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by mrredvps
Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:14 am
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: Defrag hard drive on VDS?
Replies: 1
Views: 677

Defrag hard drive on VDS?

I have a VDS with Windows Server 2003. Is there any benefit to defragging the hard drive from within the VDS?
by mrredvps
Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:56 pm
Forum: Webhosting
Topic: Cannot connect to MySQL database using external connection
Replies: 3
Views: 1516

Re: Cannot connect to MySQL database using external connecti

I forgot what the actual error message was, but John fixed this problem a while ago. The password was not updating correctly when I changed it via my control panel. It's working good now.
by mrredvps
Tue May 31, 2011 11:17 pm
Forum: Webhosting
Topic: Quick Referal Link
Replies: 5
Views: 1834

Re: Quick Referal Link

Ok I read this sticky: http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3667 but I'm still unsure what the IDENTIFIER is. Is it my email address that I use to login on the main http://www.nfoservers.com page? OR My shorter server identifier that is used internally to label different hosted ...
by mrredvps
Tue May 31, 2011 8:00 pm
Forum: Webhosting
Topic: Minor control panel display issue with complicated passwords
Replies: 1
Views: 829

Minor control panel display issue with complicated passwords

I like to have super secure passwords with all possible characters for my website. In the NFO control panel the passwords can mess up the HTML structure of the page. If a password contains the character '>' it is interpreted as an HTML end tag (the rest of the page becomes bold text). Those should b...
by mrredvps
Tue May 31, 2011 7:45 pm
Forum: Webhosting
Topic: Quick Referal Link
Replies: 5
Views: 1834

Re: Quick Referal Link

What are referral points and where can I see how many I have?
by mrredvps
Tue May 31, 2011 5:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Accept coffer donations without revealing email address?
Replies: 4
Views: 2369

Re: Accept coffer donations without revealing email address?

Thanks for the replies. I set up a separate gmail account that I will use for server related stuff.
by mrredvps
Tue May 31, 2011 11:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Accept coffer donations without revealing email address?
Replies: 4
Views: 2369

Accept coffer donations without revealing email address?

Is there a way to accept coffer donations without revealing my email address? My main NFO account uses my personal email address and I want to accept donations but not show people that address (in the URL, page, or anywhere)
by mrredvps
Sun May 29, 2011 8:07 pm
Forum: Webhosting
Topic: Cannot connect to MySQL database using external connection
Replies: 3
Views: 1516

Cannot connect to MySQL database using external connection

I just setup a new VPS account with separate webhosting. I created a new database from the control panel to host some forums. I enabled "Allow external connections" so I could connect with MySQL Workbench to restore a database backup I had from my previous hosting (not w/ NFO). When I try ...