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PowerShell: How to Mount a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)

If you wish to access the contents of a VHD file without having to run Virtual PC or Virtual Server, you can do so by using PowerShell and running a couple of commands from the command line.

Twitter: How to Keep Your Updates (Tweets) Private

By default, all of your Tweets appear on the public timeline. This means that they are visible to anyone. If you want to keep your Tweets private so that only those that you select can view them, follow these steps:

Excel 2007: How to Sort Rows

By default, Excel allows you to sort your data by columns. If you run into a situation that requires that you sort the rows, you could do it by hand or let Excel do it for you.

How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

I really like Snopes. I really do. However, they use a stupid javascript command to prevent people from selecting and copying the text on their web pages. Here is how to defeat their defenses.

Windows Live Mail: Disable the Blocking of Attachments

If you are trying to receive a file such as one with a chm or exe extension, Windows Live Mail will block the attachment. You can disable this functionality so that you can receive your attachment.

Firefox 3.1: Automatically Start in Private Browsing Mode

Private Browsing allows you to surf the web without recording a history of the sites visited and without saving any information about the session. If Firefox is to be installed on a public computer, then starting it in Private Browsing mode is a must.

Outlook: Transfer AutoComplete Addresses to a New Computer

Quite a few users have become very dependent on Outlook’s AutoComplete to send email to their friends, family, and/or co-workers. If you (or one of your users) are in this group, it makes since to transfer the AutoComplete addresses (along with the Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and of course, email) to a new (or reloaded) computer.

PHP: Create a File on your Server

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Create an empty file on the server that can be written to.

Word 2008: Change the Default Filetype for Saving Documents

By default, Word 2008 saves new documents in Microsoft’s docx filetype. If you are in an environment that doesn’t support this filetype, you can easily change the settings to doc, rtf or txt.

Vista: Use the Task Manager as a Desktop Gadget

By now, I’m sure that you’ve become familiar with the Task Manager, using it to end processes and check cpu usage and network activity. Did you know with the double-click of your mouse, you could make the Task Manager look like a nice desktop gadget for monitoring your cpu usage and cpu usage history or your network activity.

iPhone: Mimic Cocoa UIKit in Webkit

Using webkit in iPhone / iPod touch application development is a common practice. However, jumping from cocoa to webkit and back can be confusing to the user. Here are a couple of simple hints for theming webkit to look like Cocoa’s UIKit framework.

OS X Activity Monitor: Monitoring CPU, Network, Disk or Memory Usage from the Dock

The Activity Monitor is quite useful for pulling up the CPU, System Memory, and Network activity as well as Disk Activity and Disk Usage. The dock icon can be a useful tool all on its own, without having to keep the Activity Monitor window up and running. You can view CPU History as well as CPU, Disk, Memory, or Network Usage.

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