Sometimes viruses or people use Group Policy against us and we need to reset it back to the default. It can control access to a number of things in windows from logon scripts to access to the screensaver settings. Resetting it is actually pretty simple, which is why you shouldn’t rely on it solely to guard [...]
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Integrate Facebook, Twitter, and Buzz into Your Gmail
Via Mashable:
With over 9 million posts and comments in two days, Google Buzz has stormed the web like a swarm of locusts. An array of strong features, integration with Gmail, and lots of press have turned Buzz into an overnight phenomenon.
If you’re like a lot of us, you’ve suddenly found yourself using your Gmail even [...]
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Windows 7 Shortcuts
Breaking Down Some Combos
I love shortcuts, especially the combos. They save me time and people are usually always amazed that I know so many. I think a big part of why I remember so many, is because I use them often. I also find that I mostly only remember the useful ones (Who can remember [...]
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How to change username or page URL on Facebook
So you’ve got a shiny new Facebook page but the address is long and confusing? Well worry no more! Just hop on over to http://facebook.com/username and Change your Focebook URL! If you’re like me and manage a few pages, you can also change the name of your pages to a custom URL also! But, you [...]
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Unlock Blackberry Phones
What are unlocked cellphones and why would you want to Unlock it?
The short of it is, Carriers like AT&T and T-Mobil “Lock” their phones to their network, to prevent you from switching between them.
By unlocking your phone, you can freely use a sim card from AT&T, T-Mobile or any other carrier that uses SIMM cards. (Carriers [...]
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AT&T Settings for Media Net Plan on Blackberry
I can never remember the Username and password for the TCP settings for my blackberry.
Here they are, the important settings in bold.
Internet Settings:
Name: MEdia Net
Homepage: http://device.home
Service Type 1: WAP
Gateway IP: 66.209.11.61
Port 1: 9201
Domain 1: Blank
Service Type 2: WAP
Gateway IP 2: 000.000.000.000
Port 2: 9201
Domain 2: blank
DNS 1: 000.000.000.000
DNS 2: 000.000.000.000
Timeout: 15 minutes.
CSD No 1: 14152441012 or 18472549271
Username: WAP@CINGULAR.COM (required [...]
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Wildcard DNS on Godaddy
Wild Card DNS is easy on Godaddy.
Under “Take Total DNS Control”
create a new “A NAME” Record
Like this:
- Domain: *
- IP: 123.123.123.123 (but use the IP of the server, but you knew that)
But wait! There are a couple of things to consider:
You MUST use the “Deluxe” hosting plan
You MUST Purchase a “Dedicated IP Address”
You SHOULD use PHP5 (not 4)
Failure [...]
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Network Location in Vista and Win7; Public is Private and Private is Public?
The biggest problem I’ve been seeing is people mistaking “Public” for meaning, Make my computer Public, and “Private” for Make my computer private, when It’s actually quite the opposite. So I’m going to hopefully help dispel some of that confusion right here, right now.
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Google Analytics Content Overlay Fix
Sometimes when I’m looking at my site stats, I notice the Content Overlay gets stuck on and it won’t go away! But fixing the stuck Google Analytics Content Overlay is simple, in whatever browser you’re in, goto your cookies, and find the specific site that has a stuck overlay on it. You should see a [...]
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Get Telnet back in Vista and Win7
Well I was really hoping with the release of Win7 Microsoft would have reinstated the default install state of telnet.
To my dismay, I received the old ‘telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.
Fortunately, to get access to Telnet all you need to follow are these simple steps and [...]
