Transfers of data to the drive is done with 128 SSL encryption. IDrive allows you to sign up for a free 2GB account. Their Pro Personal Account is 4.95/month for 150GB of storage. They also offer accounts for businesses at different rates. When you first launch IDrive you will be prompted to sign in. After signing in you will get a window to set up the encryption storage password. I set my own password as recommended....

This rule will only color cells greater than a certain amount, with the color you specify. For instance, I added a second rule that colored items larger than 2000 with green instead of red. you could even create a completely customized rule by choosing the New Formatting Rule option. This is one of those really useful features that make Office 2007 a lot better than the prior versions.

We can add the old item back to the list with a simple registry hack. to create a blank document, you have to add a key named Nullfile to the right-hand side. Each file is named according to the document key in. There’s also included files to remove them as well.

After writing about how tocreate a shortcut or hotkey to mute the speakers in Windows, I got a couple of requests for how to do the same thing in Linux, which turns out to be really simple if you are running the latest version of Ubuntu or Gnome. If your version doesn’t have the easy option you’re able to still do the same thing in many versions of Linux with a simple command line....

After reading an article I wrote over at Lifehacker onhow to use the Quick Parts feature in Outlook, reader Jason wrote in asking how you could transfer them to another computer once you’ve created them, and it seemed useful enough to explain for everybody’s benefit. In case you’ve never seen this feature before, open up a new email in Outlook 2007 and smack the Insert tab, then the Quick Parts button, where it’s possible for you to create or use the quick parts....

Open up the shortcut properties and tap the Advanced button, then choose Run as administrator. you’re able to also give the shortcut a fun icon if you want, or not. We’ll need it for the next command. Under XP there’s no reason to make a shortcut, although you certainly can if you’d like. Open up Control Panel \ System and press the “Advanced system configs” link on the left-hand corner....

As part of our online storage series we will take a look at most services available. Using online storage services as a supplemental step is beneficial in a well rounded backup plan. Today lets take a look atADrivewhich offers a whopping 50GB of free online storage. There are also a couple of premium plans they offer as well. After setting up your account you will need to downloadJavaif you have not already....

This article is part of Mysticgeek’s IT blog, a How-To Geek blog focused on IT geekery. Another popular option is AOLs Xdrive. Like Microsofts SkyDrive you get 5GB of storage with Xdrive. Uploading files to the Xdrive is pretty straight forward. punch Upload from the Xdrive menu interface. Shown here is the classic interface of the Xdrive. A separate window will open for your download. Accelerated Plus is an enhanced feature as i allows you to upload multiple files....

Note that this picture is from the original author over at Neowin. If so, confirm to delete the file that you copied. regsvr32 /u RemoveFocusRect.dll You should get a message saying that it has been successfully removed. Download Focus Rectangle Remover from neowin.net Download Focus Rectangle Remover (Mirror Copy) from howtogeek.com

Right-tap on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut from the menu. All of the arguments can be found on theNirCmd page. Here you might assign a shortcut key, or you might change the icon to something else.

Either way the dialog above should tell you the full path. Note that if you bring up the file you should be able to see all of your custom words. Just don’t make edits from here if possible. That would make backups a lot simpler, since you wouldn’t have to dig around to find it.

You’ll have to restart IE for the change to take place. Obviously you would set it back to 1 to put the command bar back in place.

Today there are a plethora of options available for storage, both online and off. More and more options are becoming available for cheap and often free online storage. You have to shop around a bit for a service that fits your needs. In thisOnline Storage Serieswe will look at some of the better online storage solutions and how to use them. The first and perhaps most familiar online storage drive we will look at is SkyDrive....