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OSX–VirtualBox XML edits

Posted on December 28, 2011 by admin

These were the lines to run from the cmd to add the lines to the Virtualbox config. The middle one controls the screen res???
c:\Program Files>cd \program files\oracle\virtualbox
c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>vboxmanage modifyvm "OSX 10.6.3" –firmware e
fi64
c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>vboxmanage setextradata "OSX 10.6.3" VBoxInte
rnal2/EfiGopMode 4
c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata "OSX 10.6.3" VBoxInte
rnal2/SmcDeviceKey "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleCompute
rInc"
c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>

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Password Complexity

Posted on December 28, 2011 by admin

Windows Server 2008 R2 Alternate procedure:
Start, Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy, Account Policies, Password Policy, Password must meet complexity requirements – Disabled.
You can also change the password expiry period here.

To turn password complexity off in Windows 2008 Server follow these steps:
run gpmc.msc (Group Policy Management)
Expand your Domain
Go to <Group Policy Objects> and select <Default Domain Policy>
Expand:
<Computer Configurations> <Policies> <Windows Settings> <Security Settings> <Account Policies> <Password Policy>
Disable Password Complexity.
This is the only way to disable Password Complexity in Server 2008. The local Security Policy can not be used for changing Password Complexity in Server 2008.

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Password complexity

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Windows Server 2008 R2 Alternate procedure:
Start, Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy, Account Policies, Password Policy, Password must meet complexity requirements – Disabled.

You can also change the password expiry period here.

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so here is a post

Posted on July 17, 2011 by admin

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test backup

Posted on July 17, 2011 by admin

This should not be here it the blog restored correctly

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Outlook Shortcuts

Posted on July 31, 2010 by admin

Basic navigation
To do this Press
Switch to Mail. CTRL+1
Switch to Calendar. CTRL+2
Switch to Contacts. CTRL+3
Switch to Tasks. CTRL+4
Switch to Notes. CTRL+5
Switch to Folder List in Navigation Pane. CTRL+6
Switch to Shortcuts. CTRL+7
Switch to next message (with message open). CTRL+PERIOD
Switch to previous message (with message open). CTRL+COMMA
Move between the Navigation Pane, the main Outlook window, the Reading Pane, and the To-Do Bar. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB or SHIFT+TAB
Move between the Outlook window, the smaller panes in the Navigation Pane, the Reading Pane, and the sections in the To-Do Bar. TAB
Move between the Outlook window, the smaller panes in the Navigation Pane, the Reading Pane, and the sections in the To-Do Bar, and show the access keys in the Outlook ribbon. F6
Move around message header lines in the Navigation Pane or an open message. CTRL+TAB
Move around within the Navigation Pane. Arrow keys
Go to a different folder. CTRL+Y
Go to the Search box. F3 or CTRL+E
In the Reading Pane, go to the previous message. ALT+UP ARROW or CTRL+COMMA or ALT+PAGE UP
In the Reading Pane, page down through text. SPACEBAR
In the Reading Pane, page up through text. SHIFT+SPACEBAR
Collapse or expand a group in the e-mail message list. LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW, respectively
Go back to previous view in main Outlook window. ALT+B or ALT+LEFT ARROW
Go forward to next view in main Outlook window. ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Select the InfoBar and, if available, show the menu of commands. CTRL+SHIFT+W

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Erase the swap file at shutdown – XP

Posted on April 1, 2010 by admin

You might be concerned about someone browsing your users’ swap files and gathering up little bits of their sensitive data. A remote possibility, to be sure, but it could happen. For that extra measure of security, go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

Set the ClearPageFileAtShutdown DWORD to 1. This will make shutdowns take longer, because it overwrites everything in the swap file with zeroes. Don’t turn this feature on unless you have a serious security threat.

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Create a hidden user account – XP

Posted on April 1, 2010 by admin

The user accounts you’ve set up appear on the Welcome screen (another new feature in Windows XP) when you start up the PC. To hide one of the user accounts so that it doesn’t appear here, go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

Right-click anywhere within the Registry Window and click New to create a new DWORD value with the name of the account to be hidden. Set the value to 0 (decimal). This account won’t be accessible when switching users with Fast User Switching; you’ll only be able to access it from the Log On To Windows dialog box. Keep in mind that it is not a totally hidden account; the account’s profile will appear in the Documents And Settings folder. Also, the account appears in Local Users And Groups when an administrator is logged on.

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Live Writer Fix

Posted on January 17, 2010 by admin

I was having the same problem. I got an email from my host tech support in blazing time. It seems this is a problem with most services defaulting to PHP 4.

The recommendation was to use the .htaccess file to force the server to run PHP 5 when reading and accessing the pages. Two lines of code need to be added.

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

This fixed my problem. Hopefully others who are having this problem will be helped as well.

I found a simple workaround. Configure Windows Live Writer to use FTP instead of XMLRPC for image uploads.

In WLW, do Weblog > Edit Weblog Settings… > Images > Upload images to an FTP server > Configure FTP. You’ll have to figure out the path and URL to where your images for your post get uploaded. For me, by way of example, it’s:

Folder: /www/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/
URL: http://newBBie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/

Kelly Carter
http://newBBie.com (Help for new owners of BlackBerry Pearl, Curve, Bold.)

I was getting the 500 Internal Server Error due to the data type of the post_parent column in the wp_posts table. Here are the details and how I fixed it:

http://ardentdev.com/fix-for-wordpress-xmlrpc-500-internal-server-error/

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Using Gmail to Post Task to RTM

Posted on January 17, 2010 by admin

Easily Send Tasks to Remember the Milk

Tote shares a tip that uses Gmail Labs’ canned responses to send tasks to Remember the Milk:

Use Gmail’s canned responses to easily create tasks from email in RTM. If you get an email that you want to turn into a task forward it to your RTM inbox address and use a canned response to direct specify the task. Put the email contents between the ‘—-’ and ‘-end-’ to add it to the notes. Canned response:
List:
Priority:
Due:
Repeat:
Estimate:
Tags:
Location:
—-

-end-

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