Windows Vista by default has huge borders, probably to show off the new transparancy. Here’s the normal window border, that you are probably used to. The borders look even more ridiculously large if you aren’t using Aero. And here’s the window border after we’ve removed the padding. Much less wasted space! To make this change, we’ll need fire up the classic Appearance controls dialog. Right press the desktop and choose Personalize....

Right tap on the desktop and choose Personalize. hit the “Effects…” button and double-check that your box has the checkbox for font smoothing enabled.

pop pop the command-line mysql client on the server using the root account. Note that ubuntuserv is the hostname of my server. If you are running this command, substitute the hostname of your box for ubuntuserv.

It’s a good thing you’re able to turn those messages off. Before we begin: I’d definitely recommend keeping the firewall enabled at all times. You could also open Security Center from the start menu. Choose the bottom one if you don’t want the notifications anymore.

Just use C:\windows\system32\ncpa.cpl as the location of the shortcut. Note that we’ve also tested this on Windows 7 as well.

To start an software you have to pass the affinity flag to the start utility in the command prompt. The only drawback to this approach is that the command prompt window will briefly flash on the screen.

You’ll be taken to the Customize Start Menu screen. Check the “Run command” checkbox in the list, and you should now be in business:. Note the addition of the Run… button.

First, you’ll need toinstall the gadget from here. Once you’ve installed it, right-hit the sidebar, and choose Add Gadgets. Hopefully that’s ok… Updated article to point to new location.

Did you know that Windows supports using passwords of up to 127 characters? I don’t use passwords anymore, and I haven’t for years. I’ve switched to using password phrases instead. Why do I use password phrases? These days, windows passwords can be cracked in no more than a few seconds. So go change your password now.

To start off, you gotta launch YaST. You should see a list of the software sources, with the cd/dvd line at the top. You should block the cdrom line, and switch on the other two.

Or you might disable it if you are worried about security. I also prefer a command line, no surprise there.) In my case, I was disabling Auto Login. I prefer security, and it’s not like I have to reboot linux very often. Update: I should note that I’m using Suse 10.2 with KDE desktop.

Warning: Do not delete system files. Bad things will probably ensue. Thankfully, there’s a way that you could get around this. For this, we’ll use the command line. To take ownership of the file, you’ll need to use the takeown command. At this point, you should be able to delete the file.

Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) is the latest version of Ubuntu. Enter the following text. Note that the quotes are the normal double-quote. You don’t have to read the release notes before you click Upgrade again. Seems that we already started the upgrade, but no matter, we’ll start it now. You may encounter more dialogs asking to click Upgrade, if so… click upgrade. Now your system will download all the updates and install them....