Archive for the 'Tech Tips' Category

Active Desktop Recovery

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Sometimes power fails. Sometimes you can’t access controls for Active Desktop in order to change settings. And Sometimes this leaves you stuck looking at Active Desktop Recovery instead of your normal desktop. When this happens, here’s how to fix it:
run regedit
find this entry – HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components
change the key value – DeskHtmlVersion REG_DWORD 0×00000110(272) to decimal [...]

15 helpful WordPress plugins for the savvy user

Friday, April 4th, 2008

15 WordPress plugins to enhance the blogging experience of advanced users, especially web developers and designers. Most are tested using a default installation of Wordpress 2.3.1
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Create Virtual Machines Without VMWare Workstation

Friday, March 28th, 2008

You can create your own vm’s without VMWare Workstation by following the great instructions here.

Desk Enclosures Suck

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I had a client recently who had their computer in one of those craptastic build it yourself desks with the little enclosure for the CPU. He wanted to know why his PC would not stay on. When I started to remove his PC, I found the case was rocket hot. Not only was the PC [...]

Download shared iTunes Library over internet with Mojo!

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Share any song in your iTunes library and download any song from your friends’ iTunes libraries over the internet with freeware application Mojo.
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