If you’ve been following our site you’re probably already familiar with how the about:config works in Firefox, but since several of these tips utilize the about:config screen I figured it wouldn’t hurt to provide a crash course. So before we dive into the tweaks glance through to make sure you know how to make the adjustments, or just reference this section when you need it.
1. Start Firefox.
2. Type about:config into the address bar and press Enter. When you’re presented with the warning screen click the I’ll be careful, I promise button.
3.You should see a long list of hidden settings that look meaningless and confusingly complicated.
4. Now comes the fun part of actually modifying and/or creating new values.
- If I tell you that the key already exists then you can type the name of the preference in the Filter box, and it will instantly show only the matching results. Once you find the preference you’re looking for just double-click on it to change the value.
- If I tell you that the key does not exist you will need to create a new value manually. Don’t be intimidated… it’s not as difficult as it sounds. Just right-click on any entry on the about:config screen, go to the New menu, and choose either string, integer, or boolean depending on what I tell you.
5. You may need to restart your browser for some of the options to take effect.
6. Wanna go back to the way something was before you tweaked it? Any of the preferences can be reset to their default values in the event that something doesn’t work the way you expected it to. This can be done by right-clicking on the particular option in about:config, and selecting Reset. Values that have been changed at one point or another will appear in bold text, and once they have been reset they should no longer be bold.
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Here is a pctipsbox for those of you who frequently schedule meetings using Outlook 2007. It is sometimes handy to have a hard copy of the names of attendees invited to a meeting, along with the name of the meeting organizer. Although it requires a few steps, you can print this information in Outlook 2007.
Your first step is to copy the names of attendees and the organizer:
1. Within Outlook, click the Calendar.
2. Open the appropriate meeting request.
3. On the Meeting tab, click Scheduling Assistant.
4. Select the names in the All Attendees list.
5. On the Format Text tab, click Copy.The names of the meeting organizer and attendees are copied.
Your next step is to paste the names into Word and format them for printing:
1. Open a new Word document.
2. On the Home tab, click Paste. The names of the meeting organizer and attendees are separated by either semicolons or commas.
3. Select all the names.
4. On the Insert tab, in the Tables group, click Table.
5. Click Convert Text to Table.
6. In the Convert Text to Table dialog box, under Table size, set the number of columns to 1.
7. In the Convert Text to Table dialog box, under Separate text at, select Commas if the names are separated by commas. If the names are separated by semicolons, select Other, and then type a semicolon (;) in the adjacent box.
8. Click OK.
Now that the names are formatted into a single list, you can print the list for future reference.
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I don’t know about you but I think the default font of the command prompt is ugly and hard to read. This guide shows you how to change the default font from a Raster font to a Consolas font specially designed for developers.
If your computer doesn’t have the Consolas font this guide shows you where to get it and how to configure the command prompt to recognize it.
Change the Command Prompt’s Font
1. Click the Start orb, All Programs, Accessories, and then open the Command Prompt.
2. Right-click the top bar of the command prompt and then select Defaults.
3. Select the Font tab.
4. Change the font to Lucinda Consolas and set the size to 14. If you don’t see the Lucinda Consolas font follow the directions below to install it.
5. Click OK to save the changes.
Install the Consolas Font
1. Download and install the Consolas font from Microsoft.
2. Open an elevated command prompt (Start, All Programs, Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and select Run As Administrator) and then type the following: reg add
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont” /v 00 /d Consolas
3. Press Enter on your keyboard to add the registry key.
4. Restart your computer and follow the instructions under Change the Command Prompt’s Font above.
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Whenever Windows stumbles across a file type it doesn’t recognise you are will see a message box that says Windows cannot open this file’ and gives you the option to ‘Use the Web Service’, to find the necessary program. I don’t know about you but I can’t recall a single instance where it has worked and it’s usually much quicker just to Google the file name or extension. Well, thanks to the clever folk at ‘howtogeek’ here’s a way to zap that dialogue box and go straight to the Programs list, that you would get if you chose the second option. It works in both XP and Vista and involves editing the Registry, so pay attention, and bear in mind the usual warnings and disclaimers about backing up the Registry first, and not messing with it if you don’t know what you are doing.
Begin by opening the Registry Editor (‘regedit’ in Run on the Start menu) and pop along to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
If there is a key called Explorer skip the next step, if not create one by right-click Policies then New > Key and rename it ‘Explorer’ (without the quotes). The Explorer key should now be open in the right hand pane, right click into it and select New > DWORD Value, rename that to: ‘NoInternetOpenWith’, right-click it, select Modify and change the Value to 1. (Changing the Value to 0, or deleting the key will reset the hack). That’s it, close Regedit, there’s no need for a reboot, so all that remains is to try it out by creating a file with an unrecognised extension and see what happens whenyou try to open it.
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If you forgot your Windows password you will not be able to login to windows.
So what to do in this case ? Is there a way to reset the Windows password ? Answer is yes, there is a way to reset or change the password.
Let’s see how we reset windows password.
There is a convenient way to do it with a Windows NT password recovery CD which can used to reset the password for any account in Windows NT ,Windows 2000 ,Windows XP , Windows Vista.
Follow the below steps to rest your windows password: (more…)
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