters and Bindings’ with the enabled bindings for each Connection. Make sure only NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS is enabled (see Dutch example below):
Read also the Step-by-step procedure for Network Bondage on the Shields Up! pages.
Posted by bioss at 3:36 pm on August 26th, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: support, tweaks, windows.
Belgacom b-box connections
These are the connections on a bbox and what they are used for:

DSL (blue labeled) is used to connect your adsl line output of your phone line
note: this is the line that comes from your adls-filter
PHONE1 and PHONE2 (blue labeled) are used to connect an analogue phone (i.e. normal phone)
note: this connection is only for internet telephony (i-talk)
LAN1 and LAN2 (yellow labeled) are used to connect the TV decoder(s)
LAN3 and LAN4 (grey labeled) are used to connect a pc or any other device with an ethernet connection
Posted by bioss at 6:32 pm on August 22nd, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: adsl, internet, LAN, telecom.
Posted by bioss at 6:37 pm on May 30th, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: internet, LAN, windows.
iTunes 9 may not start after a clean install and display the error “Apple Application Support was not found”.
This module can be separately installed.
Download the latest iTunes version.
Use a file decompression programme (such as winzip or winrar) to extract the module from ‘iTunesSetup.exe’.
Copy the file ‘AppleApplicationSupport.msi’ on your local drive and run it. Once the installation is succesfully completed, iTunes should work.
Related articles on installation files can be found on the Apple Support Pages
Posted by bioss at 11:31 pm on May 4th, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: itunes, support, tweaks, windows.
iTunes 9 may not start properly in a Windows environment and display the error message
“iTunes was not installed properly. Please re-install iTunes. (Error 7).”
This is not only related to Windows 7 or Vista but may also occur on Windows XP.
To fix this error you may need to repair the Microsoft.NET Framework.
Please refer to the apple support page.
Posted by bioss at 8:42 pm on May 4th, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: itunes, support, tweaks, windows.
Using Firefox 3.0.x to connect to the Netgear Wireless Accesspoint WPN802v2, may fail due to an invalid security certificate error (see picture below):
Alert: <ip address> uses an ivalid security certificate

When this error occurs, you won’t be able to connect to the admin interface of the Wireless Accesspoint. I managed to fix this by creating a security exception in the Firefox Certificate Manager:
Select in ‘Tools‘ from the Menu bar, ‘Options’:

Select in the ‘Advanced’ tab – the ‘Encryption’ tab. Next, select ‘View Certificates‘.

In the Certificates Manager, select the ‘Servers’ tab. Next, select ‘Add Exception‘

Enter the IP Address of the Wireless Access Point in the ‘Add Security Exception’ window and select the ‘Get Certificate‘ button.
The Certificate Status will be displayed.
Select ‘Confirm Security Exception‘ and exit the Certificate Manager.
You should now be able to logon the Admin interface.
Posted by bioss at 2:07 pm on March 7th, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: support, tweaks, windows.
Squeezebox
This streamer offers superb playback audio quality on hi-fi systems. Besides support of iTunes playlists, it performs very well for Internet radio streams.
The Squeezebox Classic is a streamer with a Remote Control.

you need to setup an account to manage your Internet radio streams
Squeezebox Server is the software that you need to manage the music streams.

Squeezeslave is a lightweight Windows Player for the Squeezebox Server.
Load this programme to playback on a pc (typically on the pc where Squeezebox Server is running).
Control of the playback is through the browser interface of the Squeezebox Server:

This system works fine for me with iTunes 9 installed on a Windows XP (SP3) system. The Squeezebox is connected to my wi-fi router.
Posted by bioss at 8:45 pm on January 31st, 2010.
Categories: support, technical. Tags: audio, gear, internet, itunes.