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XP: Connect Network Drive

The following Tech-Recipes tutorial explains how to treat your network shares like a local hard drive.

Windows 7: Map a Network Drive

This tutorial will show two ways you can map a network share as a network drive.   By mapping a network drive in this fashion, it will have a drive letters just like a local harddrive. This make access more efficient and convenient. Some programs that are unable to use network shares will function when mapped to a drive using this method.

iPhone: Automatic Sleep Mode

The iPhone (or iPod) can go to sleep at some time in the future with a simple option in timer mode. If you want to go to sleep listening to music on your iPhone, you can instruct your iPhone to go to sleep, too. When the time comes, your music will gently fade and your iPhone will enter sleep mode. Updated for iOS 5.

Java if statement syntax

The if statement is a fundamental programming contruct. If allows a program to execute different blocks of code, depending on the result of a test. This tech-recipe describes the variations of the if statement in Java.

XP: Status Bar is Disabled or Disappears in Explorer

After the installation of SP2, users have noted that their status bar in Internet Explorer is no longer visable. Users of SP1 have noted a different error causing the status bar to disappear as well. This tutorial contains fixes for both issues.

YouTube: How to Delete a Video

At some point it will become necessary to remove a video that you have uploaded to YouTube. Maybe you uploaded the same video twice, maybe you were asked to remove it, or maybe it turned out to be more embarrassing than you can take.

Word: Add a Border to a Paragraph

Adding a border to an important paragraph helps it stand out from the rest of your document. This is helpful if you want a part of your document to be emphasized. To add a border in Word 2007, 2010, or 2011 just follow the directions below.

Excel: Print Only Selected Part of a Spreadsheet

If you are working with a large spreadsheet, you may want to only print a portion of the total worksheet. Why print out 1200 rows of data when you only need 25? Using these steps you can define what area you want printed just by having an area selected. These steps work in Excel 2007 or Excel 2010.

Word: How to Add Drop Cap

Drop caps are those giant letters that begin the first paragraph of a chapter or document. They get your readers attention by standing out and demanding focus. Continue reading to learn how to add a drop cap to a paragraph in Word 2007 or 2010. If authors have been using this since the 7th century, shouldn’t you know how to do it too?

Word: Adding Sidebar Content to a Document

A sidebar is a standalone addition to the main document that resides on either side or on the top or bottom of the page. The sidebar is ideal for highlighting important additional information on the topic matter of the document. Due to its styling and orientation, this location really stands out to the reader.

Block Contact from Strangers on Facebook

Users are very concerned about the privacy issues regarding Facebook. One of the big concerns is how spammers and marketers can contact you and collect information about you. You can reduce your exposure to strangers by limiting how people can find you, if people can attempt to befriend you, and who can directly message you.

The Legacy of the Gmail Invites

Google’s infamous gmail invite system forever changed the way startups would roll out new services.

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