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Mac OS X: Print Mailing Labels directly from Address Book

Mac OS X comes with a simple but very usable address book application. Before taking a box for shipping, I thought to print out the destination address from my address book rather than scribbling it down. The options for printing information from Address Book are varied — mailing labels (including to Dymo label printers), envelopes, full page or small pocket lists. This tech-recipe describes printing mailing labels directly from Address Book.

PowerPoint 2007: How To Add or Remove Alternate Text Associated with an Image

In PowerPoint 2003, this option was located under Format Picture however the latest version has moved things around. To access the alternate text . . .

IE7: How To Turn Off Tabs

If you find that tabbed browsing is not for you and wish to go back to the way it was, follow this tech-recipe and you will be tab free . . .

Cisco HSRP (like VRRP) – Redundant gateway router configuration

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You’ve got two Cisco routers, and two links to a remote site. How do you make your hosts use the backup when needed? One method is HSRP.

Palm Treo and Goodlink: Removing Goodlink Client without a hard reset

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This recipe explains how to remove the Goodlink email client from a Palm Treo 600/650/700P w/o doing a full hard reset.

Creating your own Bootable Windows XP CD-ROM and installing XP from boot disk

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This recipe requires the following ingredients:
Windows XP Professional Setup disc,
Neroburn 5 or 6,
Windows 98 Bootdisk, smartdrv.exe,
FAT32 Parition to install XP on (REQUIRED, NTFS is not detected in DOS w/o appropriate software)

IE7: How To Remove Branding

A branded version of Internet Explorer 7 refers to a redistributed IE that has been customized (usually by using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit). These customizations may alter the default feeds and search provider, have a customized browser title, etc. This branding cannot be removed simply by uninstalling it and installing a new version. If you are currently running a branded version of IE7, and want to run it using the Microsoft defaults, do the following . . .

Blogging in Word 2007

You can register your existing blog account, create blog postings and publish them with the latest version of Word. So if you are tired of your current software and enjoy working from the Word interface, do this . . .

Wii: Turning off/on Wii-spelling (dictionary/word complete)

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this recipe is useful to all of those wii owners who like to send messages on your wii. this shows how to turn off/on the spelling/dictionary, helpful with those longer messages!

PowerPoint 2007: How To Switch to the Slide Master

The slide master stores information about the template such as which fonts, background design and color scheme you prefer. Formatting change or added clip art to the slide master will result in the updating of all other slides based on that master. To switch to the Slide Master in the new PowerPoint 2007 interface, do the following:

iPod: Store Full Resolution Images

By default, iTunes optimizes your images before it syncs to the device. This optimization results in a copy of the image that is of less quality than the original. This can be detrimental if you use your iPod to transport digital photos and other images to another computer. To bypass this process and keep the quality and resolution of your image, do the following:

Remote Desktop: Changing The Listening Port

Changing the listening port for Remote Desktop can have its advantages, particularly if you are remoting in from behind a firewall. Since a lot of public firewalls (hotels, airports, etc.) block most ports except for those used for email and internet access, using the default settings for Remote Desktop will not work on them. As long as you are not remoting into a machine that is serving secure sites, you can change the listening port to 443 and access your machine from almost anywhere. Just follow these instructions:

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