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How to Create a Shutdown Shortcut on Your Desktop
Below you will find instructions on how to create such a shortcut on your desktop. You can also view the one pager by clicking on the pic tutorial icon. As always comments/suggestions are always welcome. 1.Right-click your Desktop Computer and select New > Shortcut from the drop down menu 2. In the browse box type: SHUTDOWN -s -t 01, click Next [...]
How to Optimize Your Hard Drive and Registry with CCleaner
There are plenty of system optimizers and registry cleaners out there, but today I will tell you about a great free one called CCleaner. It is very simple to use and can drastically increase your computers performance. CCleaner can delete all unnecessary temporary files from most browsers including IE, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera as [...]
Download Apple Safari 4: World’s Fastest Browser
Now you can download the latest Apple Safari 4 web browser. Launching its latest beta version, Apple calls it the world’s fastest web browser for Mac and Windows computers. Apple Safari 4 powered by the new Nitro JavaScript engine claims to execute JavaScript 30 times faster than IE 7 and 3 times faster than Firefox 3; it loads HTML web [...]
Unix time will equal 1234567890
Its 1234567890 Day today! On Friday, February 13 at exactly 3:31:30 PM (PST) Unix time will equal 1234567890. The world is celebrating the milestone with global 1234567890 parties today. So what is Unix time? Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January [...]
How to Monitor MySQL’s performance
Here are some ideas, how you can monitor the database performance of your MySQL installation. Monitoring is always an iterative and continuous process. You need to learn what patterns are OK for your database and what are the signs of slight problems or even dangerous situations. Below are the main items you can use to [...]
How to regedit or edit registry in Windows
Regedit, which is built-in in Windows 2000, XP and Vista, enables you to view, find, and modify settings in your system registry. A registry contains information about how your computer runs. Regedit can be very risky so make sure to back up, export everything before you change anything. 1. Click Start, and then click Run. [...]
How to Use Nslookup to query Domain Name System
nslookup is a computer program used in Windows and Unix to query Domain Name System (DNS) servers to find DNS details, including IP addresses of a particular computer, MX records for a domain and the NS servers of a domain. The name nslookup means “name server lookup”. The most common version of the program is [...]
How to configure single IP Addresses in IPtables
Opening up a whole interface to incoming packets may not be restrictive enough and you may want more control as to what to allow and what to reject. Lets suppose we have a small network of computers that use the 192.168.0.x private subnet. We can open up our firewall to incoming packets from a single [...]
How to Correct monitor flicker
To get the best possible display from your computer monitor, you may need to adjust the refresh rate. If the refresh rate is too low, the monitor can flicker, which can cause eye strain and headaches. To change the refresh rate: Using Windows XP: Right mouse click on your desktop and select properties Go to the settings tab, [...]
How to change the screen orientation in Windows
Ever hit the wrong sequence of keys on your keyboard and everything on your screen has turned sideways – or even upside down? On some computers, the Ctrl-Alt-Direction keys will change your screen orientation. To fix the issue: press Ctrl-Alt-Up If you’d like to change the screen orientation, and you have a Tablet PC, here [...]
How to convert a table from one storage engine to another in MySQL
 MySQL supports several storage engines that act as handlers for different table types. MySQL storage engines include both those that handle transaction-safe tables and those that handle non-transaction-safe tables: MyISAM manages non-transactional tables. It provides high-speed storage and retrieval, as well as fulltext searching capabilities. MyISAM is supported in all MySQL configurations, and is the default storage engine [...]