Excel 2003: How To Disable Automatic Recalculation in a Worksheet
By default, Excel automatically updates calculations when you alter data cells used in that calculation. If you have a very large worksheet, the updating can be slow. To disable automatic recalculation, follow this tech recipe:
Outlook 2003: How To Simultaneously Save Multiple Attachments
When you receive a message containing several attachments, you do not need to open and save each file separately. In one step, you can save multiple attachments to the same location.
Virtual Server 2005: How To Configure the Virtual DHCP Server
Instead of configuring a virtual machine as a DHCP server, you can use the virtual DHCP server for your virtual network.
Excel: How To Reference Cells in Other Worksheets
For an Excel formula that needs to reference a cell in a different worksheet in the same workbook, use the following format for your formula.
Outlook Calendar: Adjusting Time Increments
By default, the Outlook Calendar is divided into 30-minute time increments. You can adjust the time increments to something that is more fitting to your requirements. To do this:
Outlook 2003: Automatically Spell Check All Email Before Sending
You can make Outlook 2003 automatically spell check all outgoing e-mails before sending. The following option will force this to occur before you send out composed messages:
Winamp 5: How To Remove Numbers from Playlist
By default, Winamp 5 displays numbers next to each file in the playlist. You can disable showing these numbers and only display the song names to improve the appearance of your playlist.
Firefox: Open Multiple Home Pages
Firefox allows multiple URLs to be assigned to the home page. If you follow the steps in this Tech-Recipe, you can have more than one page load when you start Firefox, each in its own tab.
XP Pro: How To Change Your Network Password
This tech-recipe explains how a user can change his network password in Windows XP Professional.
Add Control Panel To Right-Click of ‘My Computer’
Having access to the control panel from the context menu of “My Computer” seems logical. However, by default, this option is not there. This registry hack will allow you to add a control panel option when you right click on “My Computer”.
Customizing The Microsoft Office My Places Bar
All Microsoft Office applications utilize the same dialog box for opening and saving documents. On the left side of this dialogue box is the My Places bar which is used to get to the desired location.
You can place additional locations on the My Places bar by doing the following:
