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POP3 Access for Hotmail and Live Mail Accounts (Premium required)
If you do take advantage of this premium feature and sign up for Hotmail plus you'll also get an ad-free experience, more storage, larger attachment support, and a non expiring account. Our POP service requires that you use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with the POP and...
How do I change the Instance Name Recognized by SQL 2005 Management Studios
Sometimes, even though you change the settings of your instance name in SQL 2005 Management Studios, there are still references to the old name that you don't know where to change. First, you will need to see what the actual instance name is. To get this,...
What can I do if I cannot Quit or Force Quit and Mac OS X Application?
Open a terminal. Type "ps -e" to get a list of all processes running on your system. Find the number of the process related to the stubborn app. Then, type "kill 1234" where 1234 is the number of the process you are trying to stop.
Yale lectures online
Not actually a tip for a techie, but some good lectures online -- yale english prof.
Here are some new Utilities and Services
http://www.podtopc.com - utility to remove songs from ipod supersync.com - sync itunes across multiple PCs www.getdropbox.com - syncs up to 2GB of data between any number of computers + iphone + ipod touch google calendar sync + google mobile sync
How do I use IIS to Import a Web Application / Package (using Microsoft Web Platform)
You have to install the Microsoft Web Platform with the Deployment Tool option. Here is a link that lets you do it in one shot -- here. Now you can open your IIS and right click your Default Web Site (or another site) and select "Manage Packages > Import Application.