Jul 06

Follow these instructions in order to setup gmail on your outlook.

  • Make sure POP access is turned on for your Gmail account.
  • Select Tools | E-mail Accounts… from the menu in Outlook.
  • Make sure Add a new e-mail account is selected.
  • Click Next .
  • Choose POP3 as the Server Type.
  • ·Click Next .
  • Enter your Gmail account details in the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) dialog:
  • Type your full name under Your Name:.
  • Type your Gmail email address under E-mail Address:.
  • Type your full Gmail address under User Name: as well.
  • Type your Gmail password under Password:.
  • Type pop.gmail.com under Incoming mail server (POP3):.
  • Type smtp.gmail.com under Outgoing mail server (SMTP):.
  • Click More Settings….
  • Go to the Outgoing Server tab.
  • Make sure My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked.
  • Leave Use same settings as my incoming mail server selected.
  • Go to the Advanced tab.
  • Make sure This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) is checked under both Incoming server (POP3): and Outgoing server (SMTP):.
  • Type 465 under Outgoing server (SMTP):
  • If the number under Incoming server (POP3): has not been changed to 995 automatically, enter 995 there.
  • Click OK.
  • Click Next .
  • Click Finish.

May 20

You can create a file of any size using nothing more than what’s supplied with Windows. Start by converting the desired file size into hexadecimal notation. You can use the Windows Calculator in Scientific mode do to this. Suppose you want a file of 1 million bytes. Enter 1000000 in the calculator and click on the Hex option to convert it (1 million in hex is F4240.) Pad the result with zeroes at the left until the file size reaches eight digits—000F4240.

Now open a command prompt window. In Windows 95, 98, or Me, you can do this by entering COMMAND in the Start menu’s Run dialog; in Windows NT 4.0, 2000, or XP enter CMD instead. Enter the command DEBUG BIGFILE.DAT and ignore the File not found message. Type RCX and press Enter. Debug will display a colon prompt. Enter the last four digits of the hexadecimal number you calculated (4240, in our example). Type RBX and press Enter, then enter the first four digits of the hexadecimal size (000F, in our example). Enter W for Write and Q for Quit. You’ve just created a 1-million-byte file using Debug. Of course you can create a file of any desired size using the same technique.

May 07

This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.

1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.

QUOTE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
“ClearPageFileAtShutdown”=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
“AutoEndTasks”=”1″

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
“WaitToKillServiceTimeout”=”1000″

2. Save the file as shutdown.reg
3. Double click the file to import into your registry.

NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a “malicious” script, this is normal if you have “Script Safe” or similar technology enabled.