So how to resolve this? It’s very simple, in fact. fire up the Power Options through the control panel or start menu search. On the left-hand side you’ll see a link for “Require a password on wakeup”. Not that passwords are all that secure either without encryption.

Since you are in a hurry the best bet is to just delete.

It usually goes something like “Warning: You are logging onto our computer system. We own your soul.”

It’s a great way to quickly clean up your desktop and focus on the task at hand. So how to get this for Windows?

Reader Kevin wrote in with a great utility called KatMouse that solves this problem. No problem, we can turn that functionality off in the tweaks. Once you make this minor adjustment, it’s perfect.

it’s possible for you to export in either XML or CSV format. Just be very careful with the list of passwords you exported.Download Password Exporter from Mozilla Add-ons

Yes, this article is boring, but we’re trying to cover everything here! Give the file a name and save it somewhere useful. you could either paste this command into a command prompt or save it into a batch file. reg export “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes” searchbackup.reg And thus ends the mystery of backing up search providers.

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From looking at analytics nobody used the smaller categories anyway. Look for that rollout either next or the following weekend.

My good friendDanielasked me yesterday how to change Firefox so that Shift+Enter auto-completes *.org instead of *.net. After about a 2 minute google session, I had the answer to share with everybody. If you want to change Shift+Ctrl+Enter then you’ll have to skip down to the next section. set up the extension, and then open up the options through the add-ons screen.

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This is really most useful for home users, as domain users should already see this screen. Note: It’s not a requirement to use the DisableCAD key. What this does is prevent the “Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete” screen, which is really quite ugly in Vista.

Just input your regular expression or keyword into the search box and hit the Find button. The only thing that this app is really seriously lacking is the ability to save searches for later use. It’s no PowerGrep, but it’s free and open source.Visit regexxer homepage at SourceForge