Posted by andy gaskell on Jul 9th, 2008
SmartFTP started charging for their Windows FTP client so I decided to look for a suitable truly free replacement (not a lite version or one with nag screens) and FileZilla seems like the best option out there.
Filezilla isn’t quite as pretty as SmartFTP but FileZilla does have a local and remote browser similiar to SmartFTP - super easy to use. I’ve used it to upload and modify files on my host as well as FTP files over to a WinCE device that I’m developing on - so far it’s worked great.
Posted by andy gaskell on Jun 26th, 2008
In my neverending quest to make Vista more usable, I finally caved and took the time to figure out how to disable Blocked File Protection Control. This “feature” requires you to unblock files you download before they are usable (for the most part). This is a bad decision in my opinion - I decided to download a file and of course I’m going to want to work with it. I don’t want to figure how how to unblock before I can use it. What a pain - anyway enough with the rant.
If you want to be able to use your files after you download them, you’ll need to either use the Group Policy Editor described here in as Method #3 or edit the registry.
Unfortunately I happen to be running Windows Vista Home Premium on one of my systems - this means no gpedit. The entry we need to set is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments\SaveZoneInformation
This value needs to be a DWORD set to 1. You can enter this manually or download the reg file and “Unblock” your last file! Be sure to close all instances of Internet Explorer or reboot your computer after making the change to your registry.
Posted by andy gaskell on Dec 13th, 2006
So I’ve been using Vista for a few weeks now and for whatever crazy reason I decided I needed to flush dns. I received this message: “The requested operation requires elevation”. Okay, to get around this go to All Programs, Accessories, right click Command Prompt and click Run as administrator. Good to go!
Update:
I’ve been running Vista for quite some time now and finally got fed up with User Account Control (UAC). What UAC really turns into is security by nagging so I disabled it altogether. To disable UAC open the Control Panel/User Accounts then click Turn User Account Control on or off. Uncheck the box. Click OK.
