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Vista: Add Additional Clocks to Taskbar

Keeping track of time zones can be a bit of a pain, especially if you are collaborating with others in foreign countries. Vista gives you a convenient fix for this by allowing you to have up to two additional time zones that display whenever you hover your mouse over the clock. Here’s how . . .

Blackberry Error: transaction error – decryption error

Today i had a user who i had recreated their BES account and resetup their Pearl. However, after trying to reply to a few emails the user kept getting an error: transaction error – decryption error and the reply would have a red X next to it. This recipe will tell you how to fix this.

Outlook 2007: Use Google Reader for RSS Feeds link

Ever since Johnny got me into Google Reader, i’ve been addicted. Just upgraded to Office 2007 tonight and realized I didn’t want the silly MS RSS Feeds in Outlook, so i thought i’d share my quick recipe on changing this link to your Google Reader.

XP batch files: Create variable for current user account and find current user

this is a quick batch file recipe that is more of an appetizer than a full meal. this recipe is just a quick batch file that lets you find the user who is currently logged in when the batch file is ran by using a FOR statement and the %USERPROFILE% variable in XP.

Outlook 2007: Enable Contact Linking

By default, Outlook 2007 has contact linking disabled. In previous versions, it was enabled by default giving you a field on most forms that you could use to link a contact to an item which would then show up on the Activities tab.

XP Batch Files: Copy images from camera to pc and organize by date

This is a quickie recipe on how to create a batch file that will copy all of your photos/videos from a memory stick or camera onto your pc’s my pictures folder (c:\documents and settings\userid\my documents\my pictures). this batch file will show you how to setup a prompt and using a basic if/then statement.

TiVo: Fixing Multi-room Viewing Error: Reason: 0xffff

TiVo has changed the way many of us watch TV (oh how I hate to stay in a hotel room now!). If you have two or more TiVos (Series 2 at least) connected to your home network, you can watch programs recorded on one TiVo from the other TiVo. Unless you get an error with the helpful message

Reason: 0xffff

Here are some tips to solve this problem.

PowerPoint 2007: Change the Default Design for New Presentations

Changing the default design for new presentations is a little different in the latest version of PowerPoint. To set a new default, do the following…

Review: Sony K800i/K790a (mobile phone)

My quick review of the Sony Ericsson K800i/K790a (europe/usa) Cybershot phone. This phone is a triband GSM, 3.2mp camera w/autofocus, mp3 player, M2 memory stick slot, and super pretty screen. Can it replace your digital camera for the more serious shots? Lets find out!

Wii: Control your PCs Winamp with the Wii Opera Browser

This recipe will let you control your pc’s winamp via the Wii web browser and browseamp plugin for winamp. This requires a wii, pc, winamp and browseamp plugin, and basic networking skills. Props to Liquidice for the original recipe i’ve ported to many devices (psp, mda, pc). btw, i’ve been sitting on trying this since i heard the wii was getting a browser! this will work for a ps3 too (anything that has a web browser).

Tablet PC: Disable the Tablet Input Panel

To remove the Tablet Input Panel from the taskbar you can unregister the code that causes it to be automatically loaded when Windows starts. Do the following:

Tablet PC: How To Remove the On-screen Keyboard

If you dislike the On-screen keyboard on your Tablet PC, you can disable it by doing the following . . .

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