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How to Subscribe to Podcasts Using iTunes and RSS feeds
Subscribing to a Podcast using iTunes can be accomplished in a couple of different ways. One of the simplest ways is to open iTunes and go to the iTunes Store. From there you can either search for your favorite podcasts using the search box or find...  more »

How to Rename a Photo when Previewing with Windows Photo Gallery
Here's a cool little tip that I stumbled upon while previewing a photo using Windows Photo Gallery, which allows you to quickly rename the filename of a photo. In this example, I'm using Windows Vista and will be opening JPEG images. Windows Photo Gallery...  more »

How to Configure a Connection String for SQL Server 2008 Express
Here's one way to setup your connection string for a SQL Server 2008 Express database for a live website using ASP.NET on Windows Server 2008. Open "Sql Server Configuration Manager" -> the click on "SQL Server Network Configuration" -> then click...  more »

How to Wrap Text in an Html PRE tag
To force long text lines to wrap in an HTML <pre> tag, you can use CSS code to wrap the text. The word-wrapping CSS code below should work to wrap long lines of text within the <pre> tag, in IE, Firefox and Safari... you may want to test the...  more »

How to Get the Base Url with Javascript for a Domain or Localhost
In the code below, you will be able to find the baseUrl of your website using javascript. The following javascript code will work when used on your localhost or when it's used in a live site (finds the root url of the domain address). Just add this...  more »

How to Locate the Cookies Folder in Windows Vista
Finding Cookies in Windows Vista is a little trickier than you might think. Most cookies are found in the following folder location: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low So you can just type that into the windows address bar...  more »

How to Set or Change File Associations in Windows Vista
Windows operating systems (such as Windows Vista), every file extention is associated with a default program. When you open a file, the program that is associated to the file extension will open the file by default. However, you can change or set the...  more »

How to Remove Excel Formula While Keeping Cell Value
Often times when using formula's in Excel, you want to keep just the text values that a formula outputs while deleting the actual formula from the cells. To keep a value in a cell while removing the formula that produced the value try the following: Type...  more »

How to Capitalize the First Letter of Text in Excel
Excel makes it easy to capitalize the first letter of every word in a cell. To capitalize each word you simply need to use the formula =PROPER(). For instance, if you have data in the cell A1, then you would want to enter the following formula in cell B1:...  more »

How To Enable Programs to Run as Administrator in Windows Vista
Here's a quick way to enable programs to 'Run as Administrator' in Windows Vista. Click on the 'Start' menu button, it's the blue circle located on the left-hand side of the Task bar. Now click on 'All Programs' Find the program you want to 'Run as...  more »

How To Quickly Delete Rows or Columns in an Excel Worksheet
Here's tips on how to quickly delete rows or columns from an Excel Worksheet.  more »

How to Open Two Separate Instances of Microsoft Excel
If you want to have two seperate Microsoft Excel files open that are separate from each other, that don't load within the same instance of Excel, then keeping reading to find out how to get around this limitation.  more »

How to Install Google Adwords Editor on Vista when you get Error 2739
Are you having trouble installing the Google Adwords Editor on Windows Vista? I was getting a pop-up 'Error 2739' every time I went to install it on my Vista machine. Here's a the solution that worked for me, which allowed me to successfully install Google Adwords Editor on my computer.  more »

How to Transfer your local Sql Server 2005 database to your Hosting Provider’s database
If you’ve experienced as many problems as I have while trying to Import/Export my Sql Server 2005 database to a hosting provider for the first time, then hopefully this how-to will be of some assistance to you.  more »

How to Disable Error Reporting in Windows XP
If you are sick of getting the Error Reporting window popping up all the time, then you’ll be happy to know that error reporting can be easily turned off in Windows XP by following these simple steps.  more »

How to Transfer Pictures from your Camera using Kodak EasyShare Software
Learn how to manually initiate the transferring of pictures to your computer with Kodak's EasyShare software.  more »

How to Import .SQL Dump File into a MySQL database
This tutorial goes through the steps of how to import a SQL script file into a MySQL database.  more »

How to Import Delimited Text Files into a SQL Server 2005 database
This step-by-step goes through the process of importing delimited text files into a SQL Server 2005 database. The example should help you better understand how to import different types of flat files into SQL Server 2005.  more »

How to Import Delimited Text Files into Microsoft Excel
The following is a step-by-step example of how you can easily import delimited text files into Microsoft Excel. You can use the Excel Text Import Wizard to quickly import files delimited by Tab, Semicolon, Comma (also known as Comma Separated Value (CSV) file format), Space or Other (you choose), or divided by fixed width columns.  more »

How to Add Column data in Microsoft Excel using the SUM Function
This tutorial will teach you how to use the SUM function in Microsoft Excel to add column values together in order to calculate a total amount.  more »

How to Create and Configure FTP Sites in Windows Server 2003
If you’re running your own dedicated Windows server, then you may need to know how to setup FTP Sites in Windows Server 2003. In this how-to article I will go through the basics of setting up a windows FTP user account, and an FTP Site, which will allow a user to connect to a website using an FTP program.  more »

How to Capture and Save Computer Screenshots with Windows XP
Find out how-to take a snapshot of what’s on your computer screen and turn the screenshot into an image using graphic software. You'll learn how to take a screenshot of your entire computer screen or just a selected window.  more »

How to Make Backup Copies of Your Movie DVDs
Learn how to make back up copies of your favorite DVDs with the freeware utility called DVD Shrink. You'll be able to back up your copy protected DVD movies to your hard drive, or burn them to disc.  more »

How to get the Latest Security Updates for your Windows Computer
Learn how to get the latest security updates and service packs for your Microsoft Windows computer.  more »

How to Turn on Automatic Updates in Windows XP
Turn on Automatic Updates in Windows XP so that new security updates from Microsoft will be automatically downloaded and installed on your computer. By enabling Automatic Updates you will help make your computer safer from internet security threats and viruses.  more »

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