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The Internet Explorer icon might be missing after either you upgrade the Internet Explorer version to 7, or installed through Windows updates.When you try to use the Desktop Items dialog box in Windows XP or the Desktop Icon Settings dialog box in Windows Vista to add the Internet Explorer icon, there is no Internet Explorer check box. To resolve the issue, follow these steps: Click Start>Run Type regedit click ok Navigate to the following registry key from left pane [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] double-click {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} key (if exist) if not exist, add new registry key {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} Enter dword value as 0 to enable the Internet Explorer icon on the Desktop.right click on desktop and click “Refresh”. References Network Places: {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} My Computer: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} My Documents: {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-080036...

date Date displays the date and time of the system, used by root it can also be used to change the date and time of the system. If you just enter: date You will get the date of the system, like this; Fri May 18 19:36:53 MYT 2009 You can set the date by using root user: Usage: date nnddhhmm[[cc]yy][.ss] Note: nn = month of the year (01 to 12) dd = day of the month (01 to 31) hh = hour of the day (00 to 23) mm = minute of the hour (00 to 59> cc = The first to digits of the year yy = The last two digits of the year .ss = The seconds Example: date --set 06:00 ;sets the time to 6:00AM OR hwclock hwclock is a tool for accessing the Hardware Clock. You can display the current time, set the Hardware Clock to a specified time, set the Hardware Clock to the System Time, and set the System Time from the Hardware Clock. SYNOPSIS hwclock -r or hwclock --show hwclock -w or hwclock --systohc hwclock -s or hwclock --hctosys hwclock -a or hwclock --adjust hwclock -v or hwclock --versio...

If you want to make use of specific DNS, modify the following file /etc/resolv.conf sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf Add the following line to resolve.conf nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx = DNS address) nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

In Ubuntu, all the IP Address is store on /etc/network/interfaces file. So, i have to open this file by using vi to add the Static IP to this file. Here are steps 1. sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces 2. auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp this 2 statement show that your Ubuntu server was in DHCP. Enter the following statement to set the IP Address auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 after save it. You should able to use the IP address already.

I think your might facing error when u try to send email from a network other than that on which the smtp server resides. This is because most ISPs block this to prevent spam. To solve this problem, please change setting of your Outlook account by clicking on More Settings > Outgoing Server and check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. To check whether your email provider supports authentication: 1. Start > Run > cmd 2. telnet smtp.yourservername.here 110 If successful, it should tell you you're connected. 3. ehlo smtp.yourservername.here 4. It will return a list. If you see something in the list that says AUTHENTICATION it supports it.

I just learn to setup AMP on centos. Below are the steps Download a copy of CentOS Linux and install it Once your CentOS is installed. type yum install httpd to install apache web server type yum install php to install PHP Once PHP installed successfully, type yum install mysql-server mysql Once everything finish, type service httpd start to start your apache web server, screen will show you if web server service successfully started type service mysqld sta rt to start your mysql server Once both services is running, you can point your browser to http://localhost and you should see a welcome page from CentOS To test php is running properly, go to /var/www/html and create an index.php file with the content below

In Unix, how do I quickly changing users on Linux without having to logout while you are using bash or any other command line interface. The su command Using the su command we can quickly change users in a bash terminal for that type the following command; su - username To login as a root user su -s

I believed your might see this error message (Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ CONFIG\SYSTEM) before. This error occured because of corruption in the registry. Below are the steps to recover a corrupted registry. Solution 1: Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console. When you are prompted to do so, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER. At the Recovery Console command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER after you type each line: make backups of the following files:- c:\windows\system32\config\system (to c:\windows\tmp\system.bak)c:\windows\...

In Windows XP, there is 1 powerful command-line tool called chkdsk (chkdsk.exe). It use to checks volumes for problems and will repair the problems related to bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files, and directory errors. System crashes or freezes, power glitches, incorrectly turning off a computer can all cause corruption in the file or folder structure. Physically bumping or jarring a computer can cause the head that reads disks to hit the surface and damage sectors. Once some sort of error occurs it can propagate to create more errors so a regularly scheduled disk checkup is part of good system maintenance. Note: To use Chkdsk, you must log on as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group

To remove a directory that is full with other files and/or other directories, use the below command. $ rm -rf directory rmdir command can use to remove the empty DIRECTORY(ies) $ rmdir directory

In Windows Environment, we can simple add a new user account by go to Control Panel->User Account to add a new user account. But this can be done via Command Line. Here are the steps: go to Start->Run->type in cmd To add a user to your computer , type in "net user username password /add " EXAMPLE: net user kakaka 12345 /add To delete a user on your computer , go to start>run>type in cmd . A black screen will appear. Type in "net user username /del". EXAMPLE: net user kakaka /del . Once the user account successfully delete, an message "The command completed successfully" will be display.

Why we need to relaunch Finder? We need to relaunch Finder when our Mac Computer freezes. Below are the steps to show how to relaunch Finder. Using Keyboard Press Command + Option + esc. This will open "Force Quit". Navigate to and choose "Finder". Click Relaunch. In a few seconds, the dock/icons/apple menu will disappear. It will then quickly reappear and reload everything. Using Mouse Go to the Apple Menu. That is the Apple image on the top left. Go to "Force Quit". Choose "Finder" and click relaunch.

I think most of yours might experience as your windows pc continually reboots. It did not start sucessfully..." screen then goes to the Windows XP splash screen and reboot. It keeps on repeating this process. How to solve this problem: Press F8 at bootup and select "Last Known Good Configuration" then Enter . If this doesn't work, then you might try system file checker. Go to the safe mode command prompt and type sfc /scannow . Note: space between c and / You may be asked for the Windows CD, if asked insert it. Another solution: Perform disk error checking in Windows XP Boot from Windows CD At the Windows Setup screen, press R to enter the Recovery Console. You will enter the Recovery Console and be asked to choose which Windows installation you would like to log into. Most users will only have one choice. You will be prompted to enter the administrator password. This is the password set for the user Administrator. You may have set this password when you first we...

Amarok is a powerful music player for Linux and Unix, MacOS X and Windows with an intuitive interface. I know about these from 1 of my friends. I did try to install Amarok to my ubuntu. It work and easy to use. Here are the steps to install: Open terminal type sudo apt-get install amarok For Windows and Mac OS user, can go to Amarok official web side download the installation file to install it.

Step 1 Open your Thunderbird software. Click on “Tools”. This will open a list of options. Step 2 Scroll down the list and click on “Account Settings.” This will open a dialogue box that displays the default identity. If this is not the email account you wish to work with, scroll through the list on the left-hand side to locate it. Click on the appropriate email account. Step 3 In the identity display, there is a check box with an “Attach this signature” with location box and “Choose” button below it. Step 4 Use the “Choose” button to locate your signature file. Once you locate the file, select it, and click “OK”. Step 5 Verify that the correct file and location has been input into the address bar. If it has not, search and select again. Once the correct file and location is in the location bar, click “OK” on the identity display. Step 6 Use the “Write” option to open up a new email. Your signature should be displayed on it. It will not display as an attachmen...

Starting vi and Saving Files vi filename - start editing filename , create it if necessary Saving the file you're working on and/or leaving vi: :wq - write the file to disk and quit :q! - quit without saving any changes :w! newfile - write all lines from the entire current file into the file 'newfile' , overwriting any existing newfile : n,m w! newfile - write the lines from n to m , inclusive, into the file newfile , overwriting any existing newfile

By default, Apple Wireless keyboard is not functioning at all. In order to make the Wireless Keyboard workable, follow the following steps to setup it: Install the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse software that came with the keyboard. Insert the CD, double-click the installer, and follow the onscreen instructions. Turn the keyboard over, install the batteries as illustrated and replace the battery cover. Open the Bluetooth Setup Assistant. Click Continue . At the Select Device Type panel, select Keyboard. Do not click Continue yet. Using the power switch on the bottom of the keyboard, turn the keyboard on. The light above the power switch should begin to flash. Click Continue . The keyboard's name should appear in the device list of the Search pane. Select the keyboard in the Setup Assistant listing, then click Continue . The assistant will try to pair with the keyboard. When the Setup Assistant prompts you to do so, type the passkey shown in the Setup Assistant on the Apple ...

What is Malicious Software Removal Tool? Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal is a tools to checks computers running Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 for infections by malicious software. This tools will helps to remove any infection found and remove it. How to run this tools? Here is the step: Click Start->Run->mrt.exe->ok

If you want send the same email to several people, you might feel frustrated cause you need to enter a lot of email address on the same time even the people are in the same group. To solve this problem, you can try set up a mailing list. With this list, you can email several people at once without choosing each email address separately. To set up a mailing list using Outlook Express: . Select Tools | Address Book... from the menu in Outlook Express. Select File | New Group... from the address book's menu. Type the name of your mailing list in the Group Name: field. Eg: ITDept Click the "Select Members" button on the right. Click a name from your "Contacts" list. Click the "Select" button. Click another name from the list and click "Select" again. Continue choosing names until you complete your list. Click the "OK" button at the bottom of the box when your selection is complete. Click "OK" if you are finished.

I accidentally drag my finder icon off the dock and unable to drag it off the dock.How?? Solution: A quick fix is to force quit the dock in Activity Viewer. re-launching the dock or restart the system

1. Open command prompt. Go to Windows, then Run, and type "cmd" . Press enter. 2. Type "cd\" and press enter to get to the root directory of c:\ . 3. Type "attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf" and press enter. 4. Type "del autorun.inf" and press enter. 5. Repeat the same process with other drives and restart your computer. 6. Restart your computer and it's done. Enjoy the freedom to open hard drives on a double click.

Sometimes, when you try to open the C: or D: drive in your computer, you will get a warning about low disk space. Even when you try to delete files, you may still get the same message. Here's what to do. Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE). Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer. If it's not there, create a DWORD value and call it NoLowDiskSpaceChecks. Double-click on NoLowDiskSpaceChecks, and enter the value 1, and press OK.

In Apple mail, when we start to email the old email address. It will pops up even though the address not in address book. Can we clean this email address from computer. The answer is yes. Below are the step: in Mail go to Window menu->previous recipients. delete the unwanted emails from there and they won't show up in the autofill anymore.

How to setup a web server on Ubuntu 8.10?? Now I'll be showing how to install Apache, php, MySQL and phpMyAdmin (one by one) on Ubuntu 8.10 using Terminal. Installing Apache2 Open terminal to type this command sudo apt-get install apache2 When the setup is complete you can check if the Apache is working properly by pointing your browser to http://localhost . If you see the text “It works!”, it means Apache is working. Installing php5 sudo apt-get install php5 When setup is complete, you have to restart Apache so that php5 will work on Apache. sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart Installing MySQL sudo apt-get install mysql-server Towards the end of the installation you will be prompted to set your root or admin password Installing phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin is an interface for access mysql server. To install it, enter the following command from terminal sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin During the installation you will be asked to select the webserver that would be used to run phpMyAdmin. Sele...

To create group, user this command # groupadd itdept To add a new user called ken to group itdept # useradd -G itdept ken Setup password for ken # passwd ken To check whether user in a group or not # id ken Add existing user to a group # usermod -a -G itdept ian

For those too dependent on GUI may facing a lot of problem when they turn to Command Line Environment. When user want to add user in command line, a lot of question mark will come out from their mind. How to add user without interface. Code: useradd techcare Setup a password: Code: passwd tech123

Use wget. Code: wget -c http://www.nameofsite.com/path/abc.tar

If you are Firefox user, you must be experience your Firefox slowing down. Firefox slowing down because of Firefox will record down the date and sited that visited when we use Firefox to browse Internet. Here is a quick tip to speed up your Firefox speed. Goto Preferences > Privacy > History and set the time limit to a couple of days.( Recommend set to 5-10days) After done this setting, clear the history and restart your Firefox. Firefox loading speed will be increase.

You can re-create the Show Desktop Icon by yourself, below are the steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type notepad in the Open box, and then click OK. 2. Carefully copy and then paste the following text into the Notepad window: [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop 3. On the File menu, click Save As, and then save the file to your desktop as "Show desktop.scf". The Show desktop icon is created on your desktop. 4. Click and then drag the Show desktop icon to your Quick Launch toolbar.

In order to save paper, can we generate all the document in PDF format on Windows? The answer is yes!! One of the free tools that i use to generate PDF is called PDFCreator. Once you install this software, it serve like your printer. It will generate PDF file once you click print and select PDFCreator to print you documents. To download

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Type following command to edit DNS (Primary DNS/Secondary DNS) server: sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf Add/modify your ISP nameserver as follows search isp.com nameserver 202.188.0.133 nameserver 202.188.1.5 After save and exit

Drag its icon to the trash can. OR Right click on the file that you to delete, select Move to Trash

Most of the beginning Mac User sure will ask question about how to shutdown Mac. Here are the steps: Go to Apple Menu Choose Shutdown

You can initiate a Spotlight search any time by click the Spotlight icon on the right of the menu bar or using the Command-Space bar keyboard combination. The Spotlight search is so fast that the results will actually change in real time as you type in your search query.Selecting an item from the results will open it immediately.

I believed most of the Mac OS user see this screen before. Most of your will feel panic when u see this screen. After this screen appear, your just need to press power button off and on your Mac. Your system will back to normal. But i think your do not know what was happening. It is because the kernel of an operating system receives an instruction in an unexpected format, or that it fails to handle properly. A kernel panic may also follow when the operating system is not able to recover from a different type of error. A kernel panic can be caused by damaged or incompatible software or, more rarely, damaged or incompatible hardware.

Press the keys Shift, Command (Apple) and 3. There will be an icon on your desktop called Picture 1. This is your screen capture. Open Picture #1. Follow your normal procedure for printing out.

Option-Commnad-Esc = Force quit applicaiton(s) Command-1 = View as Icon Command-2 = View as List Command-3 = View as Columns Command-4 = View as Cover Flow (Mac OS X 10.5 or later) Command-Tab = Switch windows Command-N = New Finder window Shift-Command-N = New folder Command-Q = Quit application Command-Shift-Q = Log out Command-S = Save Command-W = Close windows Command-E = Eject Command-A = Select all Command-C = Copy Command-X = Cut Command-V = Paste Command-Z = Undo Command-P = Print Command-M = Minimize windows Command-F = Find Command-I = Get Info Command-K = Connect to Server Option-Command-Y = Slideshow (Mac OS X 10.5 or later) Option-Command-I = Show Inspector Command-Delete = Move to Trash Shift-Command-Delete = Empty Trash Shift-Command-Q = Log Out Option-Shift-Command-Q = Log Out immediately Command-Space = Show or hide the Spotlight search field Option-Shift-Command-Delete = Empty Trash without confirmation dialog...