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I know you can backup your email directly from within Windows Mail but this script saves me a few clicks and I can run it in a scheduled task so I can set it and forget it. Download For impatient you can download the batch file here. Find Windows Mail Store Location Open Windows Mail and open Tools/Options. [...]

One of the features I use frequently in XP is the Create New X feature with the right click within Explorer. Vista does not have the option to create a new text document. I found a forum post over at vistax64.com that has a fix. Open notepad (Windows + r, notepad, enter) and copy the following: Windows Registry [...]

If you are Windows user and need to import your pictures from your iPhone here is how you do it. Plugin your iPhone to your computer with the supplied USB cable.

By default Windows XP will not allow hard drives larger than 32gb to be formatted FAT32. If you need to format a large hard drive to FAT32 (say for an external hard drive to make backups of your Windows and Mac workstations) you can a tool provided by Ridgecrop Consultatnts called Fat 32 Formatter. Documentation and [...]

If you want to use Windows Mail instead of Outlook you can import the messages directly into Windows Mail without any 3rd party utilities. I haven’t tried this without outlook installed but I don’t think it will work since the import process asks for your MAPI profile. Fire up Windows Mail File/Import/Messages Select Microsoft Outlook Select the Outlook profile [...]

If you are ever in the situation where you need to move a large number of files in Windows and notice that explorer is not responding you can try the move command. Open a Command Prompt Windows + R + cmd Run your move command C:\> move /y C:\source_directory\*.jpg C:\destination_directory\ Explanation /y – Suppresses the prompt to overwrite *.jpg – This will [...]

If you are developing in a Windows environment and need to host multiple sites on your Apache development workstation or server here are some tips for setting up your Apache configuration. Download and install XAMPP http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html Verify apache is running after installation <a href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a> NOTE: If you are also running IIS you will need to disable socket pooling that [...]

If you are try to run ipconfig on Vista as a non-Administator user you probably have seen this error. The requested operation requires elevation You can get around this error by doing the following. Click on Start, or the Windows Logo in the bottom left All Programs Accessories Right click Command Prompt Select Run as Administrator [...]