Satisfaction with LAMP and Web Open Source

Many computer users complain about Microsoft products, even about the mostly used product of Microsoft: WINDOWS. Familiar complaints include, “they don’t let the user alter his own settings,” and “they don’t leave us free to do whatever we want.” We see the same concept in the for-sale templates and in the servers which are built for lowest user input (like Microsoft Servers, ASP, etc.). The executable binary - .exe - is all you get from closed-source proprietary sources.

Don’t you think the user deserves to see the source files, to understand the error message that keeps on popping up, to learn how to make that widget default to a different directory, or how to add a cool new function? Don’t you think the user should be in charge of his or her own product instead of the monopolizing producer of the program? Once you see the code, you already started down the path of becoming an Open Source programmer. That’s the beauty of Open Source.

Do you really think LINUX was built by a big corporation? Or that the APACHE server was a side tool to newly released software? Or that the PHP language was invented by a group of scientists and licensed for free? All of them were created by some intelligent student or a professional coder who wanted something specific for their needs. After the core was created and released, all interested programmers or those who were in need of new functions contributed to the program somehow. Then in time, they became the foundations of the web as we know it today.

The philosophy of Open Source software among other things is that many hands and eyes make for good software, unlike too many cooks spoiling the soup. Bugs are more likely to be caught, and more importantly, fixed, if everyone has access to the source. As in cryptography, closed systems cannot be proven to be free of flaws or errors. While it’s no guarantee that bugs exist, open systems can be examined for flaws; closed systems can only be tested against known bugs (security through obscurity). It is the “unknown unknowns” that can bite you.

So briefly, it is quite obvious that LAMP (LINUX, APACHE, MySQL, PHP, PERL) dominates the Internet web. The reason is that LAMP gives value to the user input and this makes it easily adaptable for different purposes and very flexible for different usages. If you want programs to use for web purposes which you can easily modify and for which you can learn a lot from and thusly turn into a developer yourself, then do not give up using LAMP or other open source software.

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How to Bypass (WGA) Windows Genuine Advantage on Windows

You can easily bypass (WGA) Windows Genuine Advantage on Windows XP without crack, patches or script.

First: open Internet Explorer, go to Tools menu and pick Internet Options. Click on the Programs tab and then click on the Manage Add-ons button.

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Scroll to near the bottom and click on Windows Genuine Advantage, then choose Disable below, click OK and OK again.

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Then close all Internet Explorer windows and restart it. Windows Update should work fine now.
Tell me how this Bypass (WGA) Windows Genuine Advantage on Windows XP works for you!

Other source : Install WMP 11 and Bypass WGA Validation

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Install Windows Media Player WMP 11 and Bypass Windows Genuine Advantage WGA Validation

Windows Media Player (WMP) 11 for XP has been released which is available for direct full download from Windows Media Player Download page (no validation required), or Microsoft Download Center (WGA validation required), and Microsoft decided to add a WGA check to the installation routine.
If you managed to download Windows Media Player 11 and double-click the executable, there is a built-in WGA that check whether your Windows is genuine or not when trying to install as WMP 11 is designated by Microsoft for users running genuine Microsoft products or genuine Windows. If you failed to pass the WGA, you will get this message:
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Setup cannot continue
One or more of the following problem has occurred during Setup.

Windows Genuine Advantage Validation

Setup was unable to validate that your copy of Windows is genuine. Click Finish to close setup and navigate your web browser to the Windows Genuine Advantage Website for additional information.
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I found a trick to working for both the Media Player 11 installation and the Internet Explorer 7 installation.
After you download that Windows Media Player 11 from Microsoft website, use any compression utility, such as Winrar, to extract the WMP11 installer to a temporary directory. You can right click on the setup file and choose any Extract option or launch the extraction utility and choose the WMP11 setup file to extract it.
Then download legitlib.rar and extract it. Copy that extracted legitlib.dll and paste legitlib.dll into the extracted directory of WMP11 installer. Overwrite any existing file.
Run setup_wm.exe. and done. You can install Windows Media Player wmp 11 Beta accordingly.

Alternatively, you can download this registry file, executed it and start the windows media player 11 for xp installation and it should go through passing the WGA check without problems. Suspicious users should check the registry file before they double-click it and make a backup of their registry.

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