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		<title>WordPress is as smooth as &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just updated WordPress driving this blog to 2.3.3. Very pleasantly surprised. The update went exactly as the upgrade advice said!]]></description>
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		<title>A way to backup your files (Windows XP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backing up files is a vital part of using IT. Unfortunately, backing up files is boring and potentially time consuming. This solution was arrived at after evaluating about 4-5 freeware, shareware and commercial alternatives. Criteria Low cost Can handle backup over the network Automatic operation Email notification of success or failure Set and forget Components The backup solution uses: ntbackup &#8211; the free backup solution provided with win XP a .bat (or batch) file the Windows scheduler Blat command line mailer (http://www.blat.net/) Solution The key to the solution is the following .bat file. It is pretty much self documenting. The batch file is called either: For full backup backup.bat normal For differential backup backup.bat differential Text of backup.bat setlocal REM REM Assumptions REM &#8211; blat is installed and available REM you have created an ntbackup saved selections file for your selections .bks REM REM 041002 drp start if &#8220;%1&#8243;==&#8221;normal&#8221; goto parm1ok if &#8220;%1&#8243;==&#8221;differential&#8221; goto parm1ok :parm1notok cls echo Parm1 is not &#8220;normal&#8221; or &#8220;differential&#8221; goto eof :parm1ok REM 041002 drp end REM REM START OF CONFIGURATION REM set backupcomputername=%computername% set backupusername=%username% REM enter here the backup destination set backupdestunc=\\MACHINENAME\backupshare REM enter here a free alias for accessing the backup drive [...]]]></description>
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