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Error code 800488fa

This is one of  the stupid error messages that only experienced people can troubleshoot because the error message has nothing to do with a down service.

Apparently you are getting this message because the account that you created in windows live has not been activated. Once you activate the account everything should work.

Now why don’t we just get the freaking proper error message?

Very often I have to create a virtual host in apache and I keep on forgetting the syntax.
This should help out:

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\www.ycsoftware.net"
ServerName ycsoftware.net
<Directory "C:\www.ycsoftware.net">
allow from all
Options +Indexes
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Copy and Overwrite Directories and Files in Linux

Note that even though i put the ‘f’ flag , I am still being prompted:

    'cp' -r source/* destination/

Note that the single quotes are needed if you want to avoid getting prompted:
“Do you want to overwrite?”