By using the Windows Instrumentation command-line interface (WMIC), you can easily uninstall an application without having to use the GUI. Once you become familiar with the steps, it will be much faster than having to access the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel. This Tech-Recipe applies to Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
Vista comes with some default gadgets for the Windows Sidebar, including clock, calendar, contacts, currency, feed headlines, cpu meter, weather, stocks, notes, slide show and picture puzzle. If you accidentally delete one of the default gadgets and you’re wishing you had it back, follow this Tech-Recipe.
By using a qualifier, you can make Spotlight return more specific search results. This can be a real time saver when searching for emails, images, folders or even applications.
Without proper management, your Trash folder can get out of control and take up unnecessary space on your drive. You can either manually manage the items in your Trash folder, or you can set the interval that you want Mail.app to automatically remove these items.
If you want to dress up your spreadsheet a little bit, you can add a background image. This works especially well when using images such as corporate logos that give it an “official” look.
After taking the time to input a large amount of data, you will want to double check to make sure you entered everything correctly. It can be quite time consuming to have to constantly look back and forth from your printed list to your spreadsheet. A better way is to have Excel read your data back to you, allowing you to check the printed list while listening to the spreadsheet values.
There are times that it is useful for replies to a mail message to be directed to another email address or person. This makes it easier to delegate responses to someone else. To direct the replies to your message, follow these steps:
Periodically, Nintendo posts updates to add new features to the Wii. You can perform a system update to get the latest goodies by following this Tech-Recipe.
If you have a large spreadsheet that contains duplicate entries (customer names, class subjects, etc.) and you want to view only the unique records in the list, you can filter out the duplicates.
I have purchased a ton of music and applications directly from my iPhone. However, if my device dies, then I could potentially lose that content. Here is how to force sync the purchased content from your device back to the iTunes library on your computer.
By default, Firefox reloads Live Bookmarks every 60 minutes. If this is not frequent enough for your needs, you can change the update rate by adding an unlisted preference to about:config.
Some TV screens are prone to screen burn in when a stationary image is displayed over a long period of time. To prevent this, the Wii has a Screen Burn in Reduction feature that fades the screen when your game is paused for more than 5 minutes.
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