Block Displaying of Images in Firefox and Internet Explorer

Problem: Your internet connection is quite slow and the website you are visiting contains a considerable number of images. You are more interested with the content rather than the images. How can you configure your Firefox or Internet Explorer to NOT display images as you visit the website?

Solution (Firefox):
- hover the mouse on an image and right click on it.
- select "Block Images from " option.


NOTE: Firefox will automatically apply the setting... but it will display a notification and an Undo button.


Solution (Internet Explorer):
- Navigate Tools > Internet Options

- In the Advanced tab, locate Show pictures option under Multimedia. Un-check it then click OK button.

#1045 - Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using password: YES)

Problem:

When you installed XAMPP and tried to access MySQL via phpMyAdmin you would encounter something like this



#1045 - Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using password: YES)

Connection for control user as defined in configuration failed.

phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.

Solution:

Navigate http://localhost/security/xamppsecurity.php and provide the 'root' password.