Windows

Disable Automatic Restarts

May 6, 2010

Does it annoy you when Windows installs an Automatic update that requires a restart when you are busy doing something and don’t want to restart immediately but can only ‘sleep’ it for a few minutes, before the annoying alert comes up again? If so, you can try a Registry hack to prevent automatic restarting...

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Print PDF using IE’s Protected Zone

May 6, 2010

When Internet Explorer is configured to use Protected Zones, you can not print pages to PDF’s using Acrobat’s PDF printer. Instead, you’ll get an error similar to this one:             D:\Documents\webpage.pdf             You don’t have permission to save in this location.             Contact the administrator to obtain permission.             Would you like to save...

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Easy Access to System Folders in Windows 7 and Vista

May 6, 2010
Easy Access to System Folders in Windows 7 and Vista

Type (or paste) the shell command in the Start Search or into the Run dialog (Start Menu, Programs, Accessories) and press Enter. If Windows Explorer is already open, you can type the command in the address bar and press Enter. The most useful commands for Outlook: shell:AppData – takes you to the roaming app data...

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Disable Control Panel UAC

May 6, 2010
Disable Control Panel UAC

Vista’s User Access Control is annoying, especially when you are installing new software or tweaking hardware settings. you can disable it completely in User Accounts or set a local security policy which disables it for Control panel access only. Click Start, Control Panel, Administration tools (it’s in the Security and Maintenance group), then Local...

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Customizing the Office XP and Office 2003 Places Bar

May 6, 2009
Customizing the Office XP and Office 2003 Places Bar

Windows2000 and Millennium Places bar information here Office 2000 users informationhere In Office 2000, you needed to either edit the registry or use a utility to change the places bar and could not do it on the fly. The places bar was limited to no more than ten entries. With Office XP or Office...

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Topography of Home Networking

July 12, 2003
Topography of Home Networking

Traditional Home Network Typically, home networks were set up with one computer controlling access to the internet, either using NAT or proxy software. It works great, except for the other computers to have internet access, the workstation needs to be on. The workstation provides firewall protection for the network and depending on the sharing...

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Verizon Cellular Phone Modem

July 12, 2002
Verizon Cellular Phone Modem

Update 7/2011: I’m only moving this page into this portion of the site because it still gets a lot of hits each day. I’m not sure why, as it’s my understanding that the information in this post in no longer valid and hasn’t been for sometime.  Maybe it still works for people with really...

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Fonts Installed by Office 95/97/2000

July 12, 2001

Windows Fonts are here Office 95Office 97 Office 2000 Arialn.ttf Arlrdbd.ttf Antqua.ttf Antquabi.ttf Antquab.ttf Antquai.ttf Bookos.ttf Bookosbi.ttf Bookosb.ttf Bookosi.ttf Schlbk.ttf Schlbkbi.ttf Schlbkb.ttf Schlbki.ttf Hatten.ttf Alger.ttf Bragga.ttf Britanic.ttf Brushsci.ttf Colonna.ttf Desdemon.ttf Ftltlt.ttf Gara.ttf Garabd.ttf Garait.ttf Kino.ttf Latinwd.ttf Maturasc.ttf Playbill.ttf Arialn.ttfArlrdbd.ttfAntqua.ttfAntquabi.ttfAntquab.ttfAntquai.ttfBookos.ttfBookosbi.ttfBookosb.ttfBookosi.ttfSchlbk.ttfSchlbkbi.ttfSchlbkb.ttfSchlbki.ttfHatten.ttfAlger.ttfBragga.ttfBritanic.ttfBrushsci.ttfColonna.ttfDesdemon.ttfFtltlt.ttfGara.ttfGarabd.ttfGarait.ttfKino.ttfLatinwd.ttfMaturasc.ttfPlaybill.ttfarialni.ttfarialnb.ttfarialnbi.ttfbssym1.ttfbssym2.ttfbssym3.ttf Arialn.ttfArlrdbd.ttfAntqua.ttfAntquabi.ttfAntquab.ttfAntquai.ttfBookos.ttfBookosbi.ttfBookosb.ttfBookosi.ttfSchlbk.ttfSchlbkbi.ttfSchlbkb.ttfSchlbki.ttfHatten.ttfAlger.ttfBragga.ttfBritanic.ttfBrushsci.ttfColonna.ttfDesdemon.ttfFtltlt.ttfGara.ttfGarabd.ttfGarait.ttfKino.ttfLatinwd.ttfMaturasc.ttfPlaybill.ttfarialni.ttfarialnb.ttfarialnbi.ttfbssym1.ttfbssym2.ttfbssym3.ttfabaexbc.ttfalmanac.ttfbaskvill.ttfbeesknee.ttfbell.ttfbellb.ttfbelli.ttfbernhc.ttfboa.ttfbradhitc.ttfcalistb.ttfcalisti.ttfcoopbl.ttfdirect.ttfengr.ttferasbd.ttferasdemi.ttferaslght.ttferasmd.ttferasult.ttfeurosti.ttfeurostib.ttffelixti.ttfforte.ttffrabk.ttffrabkit.ttffradm.ttffradmcn.ttffradmit.ttffrahv.ttffrahvit.ttfframd.ttfframdcn.ttfframdit.ttffrscript.ttfglsnecb.ttfglecb.ttf goudosb.ttf goudos.ttf goudosi.ttf goudysto.ttf gradl.ttf harngton.ttf ho.ttf imprisha.ttf juice___.ttf key.ttf lblack.ttf lbrite.ttf lbrited.ttf lbritedi.ttf...

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Fonts Installed by Windows

July 12, 2001

Note: This list is for older versions of Windows (95 maybe? WinME?) and newer versions of Windows may not install all of these fonts, and includes newer fonts. Office 95/97/2000 fonts are here Win 95 VGA850.FON ARIBLK.ttf COMIC.ttf COMICBD.ttf IMPACT.ttf VERDANA.ttf VERDANAB.ttf VERDANAI.ttf VERDANAZ.ttf WEBDINGS.ttf 8514FIX.FON 8514OEM.FON 8514SYS.FON COURE.FON COURF.FON DOSAPP.FON MODERN.FON SERIFE.FON SERIFF.FON...

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