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Windows 8: Allow Applications to Display Notifications on the Lock Screen

Having important notifications displayed on your lock screen is a good way always to be informed of what you need to do. Simply glance at your lock screen to know exactly what is going on.

Android: Invert the Color of the Screen

Inverting the screen color on a smartphone provides better screen visibility when in sunlight, without having to increase the screen’s brightness.

Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock

A frequent error message received when using the mysql command line utility is: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’ While this error message can be frustrating, the solution is simple.

Windows XP: Disable Indexing Service

As its name indicates, the Indexing Service indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers and provides rapid access to files through flexible querying language. This service is a major resource hog and should be disabled.

How to Pin a Web Shortcut to Your XP Start Menu

Using the directions provided in this this tech-recipe, you can pin a shortcut to any website into your Start menu. This is handy for links such as your intranet or webmail site.

Windows Server 2003: Kill Shutdown Tracker

If you want to remove the Shutdown Event Tracker, you can easily disable this feature in the Local Computer Policy MMC.

Windows Server 2003: How to Remove All DNS Records for a Domain Controller

Each DC registers a number of DNS records that clients and other services use to “find” the DC and its services (e.g., LDAP, Kerberos, and Global Catalog).

Increase Number of Windows Open before XP Starts to Group Them

Windows XP will group multiple open windows (IE windows, for example) into one group on the taskbar to keep the desktop clear. This can be annoying, especially when you are comparing different web pages because you have to go back to the taskbar, click on the group, and then click on the page you want. At this point, you only get one page because you have to click on each one separately. The default for this is typically eight windows in any combination of apps or utilities open.

How to Prevent Windows XP Users from Writing to USB Drives

USB drives are handy tools. However, in some instances, allowing other users to write onto these devices from your PC might not be a good idea. This is especially true when working with highly confidential data or intellectual property at work. Users of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed can disable writing to USB devices on their PCs.

How to Configure Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to Shut Down Any Guest OS Cleanly

Each guest OS environment runs under the Virtual Server service (vssrvc.exe), which stops when the host OS shuts down. You can configure each guest OS with a default action in the event that the Virtual Server service is closed. The following tutorial explains how this is done.

How to Enable Friendly Trees in Windows Explorer

Friendly trees enable automatic folder expansion when you select a disk. Also, any other expanded disks will collapse giving a cleaner view.

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