tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233006453910691762024-02-20T10:22:11.053-08:00No nonsense technical tipsTechnical Tips and General rantsm3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-2555924800475472692013-08-25T10:49:00.002-07:002013-08-25T10:49:33.194-07:00Magic TrackPad will not connect<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After spending hours looking for a solution, I finally managed to get my Magic Trackpad working on my Mac. It was previously paired with my work Mac and I removed the devices, but still couldn't get this working. I tried many tools, including a suite of tools from Xcode, but finally found this very simple solution:</span><br />
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m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-58516147977775760952012-08-27T00:12:00.001-07:002012-08-27T00:12:42.176-07:00Speed up Windows boot timeI got a bit frustrated with the start time of my PC a few months ago and after changing configurations using msconfig, I wanted to find an easier way of doing things.<br />
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After a bit of searching I found Soluto .. this app is great! It's a .net app that's FREE and it checks the health of your machine along with startup apps. After an install, account created and a reboot it advises which services you can stop and which you can delay.<br />
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This makes for a faster PC without having to mess around, plus it keeps working to see whereelse it can speed things up. Go check it here: <a href="http://www.soluto.com/">www.soluto.com</a>m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-17504055592902749192012-08-20T11:57:00.000-07:002012-08-20T11:57:09.620-07:00Blackberry extend rings until voicemailfor some reason a Blackberry by default goes to VM after 2 rings. To change it you're supposed to call your service provider. Alternatively you can just enter one of the codes below:<br />
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**61*121*10*30# Then press the call button VODAFONE</div>
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**61*901*10*30# Then press the call button O2</div>
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**61*123*10*30# Then press the call button Orange</div>
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**61*150*10*30# Then press the call button T-Mobile</div>
m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-13483027057152437882012-06-27T00:59:00.000-07:002012-06-27T00:59:17.301-07:00The Dark Knight Rises pays homage to Tim Burton's Batman<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" />All of my friends think that I'm a bit crazy, but I'm convinced that Christopher Nolan is paying homage to Tim Burton in the new Batman film; The Dark Knight Rises. Have a look at my theory below and tell me what you think...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">I recently saw the new batman trailer: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8evyE9TuYk" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8evyE9TuYk</a><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">and cannot wait to see it. However I spotted something, if you listen to the clip at 35 seconds you hear someone clearly saying 'What are you'</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Now rewind to 1988 and the Tim Burton version:</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H84Yp9SctJU" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H84Yp9SctJU</a><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Go to 49 seconds in and listen.</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Now I'm sure this is intential and is Christopher Nolan paying tribute to the original. I also think there's some irony as Tim Burton's Batman was supposed to be super scary and he's saying that Bane actually is scary.</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Let me know what you think.. maybe I'm just going a bit insane, but I'm sure there is a link!</span></span>m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-42727929005317666242012-06-08T04:27:00.001-07:002012-06-08T04:27:25.365-07:00Professional CV WritingI made a decision a few months ago that it was time to start looking for a new job. Despite over 15 years experience, I was struggling to find anything! Recruiters were not calling and my applications were being rejected. After a month of no success I decided to have my CV written professionally and was VERY impressed with the results.<br />
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I used a company called <a href="http://www.cvstop.net/">www.cvstop.net</a> they turned the CV around in just 3 days and they happily made changes for me. Within a week I had 2 interviews lined up and just waiting to hear back now. All in all I thoroughly recommend using this company!m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-6838338050464734362012-01-13T04:36:00.000-08:002012-01-13T04:37:02.649-08:00Export your blog from Weebly to Wordpress1) download your RSS blog as .xml - if you don't know how to do this, just use the save as function in your browser and name the file export.xml<br />2) open the file up in notepad and remove the following from the file(use find and replace!)<br /> <!--[CDATA[<br /> <![CDATA[<br /> ]]--><br /> ]]><br /> and then save your file<br />3) Open Wordpress and install the RSS importer plugin<br />4) Open the RSS importer plugin and upload your modified export.xml file (you should find this under tools -> import --> RSS)<br />5) You will now find that your blog posts have been transferred from Weebly to Wordpress<br /><br />Unfortunately this process does not include your categories/tags or pictures. To rectify this you'll have to manually edit the posts. However we couldn't find any resource on the web explaining to do this, so hopefully this will be of use to some people.m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-9670300169810971732012-01-07T11:25:00.000-08:002012-01-14T04:11:44.180-08:00How to display amazon associate ads on your blogger siteDespite thinking this would be easy, it turned out to be a bit of a pain! So to make your life easier, here are the definitive steps on how to add an amazon affiliate ad to your blogger blog.<br /><br />1) Log in to amazon associates website (sign up for an account if you don't have one already)<br />2) Click on the widgets button<br />3) Chose Recommended product links Widget (you can use any one you want, but this seems to be the best in our opinion)<br />4) Chose your product line and keywords or subcategory<br />5) Select the size you need - for our template we chose 200 x 200<br />6) Copy the html generated into notepad<br />7) Go to edit and replace & with & amp; (without the space) and replace all<br />8) copy the new html and then log into Blogger and edit your template (Design > Edit html)<br />9) Paste the html onto your template - we recommend putting it here: "div id='sidebar-wrapper'>"<br /><br />Hopefully this will save you a lot of time. Please let us know if it works!m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-75368823328664881982012-01-06T13:48:00.000-08:002012-01-06T13:50:12.500-08:00USB drive not showing all capacityIf you have a USB that's only showing 2GB but should be more, use the steps below to restore it to it's size...<br /><br />If you can't get the full capacity of your USB drive back with the Lexar tool (I couldn't with a Patriot Memory X-Mini 8GB), you can use DISKPART from Vista/Win7 to do so. Warning: DISKPART is dangerous - do not use if you don't feel comfortable with it! Insert your USB disk, make sure it is recognized by Windows (with the lower capacity), and then do the following:<br /><br />1) Type "DISKPART" from the Command Prompt (accessible by clicking on Start and then typing "cmd" into the open field); you will then see the following prompt: DISKPART><br />2) Type "LIST DISK" to see what number your USB drive is listed as.<br />3) Type "SELECT DISK 2" (if your USB is disk 2; replace # with your disk #); Diskpart will confirm that "Disk 2 is now the select disk."<br />4) Type "SELECT PARTITION 1" (this command selects what should be the only partition on your USB drive, the small one that you want to delete to get back the larger, full partition size). Diskpart will confirm with "Partition 1 is now the selected partition."<br />5) Type "DELETE PARTITION".<br />6) Type "CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY" - " You can type in "LIST PARTITION" to confirm the new, full-size.<br />7) Type "EXIT" to leave Diskpart. You can now format your USB drive by using the standard Windows formatting process.m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-41697708960876684012011-09-05T03:50:00.001-07:002011-09-05T03:53:03.923-07:00iPhone DFU not working - solved!Hi there,
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<br />if you've been jailbreaking your iPhone and made a mistake, it can be tough to get it back to DFU mode to restore it. However, thankfully the steps below work (have faith!)
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<br />While the iPhone is plugged in and connected to iTunes:
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<br />Press the Home button
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<br />Let go of the on button, keep the Home button down (keep both buttons pressed for as long as you need)
<br />You should then get into DFU modem3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-78081014164630996212010-10-28T03:38:00.001-07:002010-10-28T03:38:31.285-07:00Slow Save Attachments in outlook<div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal>If Outlook save attachments is VERY Slow, chances are that you have some mapped network drives that are disconnected.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>To solve the problem and regain those valuable minutes again, go to My Computer and disconnect the drives.<o:p></o:p></p> </div> m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-19186504061014333692010-09-15T16:32:00.000-07:002010-12-16T07:02:27.579-08:00Fix for Jello Dashboard<div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal>http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/security/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> </div>m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-62944154537349801562010-08-19T07:23:00.001-07:002010-08-19T07:23:42.791-07:00Erase a hdd - properly!<div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal>Eraser is the best tool to wipe a machine totally!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php">http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-45512851443126588382010-07-29T06:48:00.001-07:002010-07-29T06:48:46.273-07:00Machine Imaging<div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal>Need to image your machines and don't have ghost.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Use the ultimate Boot CD, which costs???? €0!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Here's a link to it <a href="http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/">http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-41116638926488234532010-07-08T07:03:00.001-07:002010-07-08T07:03:45.178-07:00SharePoint God Mode<div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal>OK in SharePoint if you can’t work out why you don’t have full access.. it’s because you’re not added to the site collection administrators.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>To do this, from the home screen Site Actions<span style='font-family:Wingdings'>à</span> Site Settings<span style='font-family: Wingdings'>à</span> Site Collection administrators<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Add your user account in there for full access<o:p></o:p></p> </div> m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-30617337514486730002010-07-07T06:33:00.001-07:002010-07-07T07:03:21.046-07:00Wireless Key Viewer Windows 7 64bitThis works on all flavours of windows, even 64 bit and it's free!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html">Wireless key viewer</a>m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-47637561308688298992010-07-04T06:19:00.000-07:002010-07-04T06:20:46.850-07:00Remove My Bluetooth PlacesIf you like to keep a clear desktop and have this icon in Windows 7, here's how to get rid of it<br /><br />http://www.recipester.org/Recipe:Remove_My_Bluetooth_Places_Icon_from_Windows_7_Desktop_40607857<br /><br />To make life a bit easier, when you find the regkey, search for the word blue, it's quicker than browsing all of the keys one at a timem3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-83558504667175587812010-06-09T06:30:00.000-07:002010-06-09T06:32:53.277-07:00Blackberry Simulatoruseful for screenshots and training<br /><br /><a href="https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/contactFormPreload.do?code=060AD92489947D410D897474079C1477&dl=D751535374D4C2A2D75D77039828DACA">Link</a>m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-10328657447863609812010-06-09T01:15:00.000-07:002010-06-09T01:54:29.378-07:00Useful shorcut commandsOK the list below is a work in progress of shortcut commands<br /><br />control printers - opens printers control pannel<br />mstsc - Terminal Services Clientm3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-76727371282225704492010-06-08T05:29:00.000-07:002010-06-08T05:31:10.827-07:00Export SharePoint Wiki to PDFFinally after searching for months and installing various apps with no success, I've managed to export a wiki from sharepoint to a pdf, without changing the SharePoint installation.<br /><br />The site telling you the steps is here:<br /><br /><a href="https://student.stonybrook.edu/tltworkshop/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/Export%20Wiki.aspx">https://student.stonybrook.edu/tltworkshop/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/Export%20Wiki.aspx</a>m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-3066817161502580922010-05-26T04:15:00.001-07:002010-05-26T04:17:13.306-07:00Wireless ScanningA good alternative to netstumbler - with 64bit support and additional NIC support is inSSIDer<br /><br />It can be downloaded for free from <a href="http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider">http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider</a><br /><br />This is a very useful product when looking into Wifi issuesm3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-91969663300390727572010-05-24T04:16:00.000-07:002012-01-07T11:18:59.393-08:00Decrypt Cisco VPN Group PasswordDo you have a PCF file for a VPN, but you need the password?<br /><br />If so, go to this web site and it will decode it for you<br /><br /><a href="http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/bin/cisco-decode">http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/bin/cisco-decode</a><br /><br /><br />Please can you comment if this works for you???m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-66175287068225244012010-04-24T02:00:00.001-07:002010-04-24T02:00:35.686-07:00Remove an ad-hoc connection in Windows 7<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal>If you’ve tried using the ad-hoc connection feature of Windows 7, but want to remove the network, how do you do it? Well it’s not exactly where it should be, but after some delving, I managed to find how to do it and here’s how:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Open network and sharing centre<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Manage Wireless Networks<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Find your ad-hoc network, select it with the left mouse button, the right click and remove network<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>As per my earlier posts, using <a href="http://www.connectify.me">www.connectify.me</a> is a much easier solutions and it work!<o:p></o:p></p> </div> m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-87746959822295202202010-04-21T02:09:00.001-07:002010-04-21T03:03:48.047-07:00Free Conference Call Service<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal>If you are able to limit conference calls to 6 people and book them in advance (which most people should)<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Then this service which is FREE! Will work. It’s called Talkyou and is available here: <a href="http://www.conference-call.me/">http://www.conference-call.me/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div>m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-52085180654168888232010-04-18T10:03:00.001-07:002010-04-18T10:06:56.608-07:00Turn your Windows 7 ethernet connection into a Wireless Access PointI travel fairly regularly and often find the hotels have an ethernet connection but no wireless. This is a pain as i like to use my Blackberry. I was all set to use ICS in Windows 7, but despite looking like it should work, it doesn't seem to be compatible with an iPhone.<br /><br />After a bit of googling, I found some software called connectify, which is free! I downloaded it and had a wireless network up and running in my hotel room within minutes.<br /><br />Check it out <a href="http://www.connectify.me">here</a>m3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823300645391069176.post-75145022160272054642010-04-09T09:39:00.000-07:002010-04-09T09:41:00.649-07:00Slow Wireless Connection allof a sudden?This baffled me on a client machine today. The wireless was running slow to access netowrk resourcese. So much so that files were failing to load.<br /><br />The problem was due to IE settings, tools --> internet options --> advanced<br /><br />Then reset advanced settings, seemed to cure the problemm3ckonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987351413903331866noreply@blogger.com0