Change the Length of Time When Users Need to Change their Login Password

Heres how to do it in Windows 7 & XP. Note: This uses Local Security Policy which is not available in Home versions of Windows. These are local prefs on machines not on a domain. Local Security Policy opens. Navigate to Account Policies \ Password Policy and double-hit Maximum password age. If you were set it to zero, the password would never expire. Changing Password Age in XP ProfessionalWhile easy in Windows 7, XP gets a bit more tricky....

July 8, 2010 · 1 min · 137 words · Connie Gibson

Decrypt and Copy DVDs to Your Hard Drive Without Ripping

Note: Unfortunately, DVD43 runs only on Windows 32-bit systems.Installation and SetupDownload and install DVD43. you’ve got the option to find the installation below. When the install is finished you’ll be prompted to start your PC. DVD43 runs in the system tray at startup. When idle, the DVD43 icon is yellow with a straight face. Insert your DVD into your optical drive. This process usually takes just a few seconds, but may occasionally take longer....

July 8, 2010 · 1 min · 150 words · Rachel Sullivan

Export or Save Excel Files with Pipe (or Other) Delimiters Instead of Commas

Here’s the trick on how to do it.

July 8, 2010 · 1 min · 8 words · Stanley Johnson

How to Enable or Disable the Libraries Feature in Windows 7

Just download, extract, and double-choose the DisableLibrariesFeature.reg file to disable them. Close all open Explorer windows, or logoff, and then login again. At this point, the Libraries should be gone. it’s possible for you to check out the .reg files for the details if you really want to.

July 8, 2010 · 1 min · 48 words · Keith Brewer

Install WordPress Manually on Your Website Using CPanel Wizards

Would you like to install WordPress directly on your own site? Enter a new name for your database. Click Next Step when you’re ready. Now enter a database username and password, and click Create User. Download WordPress and Upload it To Your SiteNow you’re ready to get WordPress running on your website. Head over to the WordPress download page, and download the zip file containing the latest version of WordPress....

July 8, 2010 · 2 min · 386 words · Joshua Schroeder

Design a Beautiful New Theme for Your Blogger Blog

Would you like to give your Blogger blog a fresh coat of paint with a new theme? Now, however, that has changed. Blogger has been recently revamped with a new Template Designer. choose the Try it now button to get started. Otherwise, pick the Design tab in your Dashboard, and then smack the new Template Designer link. Lets do something about that old design. If you dont see one you like, tap the right arrow to reveal more themes....

July 7, 2010 · 2 min · 225 words · Brian Jacobs

How to Add a "Post Draft to Blog" Button to Windows Live Writer Beta

The new Windows Live Writer beta, unfortunately, makes it harder. There’s no Post draft to blog button visible on the main ribbon toolbar. Now you’re free to post a draft post to your blog in one click! That’s even better than the old version. With this simple trick, however, you’re free to customize Live Writer just like you want.

July 7, 2010 · 1 min · 59 words · Jo Solis

How To Bypass Firefox 4.0 Beta’s Incompatible Add-on Error and Install Extensions Anyway

Its all very slick, until you try and install your favorite extensions that havent updated yet. Heres how to force them to work. Open up the about:config page, and then right-click anywhere and choose New > Boolean. At this point your extensions should install just fine… The same goes for quite a few extensions that we tested, though some of them worked fine. Were pretty sure theyll be updated very soon....

July 7, 2010 · 1 min · 71 words · Heather Garcia

Transfer a Drive Image Over a Network Using an Ubuntu Live CD

We’ll show you how to create and transfer a drive image to another computer in one step. We’re fans ofdd, having used it toclone hard drivesandmake drive images locallyin the past. To set this up, you will need two computers, both running Linux. Boot up the computer that has the drive you want to image using an Ubuntu Live CD. We’ll make a note of this equipment name. Now the complicated part: theddinvocation....

July 7, 2010 · 1 min · 84 words · Michael Foley

View a Website’s Security Level in Firefox’s Address Bar

View the security level using colors in the address bar with the Glassy Urlbar extension for Firefox. Before When visiting an “https:” website just how secure is it? In our two examples here both have the https: prefix but are not equal in security. The lock icon definitely shows that “unencrypted information” is a problem here. After The extension makes it easy to know the level of security for “https:” websites....

July 7, 2010 · 1 min · 96 words · Michael Melton

Insert Any Special Character with a Single Keystroke

The Problem Special characters can often be annoying to use. There are many different ways to insert special characters, and many programs have specific ways to insert them. Word also has specialized keyboard shortcuts for many of the common special characters. For example, you’re free to insert the Registered Trademark symbol by pressing Alt+Ctrl+R. Thats a rather unwieldy shortcut, but its better than the default Windows shortcut for that symbol....

July 6, 2010 · 1 min · 175 words · Lindsay Rush

Mac Beginners: Getting Started with Adium IM for OS X

As with most things Mac, Adium is pretty then most IM clients. Getting Started After downloading Adium and mounting the .dmg you install by dragging the icon to you applications folder. For now lets start from scratch. Now you will be asked to choose your protocol that you want to use. For this example we will use AOL Instant Messenger. Adding a buddy or contact is simple, just tap on the Contact menu and then click Add Contact....

July 6, 2010 · 1 min · 171 words · Carlos Roach

Create Your Own Windows DreamScene with Windows Live Movie Maker

Now we’ll give DreamScene a personal touch with Windows Live Movie Maker.InstallationDownload and install Windows Live Movies Maker. The software itself comes bundled as part of Windows Live Essentials. However, you don’t have to install any of the programs you may not want. You’ll find the download link below. First thing we will do is edit our video by clipping out unwanted sections. you’re able to remove unwanted portions two ways....

July 5, 2010 · 2 min · 407 words · Brian Willis