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IE 10: Always Open Links in Either the Desktop or the Metro Version

By default, Windows 8 controls which version of Internet Explorer will be launched. Therefore, some of your links will be opened in the desktop version, while others will be opened in the Metro version. Many people may become accustomed to a particular browser version and may want pages to open in one specific version only. Fortunately, we can set the default browser version of IE to open links. Most desktop users will want to force the links to open in the desktop version.

Solaris 10: Set Subnet Mask in Zone

A netmask setting is not available when creating a zone, and the /etc/netmasks file is not consulted when plumbing up zone interfaces. This tech-recipe describes how to force a netmask when creating a zone.

Windows 8: Display Both Desktop and Metro Apps at the Same Time

In Windows 8, the desktop and Metro applications are displayed in different environments. However, to work more effectively, users can always display both applications on the screen simultaneously, without having to switch the apps back and forth. This tutorial will show you all the necessary steps to start working in split view mode. Read on to find out how.

Photoshop and Illustrator: Change the Guide Color and Style

The guides feature in Photoshop and Illustrator is helpful when users want to position the elements of a document precisely. However, because the default color of the guides is cyan, it is not suitable on a bright document. This color often makes spotting the thin lines difficult for users. Here is how to change it to your desired color.

Solaris 10: Enable NFS Server

The new service management facility in Solaris 10 provides a powerful means of administering services. This addition to Solaris means significant changes to operations related to service administration. This tech-recipe describes the command that will enable the NFS server in Solaris 10.

Solaris 10: Mount a Disk Slice in a Sub-Zone

Non-global zones in Solaris 10 do not have the ability to see drives or disk slices. (To prove this, list the contents of /dev/dsk from within a zone.) What filesystems are mounted in which zones is controlled exclusively from the global zone. This tech-recipe describes persistently mounting a disk slice in a non-global zone.

Solaris 10: Connect or Login to Zone Console

Once you have a non-global zone installed or running on a Solaris 10 installation, connecting to the console of the zone is often useful. This provides the same control over the zone as connecting to the console of a physical server running Solaris.

Solaris 10: Shutdown or Stop a Zone

Once you have created and installed a zone under Solaris 10, you can fire it up with one simple command.

Solaris 10: Uninstall and Delete a Zone

When you want to remove a non-global zone from your Solaris 10 installation, you will need to use the following steps.

View New York Times Articles for Free without Subscribing

The New York Times infamously uses a paywall to limit access. By using this technique you can bypass the ten articles per month restriction.

Prevent Word From Including Email Address When Adding Author

Even if you provide only the authors’ names, Word automatically adds the associated email addresses next to them. This happens when an author’s information is stored within your Outlook Contacts. In many cases people do not want to reveal the personal email addresses of the authors so publicly. This tutorial will show you how to get around this frustrating problem.

XP: Have Windows Perform Word or Phrase Searches within Unknown Filetypes

By default, Windows Search does not search for words or phrases for all filetypes. For programmers (and the rest of us) who have text-like files with odd extensions, this is an inconvenience.

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