I am no server master but I have had many Windows VPS machines from Windows Server 2016 to 2025. I had an issue using a special software (Xevil) not running on my Windows 2022 machine as Windows kept updating and the new security updates kept breaking the software by removing files. My previous post detailed…
I have been having ongoing issues with Windows Server 2022 and auto updates. I have a VPS I use for Xevil, every time Windows Server updates its security configs, it deletes the files for Xevil. I tried all sorts to disable but it just would not work. In then end I found this YouTube video…
I have been using SureCart for just over a year now. I have always had issues with LiteSpeed caching and the cart. Finally, a user in the SureCart Facebook group gave a clear list of settings to configure for SureCart with the LiteSpeed plugin for WordPress. Updated 01/2026 The brief steps are: This is very…
If your VPS has an Evaluation version running as a free install, you can purchase a retail key and convert to a full version fairly quickly with just a few commands. This process works for most versions, I tested with Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025 Standard versions. If your VPS…
I was getting an annoying error and I couldn’t figure out what the issue was. The error was: I already allowed the bucket to be viewed publically and I tried to add the policy under Permissions. I used the Policy Generator This is where I got stuck as it was not working. My static HTML…
All In One WP Migration is one of the easiest plugins to use for migrating sites. I use it to test sites on different hosts. Unfortunately, in the free version, the upload is limited to 512MB. You can try to change the PHP settings in your host control panel, change the PHP max upload size…
I migrated a WordPress site between VPS machines. I had an issue after the migration where this error was on my admin dashboard I checked Site Health and confirmed that all other folder permissions were ok but the uploads directory was not writeable. I double-checked on my VPS and the folder was writeable. I finally…
I use Notepad++ daily as a Windows NotePad replacement. Mostly because I am too lazy to save all the notes and Notepad++ auto-saves everything. I have recently been experimenting with the commands to perform tests that I would usually Google a solution to. Remove numbers from list To quickly remove the first numbers from a…
I recently had a spate of login attempts on multiple sites all trying to login using xml-rpc. Sometimes hundreds of requests per day. After doing a bit of research, I found that an effective method to block this was to use Cloudflare. As my sites are already managed on Cloudflare free, I could quickly block…
I recently had a site that I did not use or update regularly have the admin dashboard corrupted. There was no styling, only text jumbled up on the screen. It was impossible to navigate. I tried to clear the cache, disable the plugins folder via file manager/ftp but it did not work. I found this…