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Google Boolean and Advanced Searching

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Tutorial in the use of boolean searching with Google.

YouTube: Always show automatic captions

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If you usually turn the captions feature on when watching YouTube videos, you can set it to always show captions by default.

How to Search Google with Wildcards

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Using the * wildcard in google helps focus searching results.

Movie Files Will Not Play (aka Codec Problems)

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Divx, xvid, mpeg — these are just some of the video codecs that exist. This tech-recipe gives a little insight in how to debug codec problems.

Office 2000 and XP: How to Disable Office Personalized Menus

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Versions of Office 2000 and later feature personalized menus that show the most frequently used menu options first. Thus, the rest of the menu options are hidden initially. Many users find this annoying. This recipe describes how to disable it and how to work with it more quickly.

All Word Shortcuts (for Free!)

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By performing this macro, you will create a document that contains all the shortcuts available in Word.

Recursively delete files in Windows

The del command allows recursive removal of specified files.

Renew DHCP client lease in Windows

Sometimes it becomes necessary to get a new IP address or update DHCP options sent by a DHCP server, for example when moving a laptop from one network to another. A simple command will renew the DHCP lease.

Change BootPROM settings from the Solaris command line

Changes to BootPROM environment variables from within Solaris simplifies system administration and can prevent having to perform a system boot to change these settings.

Read BootPROM settings from the Solaris command line

The ability to view BootPROM settings from the command line with eeprom prevents the need to boot to run level 0 just to check those environment variables.