Category Archives: How To

Tip: Uninstall software that doesn’t give you the option

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Nerd

Have you ever had software that shows up in Add/Remove Programs, but doesn’t have the Remove/Uninstall button?  I recently had a program (a custom repack of WinZip) that only had the Repair option.  Well, I use WinRAR exclusively,  so I … Continue reading →

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Slow Terminal Session from Vista to 2003 R2 – Fixed

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Nerd

I regularly remote administer servers, most of which are Windows Server 2003 R2.  I starting having an issue a few weeks ago when connecting to certain servers that the mouse response was extremely slow.  The keyboard function was fine.  I … Continue reading →

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Remote Desktop Sidebar Widget

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Nerd

I like widgets… One that I use every day, many times a day is the Remote Desktop widget. I love that it has a history, and favorites, as well as an easy console and full screen selection. Go get it … Continue reading →

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Edit File Types in Windows Vista

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Nerd

VISTA ONLY Source: annoyances.org "File Type" associations are the links between your documents and the applications that create them. For instance, when you double-click a Microsoft Word Document on your desktop, Windows knows to start Word and instruct it to … Continue reading →

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XP: Customize Your Command Prompt

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Nerd

To me, the standard command prompt is a bit boring, hard on the eyes, and slightly un-functional.    There are quite a few tricks to make the command prompt much better.  Start off by making creating a shortcut (I love shortcuts) … Continue reading →

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IE: Tweak for Performance

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Nerd

For you diehard IE fans out there, here is a tweak for you!  Whether you are running IE 6 or 7, this tweak will be useful. Lower the cache size By default, Microsoft insists on giving the browser an insanely … Continue reading →

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Free, temporary phone number

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Nerd

Have you ever needed to give out your phone number, but didn’t want to get spammed afterwards?  For instance – you put an ad in the newspaper, or list something on CraigsList (I personally don’t like/trust Craigslist…).  Here is your … Continue reading →

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