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How to Delete a Windows Service | 12 May 2013 | |
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How to delete a windows service | |
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Installing Apache or MySQL as Windows Services | 10 May 2013 | |
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This article explains how to install Apache or MySQL as windows services. | |
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MySQL basics | 10 May 2013 | |
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A brief tutorial on using MYSQL | |
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Backup and Restore MySQL | 9 May 2013 | |
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This article gives a quick overview of backing up and restoring a mysql database or installation | |
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Reset MySQL Root Password | 8 May 2013 | |
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GLUT, OpenGL, Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2010 | 1 Apr 2013 | |
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Some tips on setting up GLUT with OpenGL on Windows 7 | |
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Disable Firefox Plugin Check | 21 Mar 2013 | |
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This article explains how to disable the firefox plugin check | |
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Mongoose and PHP | 5 Mar 2013 | |
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This article explains how to get Mongoose working with PHP | |
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Windows 7 License Information | 18 Feb 2013 | |
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This article shows how you can display the license information for your machine regarding Windows 7 | |
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Windows 7 Installation Notes | 11 Feb 2013 | |
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Notes on installing Windows 7 | |
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Windows 7 Professional File Sharing | 1 Feb 2013 | |
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This articles gives a few tips on file sharing using Windows 7 Professional | |
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Optimizing Gigabit Ethernet Speed | 31 Jan 2013 | |
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This articles gives tips on how to improve Windows XP Ethernet speed. | |
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FFMpeg and MKVmerge for Video Encoding | 30 Dec 2012 | |
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Two high quality tools for encoding video into h264 are FFMpeg and MKVmerge. We give an example of their usage in batch files. | |
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Script to Add Users and Passwords | 19 Dec 2012 | |
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This articles explains how to add users and passwords from a command line script | |
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MySQL select on multiple tables (join) | 16 Nov 2012 | |
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An example of doing a SELECT on multiple tables | |
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Using FFMPEG to extract a specific audio track from movie | 14 Oct 2012 | |
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This article explains how to use FFMPEG to extract a specific audio track from movie | |
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Mongoose: A Simple and Portable Web Server | 1 Oct 2012 | |
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This article briefly describes the Mongoose web server | |
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Calling PHP from Custom Web Server | 22 Sep 2012 | |
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Suppose you wrote your own web server and want to use PHP. This article gives some tips on what you need to do. | |
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Change Remote Desktop Server Port | 20 Sep 2012 | |
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This article shows how to change the listening port for the Remote Desktop Server | |
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Turn off Firefox download scan | 13 Aug 2012 | |
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This articles explains the steps to turn off scanning of downloads by Firefox | |
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Manual installation of Android Apps | 9 Aug 2012 | |
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Explains how to install apps on Android 4 manually | |
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Move Putty Settings To Another Computer | 3 Aug 2012 | |
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This article shows how to move Putty settings to another computer | |
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Convert Video to h.264/mkv | 9 Jul 2012 | |
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This article shows how to use VLC to convert video to mkv format | |
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Convert avi to mkv or add new tracks | 3 Jun 2012 | |
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This article shows how to losslessly convert from avi to mkv format | |
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AR Drone and Windows 7 | 18 May 2012 | |
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Using the Parrot AR Drone from Windows 7 | |
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Group Policy Notes in Win XP | 25 Mar 2012 | |
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This page has some useful notes on how to look at and set the group security policy in Windows XP | |
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How to Remote Desktop to the Actual Server Console on Windows 2003 | 21 Mar 2012 | |
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Using the Remote Desktop client usually lands you in a seperate session on the windows server. There are times, however, when you might want to be able to connect to the console directly instead of being in a seperate session. | |
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Windows Updates: Tips and Problem Solving | 20 Mar 2012 | |
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Windows updates are necessary in some cases to install security patches. However, there are problems with there system. | |
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Proxy with Putty and Firefox | 15 Aug 2011 | |
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Some notes on using web proxy with Putty and Firefox | |
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HTML Notes: Positioning Text and Images | 14 Jul 2011 | |
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Some examples of using layers and div elements to position images and text on a webpage | |
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Copy mySQL table from one database to another | 10 Mar 2011 | |
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This article gives a very short example how to copy a table from one database to another. | |
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Disabling ADOBE ARM | 2 Feb 2011 | |
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Adobe ARM refers to their updating programs. On some computers, ARM can cause network outages. This article explains how to disable ARM | |
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phpBB (version 3) Using SQLite | 24 Jan 2011 | |
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Explains how to install phpBB version 3 with SQLite | |
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Hard Linking in XP | 17 Jan 2011 | |
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As opposed to the soft linking from creating a shortcut in XP, you can also do a real hard link which will treat the file as if it is there. | |
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Excel-like Formulas in MS Word Tables | 3 Jan 2011 | |
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Some notes on using Excel-like formulas in MS Word Tables | |
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Excel Notes | 2 Jan 2011 | |
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Notes on using Excel for computing grades | |
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Skype in High Resolution | 8 Dec 2010 | |
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This article describes how to get high resolution video from Skype assuming your webcam supports high res capture. | |
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Turn off Windows XP Auto-Run | 5 Dec 2010 | |
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One of the most important things to switch off for better security is the windows XP auto-run feature. This article explains how to do it. | |
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Windows Security vs Malware: Important Tips | 29 Nov 2010 | |
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This article will focus on the most important tips to improve fundamental security on MS Windows and many others. | |
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Disable Google Chrome Auto-Update | 30 Jun 2010 | |
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This article explains how to turn off the auto update in Google Chrome | |
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Acer 4810 Battery Life Problem | 17 Jun 2010 | |
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The Acer timeline 4810 should have an 8 hour battery life when surfing the Web. However, due to driver problems with the switchable graphics, users may only be seeing 4 hours battery life. | |
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Smbclient | 12 Jun 2010 | |
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Notes on using the smbclient program from Linux to access Windows shares | |
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Configuring Apache for Perl | 12 May 2010 | |
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A short note on configuring Apache for Perl | |
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Improving Apache Download Speeds | 29 Apr 2010 | |
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View All Network Connections on XP | 10 Mar 2010 | |
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View All Network Connections on XP | |
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Intel Modular Server and Windows 2003 Server | 1 Feb 2010 | |
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The Intel Modular Server is not immediately compatible with most Windows Operating Systems. This article shows how to create a slipstreamed installation CD with the storage drivers | |
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Disable Recent Documents List Under Start Menu | 11 Nov 2009 | |
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For privacy reasons, one might want to disable the recent documents list under the start menu. This article explains how to disable it under Windows XP | |
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Compatibility between Office 2000 and Office 2007 | 10 Nov 2009 | |
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MS Office 2000 is able to read and write documents in the docx format used in Office 2007 by using the compatibility pack. | |
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Firefox Settings | 23 Sep 2009 | |
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Changing the variable settings within Firefox | |
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Video Encoding Using Mencoder | 23 Sep 2009 | |
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An example of using mencoder for video encoding | |
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DeShaker - Stabilization for VirtualDub | 12 Aug 2009 | |
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This article describes how to use the DeShaker plugin for VirtualDub | |
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Disable Adobe Bonjour Service | 7 Jun 2009 | |
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This article describes how to disable Adobe Bonjour Service | |
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Apache: Changing default number of columns in automatic directory listing | 23 Mar 2009 | |
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This article describes how to change the default number of columns in the Apache automatic directory listing | |
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Downloading a Webpage | 18 Jan 2009 | |
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This describes how to use wget to download a complete webpage | |
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Text2Image | 10 Dec 2008 | |
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This article describes how to convert a text file into an image. | |
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Howto Manually Register/Un-Register Filters & Codecs | 18 Nov 2008 | |
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This article explains how to manually add or remove filters and codecs from your XP system. | |
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Mencoder Tips | 14 Aug 2008 | |
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Converting difficult files using Mencoder | |
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Warning: Problems when updating with XP SP2 | 9 Aug 2008 | |
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Warning: Problems when updating with XP SP2 | |
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Format USB Stick as NTFS | 4 Aug 2008 | |
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How to format a USB Stick as NTFS instead of FAT32 | |
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Encoding Difficult Files with Mencoder | 3 Aug 2008 | |
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Some video files are difficult to transcode such as from VC1 to MPEG4, not because of the video codecs but because the file contains a poorly standardized codec like OGG Vorbis. This document gives some tips on how to make the transcoded files. | |
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Writing Excel sheets from PHP | 21 Jul 2008 | |
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This article gives a few pointers on writing excel sheets from PHP. | |
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Reboot a remote XP machine | 7 Jun 2008 | |
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How to reboot a remote machine running XP. | |
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Set XP File/Dir Permissions from Command Line | 30 May 2008 | |
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Sometimes one needs to set the file and directory permissions of XP from a command line program. This gives a hint how to do so. | |
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Remote console | 14 May 2008 | |
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When all connections on remote desktop are used up, in many cases you can still use remote console as described here. | |
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Windows XP Registry Backup | 2 Apr 2008 | |
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Windows XP Registry Backup | |
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Antec Fusion Notes | 17 Feb 2008 | |
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Antec Fusion | |
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Hack (1985) - version 103, the original | 15 Feb 2008 | |
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This has a download of the original game and notes on getting Hack103 working with ansi.sys. Here is the quick and easy solution for Windows XP. | |
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Problem: Win XP System Properties Not Appearing | 31 Jan 2008 | |
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There are some programs which can interfere with the core functionality of Windows XP. This article describes one problem having to do with rundll32 and restore.exe | |
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Windows XP Auto Login | 30 Jan 2008 | |
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How to setup auto login for Windows XP | |
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Change Computername or Workgroup | 30 Jan 2008 | |
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This article shows you how to use the XP support tool, NETDOM.exe to change a computer name. | |
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Firefox Optimization | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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This article shows how to greatly enhance the speed of the Firefox 2 internet browser | |
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Changing Default Logon Screesaver | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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Before a user logs in, XP has a default screensaver which in some cases might be annoying. This note explains how to change it. | |
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Intelligent computers in movies, television, and books | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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A brief summary of intelligent computers in movies, television, and books. | |
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Using Xcopy to backup a drive or directory | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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Using Xcopy to backup a drive or directory | |
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X Server - Cygwin on Win32 | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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X Server - Cygwin on Win32 - This article explains what you need to know to get it working | |
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Batch File Looping | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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An example of how to use for loops for batch files | |
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Extending Basic Disk Partitions | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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This article shows how to use DiskPart in WinXP to extend a Basic disk partition | |
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Password Lock for Windows XP | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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Two ways of locking Windows XP | |
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Ubuntu Notes | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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Some notes on installing Ubuntu 7 | |
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Installing Apache, MySQL, PHP on Linux | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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Installing Apache, MySQL, PHP on Linux | |
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Create a Safely Remove Hardware shortcut | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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This article shows how to create a desktop shortcut which activates the Safely Remove Hardware function - especially useful when disconnecting USB drives | |
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Reducing SVCHOST Memory Usage | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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Some things to adjust when the svchost service becomes large | |
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Net Commands in Win2000 and XP | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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This page gives a brief summary of the net commands available in Windows 2000 and XP | |
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PHP5 Encryption Techniques | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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A fast programmers tutorial on encryption techniques in PHP5 | |
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Reducing Apache Server Public Information | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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For security reasons, it can be beneficial to reduce the amount of information Apache gives out to any user | |
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ActiveSync and Outlook | 26 Nov 2007 | |
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Notes on getting MS ActiveSync to work smoothly with MS Outlook | |
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Installing Windows 2000 with Ultra160 SCSI | 20 Jun 2001 | |
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Howto setup Windows 2000 on a PC with an Ultra160 SCSI system | |
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