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Use local templates with Office 2013

A new feature of the Office 2013 and 2016 applications is online templates. The Start screen window comes up when you open Word, Excel, and the other Office applications that make heavy use of templates. While these templates may be useful to some … [Continue reading]

Use Group Policy ADMX files in Windows 7 or 8 (non-domain computers)

The group policy window with Office policy templates

Group policies are not for domain users only. Anyone can use them to set their defaults for any application that supports Group Policies. The advantage to using group policies for SOHO users is that you don't need to edit the registry. Also, some … [Continue reading]

Yourls: Can't add new urls to database (endless spinner)

Yourls url shortening service

I've been using an older version of Yourls for a few years. I tried to upgrade to v1.5 a few times but always hit a problem with adding new URLs to the database: it acts like it's adding the URLs but really doesn't Sometimes the 'thinking' icon spins … [Continue reading]

How to live without the Windows 8 Start menu

Create a taskbar toolbar

I hated Windows 8 when I first installed it. Navigating was difficult since I'm using on a desktop computer and live on the desktop. The Metro screen might be OK for touch screen tablets, but it's not workable for my desktop. Yes, I know, you can … [Continue reading]

Repair Remote Desktop (RDP) File Association

Now the rdp files will open

Out of the blue, not one, but two, computers lost the RDP file association and clicking on the saved RDP files, opened the Open with... dialog, not the remote computer. I have no idea what caused the problems, but it was likely either a Windows … [Continue reading]

Redirected Pages Keep Reloading in IE7 (Solved!)

For the last two weeks I've been trying to figure out why pages on Slipstick.com (and to a lesser extent, on Outlook-tips.net) kept reloading. I first realized there was a problem when the 48 hour stats tracker (from Jetpack) showed a large jump in a … [Continue reading]

Why my (almost brand new) iPad will probably never see iOS5...

Update: I broke down and installed iTunes on my laptop. Install went smoothly, both for iTunes and iOS5. To a new-ish iPad owner, whole backup and restore process was confusing though. Was restore going to restore iOS4 or just the apps? It seems to … [Continue reading]

Places Bar in Windows 7 & 8

Although Windows 7 (and Vista) make it easier to find folders, thanks to the Favorites and Libraries, some applications use the older Open/Save common dialog. And yes, it still supports Places Bar. You can add up to 5 places to it, replacing the five … [Continue reading]

Going Nuts... WordPress and VBA Code Samples

There is no nice way to say it: WordPress sucks for VBA code samples. The way it handles HTML coding isn't so hot either. WordPress was designed so people don't need to know anything about HTML. I've worked with HTML for 15 years. I understand HTML … [Continue reading]

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