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How to manage the credentials of a Windows share

Written by Alex April 23, 2012 - 6:37 pm

Often access to shared resources that require you to enter a user name and password and this is repeated for each subsequent access.

Sometimes it would be nice to speed up the operation or even to enter only the username and password is default.

For Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7 you can use the system utilities:

cmdkey

that allows you to maintain multiple combinations of usernames and passwords to shared resources on the network, keeping them encrypted in the Windows Registry. more »


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Disconnect a USB device when Windows will not allow it

Written by Alex April 10, 2012 - 8:57 am

One of the most annoying things that happen when you're in a hurry and you have to unplug a USB device is to receive the operating system message that says the device can not be disconnected, and attempting, and of course this happens more frequently as you in a hurry.

The temptation to remove the device and go is very strong, but can lead to serious damage to the device's file system, so you need an alternative.

One possibility is Unlocker , an excellent free program to Cedric 'Nitch' Collomb that solves the problem mainly to indicate which application is holding open a file and be able to delete it anyway but it also fixes other locking situations.

If you receive this message and then attempt to safely disconnect a USB device:

Please try again later

you must:
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Transfer mail from Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail

Written by Alex July 22, 2011 - 9:08 am

Outlook Express (included with Windows, up to XP) has been replaced by Windows Live Mail, Microsoft always.

Many users now have the need to transfer your old mail from Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail (see also this article and its links to other cases involving other applications, and this site for more situations related to gmail).

The procedure is simple:


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Fifty sites to look for free icons

Written by Alex December 28, 2010 - 4:00 am

A list of websites where you can find free icons to download both comfortable doing software developers who use them to their interfaces, and Web designers who are always trying to look more attractive and they both know is not easy to find icons pleasant and well made, not to mention the consistency that must be together. Certainly the most creative shake their heads because they prefer to do everything ourselves, but often lack the physical time, and so ...
Most of these icons are distributed under a license "creative commons", but read carefully the instructions on their site before you commit yourselves too. It is not an exhaustive list but it can grow, ven according to your reports, however, is rare and needs to have one of these sites fail to satisfy.

PS The first 10 people who comment on this article will receive by email (so remember to leave your email) a commercial license for free WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, thanks to the sponsorship of Digiarty. The license is then recorded by 31/12/2010 to be valid.

  1. ASP.NET Icons

  2. Crystal XP

  3. css creams

  4. Dry Icons

  5. Everaldo

  6. FAMFAMFAM

  7. Fasticon

  8. Flash Ripper

  9. Download Free Icons

  10. Ganato Design

  11. more »


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Wordpress: list only a few pages

Written by Alex December 2, 2010 - 9:35 am

Sometimes you want to get into a sidebar lists comprising only a few pages, the daughters of a page specified, and of these only those of level 1, simply insert the sidebar using a widget as PHP code , a line like:

wp_list_pages('child_of=81&depth=1&sort_column=post_title&title_li=Titolo: ');

where the call to wp_list_pages () is contained within the course of the PHP tag, on the sidebar for a list like this:

Title:
page1
Page 2
page3
...

    where page1, 2 and 3 are daughters of page 81 and while having in their turn pages daughters, these do not appear in the list.


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    Recover damaged files of OpenOffice

    Written by Alex October 15, 2010 - 2:55 pm

    If using OpenOffice is a problem accessing a file Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math and Writer, and appear a message like:

    Format error in file styles.xml
    The file 'file.odt' is corrupted ...
    The file 'file.odt' can not be repaired and can not be opened.
    Generic error.
    Error input / output generic

    try to do the following to retrieve the data files of OpenOffice, making sure before you have a backup:

    1) Upgrade to the latest version of OpenOffice.org and try opening the file.

    2) Insert the corrupted file: Open a blank document of the desired type in OpenOffice. Select the menu 'Insert -> Files "and place the damaged file. (For spreadsheets instead use "Insert -> From File.")

    3) Look for a backup. If you have activated the option "Always create backup" in the settings of OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org keeps backup of your files here:

    C: \ Documents and Settings \ USERNAME \ Application Data \ OpenOffice.org \ user \ backup

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    Disk Manager will not start: what to do?

    Written by Alex August 8, 2010 - 9:28 pm

    Suddenly you are not able to enter Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management, you access the operating system with an administrator account, running compmgmt.msc, and when you click on Disk Management window appears with the error:

    Error 1068: the dependency service or group failed.

    Insisting then you get the error:

    Could not start the logical disk management service on local computer
    Error 126: Can not find the specified module

    This was in reference to two services that you should check in Computer Management, Services, that are both started in automatic mode:

    - Logical Disk Manager (Logical Disk Manager)
    Manages logical disks and removable.
    It depends on Plug and Play, Remote Procedure Call
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