Often when you are troubleshooting what is going wrong with your Windows box you are left to your own devices to guess what is running and what is screwing up. In the Linux world you can grep and get a view of what processes are running using Process Identifier, or more commonly known as PID or process ID. Here is how to get that same functionality in Windows. [...more]
I think everyone knows about the F8 key to access the Windows Boot Manager. But did you know that in Windows Vista, 2008 and Windows 7 you can access the Boot Manager by using the Space Bar as well? [...more]
Adobe Version Cue is a fantastic tool for managing your images, photos and videos. Here is the complete reference guide on how to configure Version Cue so that you can use it in your production environment. [...more]
A common question I get asked is how to find and replace text in a MySQL database. There is a simple answer to that question and it’s staring you in the face. REPLACE. Here is how to use it properly. [...more]
I came across a really cool utility a little while ago. It allow you to use the MAC OS X Dock in Windows XP or Vista. It duplicates the functionality to a tee. Even the System Tray is included. Here is where to get it and how to install it. [...more]
MySQL is in my opinion the best Database system out there pound for pound – dollar for dollar. Oh wait…it’s FREE! It’s still a fantastic system. Even though it’s a fantastically robust database server the tables may get fragmented with overhead due to continuous update, or delete and insert operation on data stored in database. The solution is to check the DB for integrity. And wouldn’t it be nice if that automagically happened? Here’s how. [...more]
When you use hibernate in Vista (just like in XP) it creates a file called hiberfil.sys. This file can grow rather large,if you don't use hibernate, the hibernate file hiberfil.sys is sometimes large enough to impact the amount of drive space you have available, and you're not able to delete it because it's in use. [...more]
Since a lot of people have been using GMail for their email, it’s only natural that they would want to setup their mobile with access to their GMail accounts. Here are the instructions on how to setup your Palm Mobile PDA to access your GMail account. [...more]
I've been using an application called SyncJEBB on my Blackberry to sync up my device with my Gmail Calendar, Contacts and Address Book. It's a pay service but it works really well. Here is the skinny on how to configure it. [...more]
One of the easiest ways of playing any audio of video file is to use VLC Player from VideoLAN. There are a number of features that you can make use of as well such as the Wallpaper feature. Here are the instructions on how to install VLC in Ubuntu. [...more]
