This image is sent to me by a user that said this message is annoying and not very helpful.
For example, when he plays CityVille on Facebook, he “gets this message when he wants to send a news, ask for help or share stuff”.
This kind of messages are implemented by Microsoft because they want to inform you that you are about to access some unsecured content on a website. This is actually a security purpose message. Unfortunately, this kind of messages are more often annoying or unnecessary than useful. Internet explorer show this message when the same website page contain both secured and unsecured content: in this way, some unsecured scripts may have access to secured data on that page. Same thing happens when you play a game (unsecured scripts) on Facebook and want to publish that game information on your wall (secured action).
So … if you don’t access website that are not reliable like torrent/porn/illegal downloads/hacking you may find useful to disable this message. To do that you have to:
1. Launch Internet Explorer.
2. Go to Tools -> Internet Options.
Then, navigate to Security tab.
3. Click on “Custom level” button.
4. Search for “Display mixed content” under Miscellaneous section. Change it to enable.
Select Yes and that’s all.
]]>I consider it one of the best programs of this type because it’s actually small and needs very little memory compared to other programs with the same functions. It is free and also is very well integrated in Windows 7 with multi-language support. A small drawback of this program is that it does not erase all temporary files in the system, namely: do not delete temporary files from other computer users.
CCleaner’s has four main menu options:
1. Cleaning: delete all temporary files, but beware if you want to keep your browser cookies and history. You should uncheck that box otherwise you will have to retype login information on all your favorite sites.
2. Registry: this defines the options of deleting registry keys that are invalid, or left behind after uninstall of certain programs, software, patches and so on. When you do system scans you’ll be asked for a backup copy. I personally do this backup because even if it generally delete only records that are not endanger your system it may cause some malfunction of some programs by deleting useful registry.
3. Tools: here you can uninstall any program the you have installed, manage the start-up programs, delete system restores or wipe data from your hard drive.
4. Options: Ofers the general CCleaner options like languages, right-click options, start-up with windows and so on.
]]>As you may know .pps files can be open with Power Point software from the Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft Office is a suite of software that is not free. Therefor, if you only need to view this presentation files you have to know that Microsoft offers you a free option: Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer.
]]>PowerPoint Viewer lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions with full fidelity. This viewer also supports opening password-protected Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. You can view and print presentations, but you cannot edit them in the PowerPoint Viewer.
Photo credit [gwildthing36]
]]>For example, if you want to insert a heart symbol you should:
1. Make sure your keyboard is in NumLock mode and you are using the numeric keypad. If you are a laptop user your numeric keypads are usually the numbers in red.
2. Hold ALT key and press 3.
3. Release the ALT key to insert the heart symbol.
A list of other symbols you may want to know is:
for ☺ 1
for ☻ 2
for ♥ 3
for ♦ 4
for ♣ 5
for ♠ 6
for • 7
for ◘ 8
for ○ 9
for ◙ 10
for ♂ 11
for ♀ 12
for ♪ 13
for ♫ 14
for ☼ 15
for ► 16
for ◄ 17
for ↕ 18
for ‼ 19
for ¶ 20
for § 21
for ▬ 22
for ↨ 23
for ↑ 24
for ↓ 25
for → 26
for ← 27
for ∟ 28
for ↔ 29
for ▲ 30
for ▼ 31
This should work in any text editor, browsers (facebook, blogs, email), IM (live or yahoo messenger) or office.
]]>So … the solution is actually much simpler. You have to disable the “hardware acceleration” option.
Go to Tools > Options > Advanced > General > and disable “Use hardware acceleration when available”.
UPDATE: The new version Firefox4b11 solve this problem. You don’t have to disable that option.
]]>However, the best way to determine if you have a working wireless network adapter is to see if your PC recognize your hardware device as a wireless connection. To see that you have to:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel
2. Double click on Network and Sharing Center
3. From the left side of the window click Manage Network Connections
4. In this new windows you’ll see all your network connections and adaptors. Wireless network adapters are labeled with “Wireless Network Connection”.
If a connection displays a red X, it is disconnected. If this windows is blank, your computer doesn’t have yet any connection or adapter. If you only have “Local Area Connection”, your computer can connect only on a wired connection, it doesn’t have a wireless.
]]>The first one, with “Empty Trash” option, can be used only if you have the write permissions on all files from your trash. What if you have some other files that you can open, or delete?
This is when terminal commands are brilliant. To empty you Trash using commands you have to:
1. Open a terminal
2. Login as a super user. Type:
su
and enter your root password
3. Browse to Trash directory. Type
cd .Trash
4. Remove all files and folders. Type
rm -rf *
And that should be all. Type exit
to exit the terminal.
A question that came in my mind these days was, how to add album art to my mp3 files?
To listen to music I’m using winamp on my home computer and the build-in player from my phone. Both are showing the album art of my mp3 files. The problem is that not all my mp3 files has the album art… actually, just a few of them.
How can I add album art?
First, I tried using Winamp (right click -> “View file info…” -> Artwork tab -> Download Art). This method is ok but the album art was saved in distinguish jpg’s file next to my mp3′s. It’s working fine in winamp but if I have to move some music to my phone or if I want to share it with my friends over the internet I had a problem. And that because I also had to send the jpg file along with the .mp3 and also be be careful that this jpg file stay inside the same folder as his associate mp3. Not good enough I thought.
How can I include album art inside mp3 file itself?
This was my next question. And that came to me because I’m following the “I Guess I’m Floating” music blog where you can find a lot of interesting information and also you can download a lot of good music for free. There I saw that some .mp3 file include their album inside the .mp3 file. How can I do the same trick with my favorite music?
The solution is simple: a little more advance tag editor like Mp3Tag. Next, I’ll show you exactly how to include album art on your mp3 files using Mp3Tag.
1. Download and install Mp3Tag.
2. Search, download and save the album art for your mp3 file. I recommend a search by album name on Google images. Recommended image size of 300px × 300px.
3. Open your mp3 file with Mp3Tag.
4. On the down left side you have the album art option. Right click and select “Add cover…”
Browse and select your album art file saved on step 2.
5. Right click on the mp3 file and select “Save tag” then OK.
And this should do the job.
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