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Act! Database Messed up After Restore

I was told after I used the backup and restore procedure to copy Act! database to a different windows account, that the notes and history were all messed up in BOTH account's Act! version 2009. I am not there, so … Continue reading →

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XP kept rebooting after Windows Update

From a client. Keeps rebooting. (also reboots in safemode at agp440.sys). Disable autorestart on system failure, blue screen of death appear: STOP: c0000021a {Fatal System Error} The Windows Logon Process system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0x0000034 (0x00000000 … Continue reading →

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IE: "Your Current Security Settings Put Your Computer at Risk"

Occurrence with Internet Explorer. Since Prometric disabled security for TOEFL iBT applet, this annoying information bar just kept showing up. Solution: - Open regedit (Start > Run > regedit ) - Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Security - If those key don't … Continue reading →

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Wow! A hack for Windows XP Admin Password

Came across this page: Seems to work. 1. net user 2. net user administrator and hold SPACE+SHIFT+* 3. Enter Prompt appears for new password. Suppose to work under any level user.

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Browsing in Full Screen without F11 from User

In order to simulate the TOEFL iBT test as directed by the school I worked for, I've concluded that the best way to program it is to have it done in html and php. I would imagine VB (used by … Continue reading →

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VirtualDub Encoding Problem with Divx

Error: Unable to start video compression error: bad format (-2) Solution: Instead of correcting resolution to be divisible by 4, I downgraded my Divx 7/6 to Divx 5.

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Merlin Avaya 007 Voice Mail MLM: Changing mailbox password

To reset (Initialize), thanks to http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=2754 Key hint is the "secondary" password: 654321 to input after dialing 9 for Administration Main Menu in order to Modify a Mailbox.   007 MLM Voicemail System admin: 1. Dail 770 (or voicemail) for … Continue reading →

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ACT! 2008: "Cannot find database supplemental files..."

Clientside problem in networking. Solution: On main server (where Act! is installed), open Act! as administrator. Then go to Tools -> Database Maintenance, and Check Share database.

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Dell Latitude D610: "PCI Simple Communications controller"

The driver for this "unknown" device is the Texas Instruments PCI smart card under Chipset section of Dell's support download site for D610.

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Download YouTube as MP4

Thanks to this cool trick, by bookmarking this link (right click here, add to bookmark/favorite), it acts as a javascript that when executed at a particular youtube video page, a save as MP4 link will appear in the right panel … Continue reading →

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