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BEFORE YOU proceed, read the following paragraphs! You should have your computer at the original state, if you have done other tweaks, undo them. Use Disk Defragmenter before and after these tweaks and ALWAYS backup.

XP can be crabby at times. If you corrupt your registry, you will lose access to everything and have to wipe and reinstall. BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY, BACK UP YOUR DATA, BACK IT UP AGAIN, DOWNLOAD IT, EMAIL IT TO YOURSELF OR BACK IT UP TO AN EXTERNAL HARDDRIVE OR OTHER DRIVE. I won’t be responsible for any damage you do to your computer by the following tutorials. You have been warned.

If you need to upload the same pictures to a different directory on a server or copy files from server to a different server, there is a much easier method than duplicating your work. Simply use the Rsync command.

Wikepedia defines rsync as a software application for Unix systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring takes place with only one transmission in each direction. rsync can copy or display directory contents and copy files, optionally using compression and recursion.

Problem:

I have a directory of 50,000 files, some have .jpg and some are .JPG, they all need to be .jpg. How to change?

Solution:

At command line, enter this:

for f in *.JPG; do mv $f `basename $f .JPG`.jpg; done;

Here are (12) shortcuts utilize the Windows Key located in lower left hand corner and lower right hand corner of keyboard. If it is not there, then you are not using a Windows keyboard.

  1. Windows Key + E Opens a new Explorer Window – POPULAR!
  2. Windows Key Shows the Start Menu.
  3. Windows Key + D Minimizes all windows and shows the Desktop.
  4. Windows Key + D Opens all windows and takes you right back to where you were.
  5. Windows Key + F Shows the Find all files dialog box.
  6. Windows Key + L Lock your Windows XP computer.

WANT TO WATCH FREE TV ON YOUR PC?

Posted: 24th March 2008 by admin in Computers, FREE STUFF
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Someone once asked me, can I get free tv on my pc? Hmmm. Once there was a company called Instant Media, they are now gone. Then there is a site called JOOST an interesting company that bears watching. But my favorite, for tv now, international tv from all over the world is a standalone software program by the folks at JLC Internet TV.

 

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If you lack the patience, like me, to click Start, then turn off computer or logoff and then make your selection, here is a way to place a shortcut on your desktop.

Log off

  1. Right Click on your desktop.
  2. Select “New” and then select “Shortcut”. A popup window will show up on your screen.
  3. In the box of the popup window, type “shutdown -s -t 00” (without quotes) then click next.
  4. Now type a name for the shortcut. This can be any name you like, but I put Logoff and a when I created a second button, I named it Restart.

I thought I would post a couple of kewl links for password generators.                    Password generator

PCTools – Online password generator

Credible? I should hope so, but remember all online activity can be captured. If you need a quick password, this is the site. Check out their awards page –> here!

OnlinePasswordGenerator.com Not sure about credibility, I offer no assurances. Looks easy enough.

I have seen this time and again and the forums worldwide are filled with wrong answers. Microsoft explains that it may be a corrupt file, to Detect and Repair, start Outlook in safe mode, etc. While this may be applicable to some circumstances, more often than not, it may be a simple solution.  Some are worried that it is a problem with the wonderful program ZoneAlarm, that I wouldn’t know.

office outlook

Suggestion:Some ISP’s make you use pop.YOURSITE.com and smtp.YOURSITE.com.

Try mail.YOURSITE.com (for your pop3 setting) AND mail.YOURSITE.com (for your smtp setting).