Yesterday I had a pile of stuff fall on my keyboard while a program was open. Today, the program opens but I can't see it.

The program was open but invisible on the screen in Windows 7. The window shrunk to a size of zero and wouldn't even let me maximize to view! Re-installing didn't work. Right-clicking the preview window and selecting Maximize wasn't a option. Alt+Tab and WinKey+Tab didn't do the trick either (although WinKey+Tab looks pretty cool). Cascading or stacking the windows by right clicking the start menu bar didn't do jack!

I had to use WinKey+Up Arrow to maximize the window (after I clicked on the preview window on the start menu bar) and then drag the title bar down to un-maximize. At first I just clicked un-maxmize, but it dissapeared again. When it was back to normal, I closed and re-opened to make sure the size stuck. Sure enough, it did! See below for some more useful shortcuts:

How many megabytes is 15 megabits?

1 megabit equals 0.125 megabytes...
...so 15 multiplied by 0.125 equals 1.875 megabytes.

source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_MB_is_15_megabits

You can go into your Task Scheduler and add this batch file to restart your DNS Server service. Just save this info to a text file and save as DNSserverRestart.bat

@echo off REM - File: DNSserverRestart.bat REM - Description: Restart's DNS Server Services REM - Author: technick.85 REM - ADD REM comments if you don't want to restart any REM - of Services echo Restarting DNS Server... echo ====================================================== net stop "DNS Server" net start "DNS Server" echo ====================================================== echo DNS Server Restarted

HOW TO DISABLE AVG FREE (TEMPORARILY)

"The Resident Shield is the main component protecting you from viruses. It scans accessed files and if a virus is found, the access to the file is blocked. This applies to executing infected programs, as well as to opening of infected documents or any other files.

Disabling of the Resident Shield is sometimes recommended before installation of a new software or drivers, since it can prevent conflicts that would otherwise occur during their installation. This however applies only to limited number of specific programs and drivers, and there is no general reason why AVG Resident Shield should interfere with an installation of any application.

To disable the Resident Shield, please:
1. Open AVG User Interface.
2. Double-click on the Resident Shield.
3. Un-tick the option Resident Shield active.
4. Save the changes.

Please do not forget to activate the Resident Shield again once you performed the tasks requiring its deactivation."

Source: http://bit.ly/pPZzgL

Found this useful tip regarding APC PowerChute Business Edition Agent. When it comes to a default admin password: There is none! If you need to reset your username/password, you'll have to reinstall the suite on your server/workstation/whatever. In the process, I ended upgrading from v8 to v9 using the free 5 node edition found here:

http://www.apc.com/tools/download/software_comp.cfm?sw_sku=SFPCBE90&id=125&swfam=125

More details along with the original blog post can be found here:

Oleksiy Gayda's Tech Blog: Tip:
APC PowerChute Business Edition Agent
Default Username and Password

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Last week I was looking around for a free service online to backup some important files. It's always good to keep a backup in case of an emergency. I've been using SkyDrive for a lot of my backups but it's limited to around 2GB. And then I found out about ADrive...