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How To Connect To Remote Desktop Of Any Computer (Windows, Mac OSX) Over Internet Using TeamViewer

Whether you are trying to access your home PC from your office, or your office workstation from home, you need to establish a remote desktop connection over Internet. Many times accessing a remote computer is not so easy. For instance there could be firewalls blocking access, or the two PCs could be on different OS not compatible with each other, and so on. In these kind of scenarios, TeamViewer comes to rescue. This free for non-commercial usage tool lets you quickly connect to a remote machine, control it completely including reboot/logoff, do audio and video chat, transfer files, and so on. While there are other desktop sharing applicatio


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Posted: February 22nd, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Comments Off

Fix: Blackberry Enterprise Server – http error 413 request entity too large

To Resolve “HTTP error 413 request entity too large” is received when attempting to browse to a web page using the BlackBerry Browser For BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.1 Simply follow these steps. 1. Open BlackBerry Manager. 2. On the left pane, click MDS-CS service. 3. On the right pane, click Edit Properties. 4. In the General section, click Flow Control. 5. Set the Maximum KB/Connection field to a value greater than the size of the page that is being requested. (15 to 20%)   Note: A restart of the MDS Connection Service may be required  for settings take effect.    


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Posted: February 19th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Blackberry, Computers / IT, Servers, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Top 4 Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugins.

It’s hard to find good WMP plugins. If you can’t find good plugins, despair not! Now that you’ve made your way to this article, you should have no trouble picking out some of the best WMP plugins available.   1. Now Playing Plugin The Now Playing plugin is one of the best Windows Media Player plugins. It is easy to use and the best for basic and advanced WMP enhances. It has many features, but the one I like the most is the ability to automatically update Facebook and Twitter statuses with the song that you’re listening to. The plugin lets you choose what information you want to pull from WMP, fr


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Posted: February 10th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Tags: , | Comments Off

Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know

Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity, reduce repetitive strain, and help keep you focused. For example, highlighting text with the keyboard and pressing Ctrl + C is much faster than taking your hand from the keyboard, highlighting the text using the mouse, clicking copy from the file menu, and then putting your hand back in place on the keyboard. Below are our top 10 keyboard shortcuts we recommend everyone memorize and use. Ctrl + C or Ctrl + InsertCopy the highlighted text or selected item. Ctrl + V or Shift + InsertPaste the text or object that’s in the clipboard. Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + YUndo any change. For e


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Posted: February 6th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Comments Off

Fix: Unable to browse network shares via VPN

Iv been getting a few requests with help on a problem that users are unable to browse network shares while connected to their local VPN. Network file sharing and printing require NetBIOS name resolution. The chances are that NetBIOS over TCP IP is disabled. To resolve this issue, change the following registry values for all TCP IP interfaces from 0 to 1. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current¬ ControlSet\Services\NetBT\Paramete¬ rs\Interfaces\TcpipXX}] “NameServerList”=hex(7):00,00 “NetbiosOptions”=dword:00000001 This should Fix the issue. Incoming search terms:how do you copy video off the internet


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Posted: February 1st, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Computers / IT, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , | No Comments »

How to: How To Download and Save Videos From Youtube

  Many Internet users want to download Youtube videos. Downloading the videos can be beneficial in several ways including the option to play the video at any time without having to access the Youtube website on the Internet. It can also save bandwidth and be used to transfer the Youtube videos to devices like cell phones, media players or gaming systems that are usually not connected to the Internet or that do not offer the speed needed to enjoy the videos. There are basically three ways of downloading Youtube videos: Using a web service, a web add-on or a standalone software program. All methods have their distinct advantages and disadv


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Posted: January 31st, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Fix: Unable to launch Microsoft Outlook with Invalid XML, the view cannot be loaded error message

If you are ever Unable to launch Microsoft Outlook with Invalid XML, the view cannot be loaded error message.  Here is a simple Fix to resolve the Invalid XML, the view cannot be loaded error message when launching Microsoft Outlook.   User encountered the Invalid XML, the view cannot be loaded error when launching Microsoft Outlook as shown below.   Resolve the issue, click Start -> Run and type Outlook.exe /resetnavpane in the text box as shown below.   Incoming search terms:outlook invalid xmlhow to fix invalid xml the view cannot be loaded errorinvalid entry autocomplete outlook 2010outlook 2007 not able to launchtechtips south


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Posted: January 29th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Computers / IT, Office Suite, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

How to: Disable the Shut Down, Restart and Stand by on a Windows XP machine

This is useful for machines which are e.g. in a Meeting Room and always need to be on. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe) in Run under Start Menu Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer In both these locations create or modify the Dword value ‘NoClose’ & set it to 1. This will prevent windows from shutting down If you want windows to get shut down again then set the above value to 0 Go to: Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy Security Settings >


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Posted: January 28th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Computers / IT, General, Operating Systems, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

An alterernative to wuauclt.exe /detectnow

In my opinion the absolute best alternative to windows native WUAUCLT commands wuauclt.exe /detectnow wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow would be the WuInstall (Freeware) Tool. below is a download link and Basic how to on the usage of the Windows Update Install Tool. it gives you more control over your updates.     1. Basic functions There are three basic switches. Exactly one of them must be specified in order for wuInstall to do something. It makes no sense to specify more than one of those switches (e.g. wuInstall /search /install), because download automatically includes a search and install


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Posted: January 26th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Computers / IT, Operating Systems, Servers, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , , , , , | Comments Off
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