by ray | Nov 27, 2008 | IT / Tech News
http://www.jzip.com
by ray | Nov 25, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Notepad++ is great for developers, but for IT folks it is annoying because you can’t choose a default Save As option. And if you don’t select an extension, it will default to an unknown file type and cannot be recognized unless you go through some extra...
by ray | Nov 21, 2008 | Blackberry
Google has just released a new version of their maps application that supports voice recognition search on the BlackBerry Pearl. That means Pearl users can load Google Maps, hold a side button, say "pizza, i said PIZZA…PEE ZZ UH" and it works like a...
by ray | Nov 11, 2008 | IT / Tech News
For Adblock Plus (ABP), click "Add Filter" (on Firefox, go to Tools > Add-ons) and type — @@http://urlThis adds a filter and whitelists website.
by ray | Nov 11, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Every phone is different but I have often seen a security area where you need to type in the last 4 digits which will get you to a menu where you can reset the memory.
by ray | Nov 11, 2008 | Linux / Ubuntu
Here is what you do if you are running Xubuntu Hardy Heron:1) Go to the terminal (Applications/System) and enter this line of code:sudo mousepad /boot/grub/menu.lst2) Now a Mousepad file will open. Scroll down all the way till you see End Default Options3) Find the...
by ray | Nov 10, 2008 | IT / Tech News
You will need to download the Windows Support Tools pack. Start > Run > type "mmc". Add/Remove Snap-ins – choose ADSIEDIT.
by ray | Nov 10, 2008 | IT / Tech News
You can use diskshadow.exe, a new utility in Windows Server 2008, to create shadow copies and restore content from a shadow copy. Diskshadow.exe can create VSS snapshots, mount snapshots with a volume letter, and delete snapshots. The following script, written in the...
by ray | Nov 8, 2008 | HTML / Web
Upload a zipped file and create a hyper link to the file.zip. It’s as simple as that.
by ray | Nov 7, 2008 | HTML / Web
Upload a file to your Office Live Document Library. Create a page and add a hyperlink and choose the "My Documents" option and browse to the file that you want to attach.
by ray | Nov 7, 2008 | HTML / Web
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/2397/http://www.immigration-usa.com/html_colors.html
by ray | Nov 7, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Depending on the design and color combinations used on a web site, I sometimes prefer to have a very light background for the site’s web pages – something similar to the background color in Figure 1. Figure 1: I like light-colored page backgrounds The...
by ray | Nov 7, 2008 | HTML / Web
Customizing header look and feel is one of the most important factor of the site. If you use image for the header it should optimized in order to load your pages fast. Remember not to have large size of header image. Steps to replace header with your own image.1. Open...
by ray | Oct 29, 2008 | IT / Tech News
First of all, allot yourself an entire weekend. Microsoft said that depending on the size of your databases, the upgrade takes 4 hours to 40 hours (make sure all dbs have been backed up). And they are not kidding.***Second, make sure the account that you are using...
by ray | Oct 29, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Virtual CloneDrive – http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html
by ray | Oct 29, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Following are the files included in the System State data:Boot files, including the system files and all files protected by Windows File Protection (WFP)Active Directory (on domain controller only) SYSVOL (on domain controller only) Certificate Services (on...
by ray | Oct 29, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Go to Account Settings and click Labs. I recommend turning on the following ones as of now:Custom keyboard shortcuts – very useful – click "c" and you are ready to compose a messageMuzzleRight-side chatRight-side labelsGoogle Calendar...
by ray | Oct 22, 2008 | IT / Tech News
These are a bunch of tools that we investigated this week that we will be running on a weekly basis to give us better insight into our network to ensure high performance and minimize antivirus/spyware/intrusion threats. Antivirus Software NOD32 Server – for...
by ray | Oct 14, 2008 | Linux / Ubuntu
Unless you’ve been in an isolation chamber, you’ve probably noticed that OpenOffice.org 3.0 was released yesterday. It’s been a while in the coming and now the latest version of our favourite, and most affordable, office suite is here.If you’re running Ubuntu (or...
by ray | Oct 14, 2008 | Linux / Ubuntu
You have to enable universe packages first. It is also recommended that you use the official winehq ubuntu package: 1) Open a terminal 2) Open /etc/apt/sources.list sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list3) Uncomment (or add) following lines: deb...
by ray | Oct 14, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Enabling VZNavigator permissions – BlackBerryFrom the Home screen, press the menu button. Select Options then press in on the trackball. Select Advanced Options then press in on the trackball. Select Applications then press in on the trackball. Select...
by ray | Oct 14, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Forget Microsoft Outlook, now you can check all your e-mail accounts (Microsoft Exchange, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo) in one place using Mozilla’s open-source Thunderbird e-mail client and the Webmail extension. Here’s how:(This tutorial is applicable for...
by ray | Oct 10, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Some say that you should uninstall TFS 2005 first, but I found just installing TFS 2008 over top of the existing installation worked fine.We didn’t have to upgrade to Sharepoint 3.0 so all we needed to do was to install the Sharepoint Extensions. Tip #1: TFS...
by ray | Sep 28, 2008 | IT / Tech News
You can restore data for Team Foundation from one data-tier server to another but keep the same application-tier server. For example, you might want to move the data tier when you upgrade its server hardware. Moreover, you might need to create a data-tier server if...
by ray | Sep 28, 2008 | IT / Tech News
Normally you do not need to be concerned about web site identifiers, these are the actual ID’s that reference the web site to IIS. Normally we just use the web site description such as Default Web Site or in my case blog.crowe.co.nz or something similar. But if...
