How to Disable Indexing in Thunderbird 3
The first time you start up Thunderbird, you notice that it’s indexing your emails and feeds. If you do not think indexing is going to […]
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Set-Top Media Players Supporting DVD Menu
Situation: You have backed up your DVDs to some storage device and you want to play back these materials on your TV with the original […]
Free Parental Control Program from Microsoft
Microsoft offers Family Safety, a parental control program, for free as part of its Windows Live Essentials initiative. The program runs on Windows XP (32bit […]
Brother Laser Printer “Toner Life End” Message
When I purchased my Brother Laser Printer HL-2170W, I was aware of the notorious premature “toner life end” problem. The printer has a sensor for […]
How to Join Downloaded Video Files Using Avidemux
If you have downloaded some online videos for offline use, you might run to the situation that a large video file got split into several […]
iTunes Gift Certificate – “Your credit card was declined”
I have been trying to buy an iTunes gift certificate for a few days. Every time I tried it, I got this message saying: Your […]
How to Set 32-bit Java as Default in Snow Leopard
When you run a Java application on Snow Leopard, the 64-bit Java is used by default. This might be problematic when you run some older […]
How to Determine Volume Path on Windows 7
When I worked on my user’s computer for a possible disk problem, I found this event in the event log. Log Name: System Source: Ntfs […]
Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 Sale
Microsoft Store has Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 on sale for $41.99 + free shipping. Click on the following link to get the deal. […]
Windows 7 Installation Using a USB Drive
I have heard that you can use a USB drive to install Windows 7 for a while, but I have not tried it myself. I […]