Thanks for checking out my how to on creating a pdf from a scan. This is great if you have an old flatbed scanner laying around like I do. There is a company that is giving away Walmart promo cards, if you are willing to jump through some hoops…plus, they give me a buck to ...…
Command Line Kung Fu I was trying to figure out how to run Disk Defragmenter from the command line on a SBS2003 box as I was not sure how to specify what drive I want defrag.exe to run on at a specific time. Turns out that you can just browse to defrag.exe (…/system32) and then ...…
For those of you trying to install Ubuntu on an IBM Thinkpad x22 or X2x series laptop, you will need to hit F6 and then enter vga=771 and then press enter when the installer menu comes up. I ended up finding success using the “Ubuntu 8.10 Alternate CD” ISO. The Thinkpad laptops’ video doesn’t play ...…
Ok, I have to admit, I don’t like reading manuals. But, in the case of the new iPhone 2.0 software and Microsoft Exchange 2003, I did in fact read the Apple Exchange 2003 deployment guide. It is about zero help for someone who has configued Exchange 2003 to work with Windows Mobile devices in the ...…
If you are running SBS2003 and Exhange and you are using the built in POP3 connector to check for email on other pop3 boxes, you are probably really annoyed that you cannot check pop email boxes more frequently than every 15 minutes. Well, there is a way to make the POP3 Connector in SBS2003 check ...…
Linkbait – The Chicken or the Egg? As with many things in life, trying to figure out how to create great linkbait (content or ideas that attract links from other web sites and blogs) can be difficult and downright confusing. My personal feeling is that you have to believe in your idea and create great ...…
Pesky myspace.com users remote linking to images on your site in their sigs? Using .htaccess seems to be the default method most people use to try and block these requests. But, this may not be the most effective method anymore as browsers like Firefox may circumvent this. Sooo, how do you block remote image linking ...…
If you have ever used a real remote computer system like Citrix, then you have probably been craving multiple Remote Desktop sessions since you first fired up Windows XP Professional and/or Media Center Edition. Here is a HACK (translated: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK), to enable multiple Remote Desktop sessions on your XP Pro or ...…
I am either just learning how to drink, or I laugh too much at my own jokes. I was sitting at the computer the other day, working on my brand new Dell 19″ LCD monitor when I laughed at something stupid. The problem is that I had just taken a sip of my Orange Gatorade ...…
Using your Bluetooth enabled mobile phone as an internet gateway is really easy….if you know how to set it up. Funny thing is that Cingular does not tell you how to use the MediaNet unlimited account I have as an internet gateway, I had to search for an hour or so online to get it ...…