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XP/2000: How to View (and Remove) Hidden Files and Folders

This tutorial demonstrates how to view and delete hidden files and folders on a Microsoft Windows system.

YouTube: Unsubscribe in Bulk

If your YouTube subscription list is getting too long and out of control, you may want to clean up the list and focus on important accounts only. While it is easy to unsubscribe from one account on YouTube, it may be time-consuming if you go through all of the account pages individually to unsubscribe from numerous accounts. This tutorial will help you unsubscribe from accounts in bulk with just a few clicks. Continue reading to find out how.

How to Lock Down Your Gmail and Google Account

As we increasingly depend upon Google services, the value of the private information contained within our Google accounts becomes more valuable to hackers. By following these steps, you can maximize the security of your data within Google’s servers. Additionally, you can control how much access websites have to your personal information.

Android: Configuring Speed Dial Numbers

Speed Dial is a handy feature that lets you call a contact by just pressing a number on the keypad. This tutorial will show you how to configure and use this feature on your Android phone.

Yahoo Incompatibility When Upgrading to Skype from WLM

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Due to previous agreements between Microsoft and Yahoo, users of Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger have been able to communicate for a long time. However, as Microsoft forces people to use Skype instead, it is unclear if the two networks will continue to cooperate with each other.

XP: Set or Configure Network Interface to DHCP with netsh from Command Line

My predisposition to command line solutions for problems stems from my vast experience with UNIX. (I will admit that it is fun to intimidate GUI users.) However, there are times that command line solutions are the best fit for a problem. For example, if you find yourself frequently switching between a static IP address and DHCP for a network interface, as happens with laptops sometimes, it would be nice to have a command that could fit in a batch file. The netsh command in XP SP2 makes this possible. This tech-recipe shows the command to make an interface use DHCP.

Windows Phone 8: Enable or Disable NFC

Most Windows Phone 8 devices have NFC. However, it is disabled by default. This tutorial will show you how to turn it on and use it to send media files.

YouTube: Find All Liked Videos and Playlists

For future reference, many users add videos that they like to a playlist. However, this is not an effective way to keep track of all the videos you like because the playlist can get very big as you add more videos. If you have liked videos or playlists, you can find all of them in a central place without worrying about managing your own playlist.

Windows Phone 8: Open Web Page in a New Tab

Links that come from other apps to Internet Explorer will be opened in the current tab. This feature can be very annoying because the new site will replace your current open tab. Fortunately, you can make IE open incoming links in a new tab.

Android Jelly Bean: Hide Apps or Games from App Drawer

By default, all installed apps and games on your phone will be displayed in the app drawer, which is not suitable when someone else can access your phone. You may not want to display some apps or games to your friends or your kids when they borrow your phone. Luckily, you can hide the apps from the drawer if you want.

PHP: Read a Browser Cookie Value

Once your web application has set a cookie in a user’s browser, it is a simple matter to retrieve that value in subsequent page requests. This tech-recipe describes reading a value from a cookie in PHP.

PHP: Set or Create a Simple Browser Cookie with setcookie

Web applications overcome the lack of session support in the HTTP protocol primarily through the use of cookies. Transparent to the user and simple for the web developer, cookies provide the foundation of keeping up with who web a user is and where they have been.

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