Archive for posts tagged ‘Windows 7’

Native Windows compressed folders utility fails, asks for 5.99 PB free space

Extracting certain large zip files using Windows’ native compression utility fails with a pretty neat error: You need an additional 5.99 PB to copy these files.

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Fixed: XAMPP Component Status Check failure [3].

A simple fix for the XAMPP Component Status Check failure [3]. error when launching the XAMPP 1.7.4 Control Panel.

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Office 2010 Rearm

Delay Microsoft Office 2010 activation for up to 180 days.

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Windows 7 with SP1 (media refresh)

Update your Windows 7 install media with the ‘slipstreamed’ Service Pack 1 version.

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Configuring your network to use faster, more reliable DNS servers

How to configure your computer or router to use the faster, more reliable DNS servers from OpenDNS or Google Public DNS.

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How to clean up those Mac OSX hidden files

How to delete the hidden files that Mac OSX puts on flash drives, USB hard drives, and other shared storage.

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Simple file backup with a batch file

How to write a simple batch file for backing up files to a drive letter and reducing the risk of those files being copied to the wrong device.

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How to programmatically disable Adobe Updater

How to disable the ‘Automatically check for Adobe updates’ feature in various products by programmatically editing or replacing the AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat settings via batch file.

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How to delete Flash cookies (Local Shared Objects)

How to create a small batch file to delete Local Shared Objects, commonly called Flash cookies.

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Easily batch rename digital images with Advanced Renamer

How to batch-rename pictures based on date taken, with incrementing numbers per date.

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