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How do i edit printer drivers

You shouldn t have to edit anything In the Properties of your Printer Control Panel you will find a setting where you can choose between Colour and Black print default You can even create another Printer Icon to default to Black That way you can just switch back and forth depending on what you to do at the time

Old Problem With Filename Sorting Algorithm

Hi I think your example is bad since it wouldn t be sorted the way you describe neithr the old nor the new way: 010106_readme txt 100105_readme txt 020105_readme txt This will never happen even not the old binary way since 1 is greater than 0 only regarding the first letters so 100105 will always be last A better example might be this: 9x txt 1234x txt Sorted Alphapeticall

outlook express slow load

I love reading these old threads :lol: I use Outlook Express and I did the registry search for that string and it was NOT found It ain t there on my computer anyway But this was just for fun because I have no problems opening O E on my PC In fact it opens automatically from the startup folder when I boot up my PC in the morning While I m getting my first cup of coffee

Multimedia Player Alternatives substitutes

Hey Brain You still trying to take over the world? With Media Player 11 and the latest K Lite Codec Pack there is virtually Nothing that can t be viewed NO OTHER viewers or players are required K Lite CP is like an AV program constantly being updated So don t load it once and think you re set for life That ain t a gonna happen :roll: :wink: :lol: :lol: But after I g

MVPS HOSTS Updated 11 01 07

With the release of Hosts Manager it s no longer necessary to download unzip and install your custom hosts file manually Hosts Manager once installed will check on four sources of Custom Hosts files and install them for you and then check for and remove any duplicate entries It s simple easy FREE and only takes a few seconds to keep your custom hosts file up to date Happy Com

How Much Ram Do You Really Need?

I love going back over these three year old threads and seeing how thoughts and problem solutions have aged It seems like puter manufacturers have finally got on the RAM bandwagon as likewise RAM costs have gone down dramatically A PC that would have come out with only 512 meg s of ram installed several years ago now come out with at least 2 gig s with Windows XP installed and anywhe

How To Rename Multiple Files

I ve found Batch Rename EXE to be my favorite renaming program It s has a simple wizard and lots of tutorials for doing my simple tasks And when needed also has a scripting interface for my not so easy tasks Like when you have to move the second word to the end of the filename capitalize the first letter add numbing and sort into folders by the filesize It can be found at: [u

Changing Prefetch for faster startup

I go all the way back to DOS 2 0 and I don t remember any program ever doing that cleaning up after itself Not to say it never happened it s just that this old tech has never seen it That takes extra code that no programmer ever wants to write :twisted: :roll: I ve been doing drive maintenance ever since I installed my first 20meg Seagate drive in ~1980 My first HD Defr

UAC in Vista

I m surprised that this thread has not garnered any more responses in the last three months :roll: If anyone is SHAKEY about getting into their registry or creating the Registry Script to turn off UAC you can download my own DisableUAC script from HERE Just click on HERE to start the download Then just run th

Vista Desktop: shortcut icons show as black squares

Now THAT set off a little alarm bell 8O I d totally overlooked a utility on the PC that I ve used successfully for years X Setup Pro I had it set to remove the shorcut arrows which until now it had done flawlessly Switched off this option and the black squares disappeared to be replaced again by the shortcut arrows Seems this may be a glitch with Vista? A quick download of

Hide Email Address In Outlook

hi sacwb this might not be exactly what you wanted but funnily enough i saw an ad for a site where you can send anonymous emails that can be replied to apparently http: www anonysend tk hope that helps

Proxy settings

Welcome to Lockergnome You might want to try using a registry batch file instead The proxy settings are stored in the registry so what you can do is create two separate registry files Then click on the one you want to use See this site for more information

Internet Coffee Shope Computer

Yep Deep freeze is the best It is like inserting some frigidaire parts into your computer I helps preserve your files and settings

MVPS HOSTS File Update [08 18 07]

Glad you enjoy the file I wouldn t run a PC without one :wink: Cheers Silj

Windows Xp

I ve learnt more thank U

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VMware and Parallels for Virtual Machines

chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:30:00 GMT

It doesn't matter if you're running on Windows or Mac OS X - every power user needs either Parallels or VMware (or both). There's never been an easier way to test software without destroying your primary operating system's stability. Think of how many times you wish you could press a 'reverse' button on your computer. Plus, there's no easier way to try new Linux distributions - see what all the fuss is about. Run Windows in OS X, run Linux in Windows, but the best way to do either is with VMware and/or Parallels.

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chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:56:13 GMT

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