Archive | December, 2008

How to remove margin border and select default document file format on OpenOffice.org Writer

By Detector | 22 December 2008

If you dislike the margin border on OpenOffice.org Writer, you can easily remove it. Go to: Tools → Options. In the options menu choose from left OpenOffice.org → Appearance and then deselect “text boundaries” option from...
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Get full GUI (nautilus) permissions for manage files in Ubuntu folder structure

By Detector | 21 December 2008

When you start Ubuntu, in Nautilus, you have full permissions for manage files only in your home folder. Sometimes you need to change some configuration or delete files inside Ubuntu folder structure and you have no...
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nVidia ION Atom platform announced

By Detector | 19 December 2008

nVidia announced new Atom chipset platform named – Ion. The new chipset will be appropriate for Intel Atom processors, the heart of every netbook and nettop computers. Until now, Intel distributes Atom processors only with Intel...
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Windows tip: How to determine your IP address info

By Detector | 19 December 2008

You can determine your IP address information with some software or directly from your windows OS. Here is two ways how you can use just your windows to get your IP info:Use IPCONFIG windows CMD command:...
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Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux released

By Detector | 19 December 2008

Adobe Systems has released Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux. Adobe Air 1.5 is main component in Adobe Flash platform and it enables framework and support for web developers (HTML, JavaScript, Flex) for running Web applications without...
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openSUSE 11.1 released

By Detector | 19 December 2008

openSUSE 11.1 is available for download now! New version of openSUSE 11.1 has over 230 new features, improvements in YaST, the newest upgrades in desktop environments – an intuitive and attractive desktop for all (GNOME 2.24.1,...
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Windows tip: Vista cannot print – Access is Denied

By Detector | 18 December 2008

If you cannot access the shared printer in Windows Vista, the trick is to add the printer as a local printer and then try printing. Follow next instructions to accomplish that: Go into Control Panel In...
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Linux tip: How to install MEncoder from the command line

By Detector | 18 December 2008

MEncoder is a command-line tool in Linux to encode and decode videos. Here is short step-tutorial how to install it (from the command line): Install MEncoder: sudo apt-get install mencoder Here is some documentation on ripping...
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Windows tip: How to add TCP / IP printers

By Detector | 18 December 2008

If you need to create a connection to a network printer knowing just its IP address in the network, follow next steps.To add TCP/IP printer and create a connection between your computer and network printer do...
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VirtualBox 2.1 from Sun Microsystem, new version release

By Detector | 18 December 2008

Sun Microsystem announces new VirtualBox 2.1. release with a lot of interesting improvements. This version is a major update.For those that don’t know – VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server,...
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Windows tip: How to share multiple folders

By Detector | 17 December 2008

If you need to share multiple folders in windows operating system follow next simple tutorial.Sharing multiple folders in windows can be done with running the program SHRPUBW.EXE which will bring up a simple dialog box to...
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Set up Compiz Settings Manager and make taskbar windows preview (like Vista) on Ubuntu

By Detector | 16 December 2008

If you want advanced settings dialog for your already installed Compiz Eye Candy effects on Ubuntu, go to System → Administration → Synaptic Package Manager. On search field enter “compizconfig” without quotes. Select “compizconfig-settings-manager” and Mark...
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Newbie Ubuntu Tips: How to grab your screenshot with a keyboard shortcut or with default capture tool

By Detector | 16 December 2008

If you want to save you current screnshot in Ubuntu there is a very easy way to do that. Just press PrintScreen (PrtSc) key on your keyboard and Screenshot dialog will appear for locations to saving...
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Windows tip: How to speed up Network Browsing

By Detector | 16 December 2008

There is a lot of issues which can forse windows to become very slow in network browsing. But, statistic said that the most problems with speed arise from network shares with a lot of files. Here...
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Internet Explorer security alert – is this the end of IE era?

By Detector | 16 December 2008

Users of the world’s most common web browser have been advised to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed – was announced at today’s BBC NEWS (16.12.2008) As internet experts say:...
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Intel Atom and Nvidia GeForce 9400M partnership

By Detector | 15 December 2008

Nvidia is going to tweak its GeForce 9400M chipset to work with Intel’s Atom processor. The Nvidia chipset already works with Intel’s Core 2 Duo mobile and Core 2 Extreme CPUs, and now Nvidia has signed...
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Wine now has 64bit power – Wine64

By Detector | 15 December 2008

Wine goes 64bit when Wine developer Maarten Lankhorst succeeded in running ‘Hello World’ in 64-bit, natively! Wine is very popular and widely used for running native Windows programs on Linux, with impressive compatibility list of programs...
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Windows tip: How to create Shutdown / Reboot Shortcut

By Detector | 15 December 2008

Windows has a program called SHUTDOWN.EXE which allows you to easily create icons to shutdown or restart your computer.To create a shutdown shortcut on the desktop follow next steps: Right click on an open area of...
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Windows tip: How to rollback a device driver

By Detector | 15 December 2008

When you reinstall device drive with new drivers downloaded from the internet or some CD and device does not work correctly, you can restore the previous drivers (to default windows or previous one) by following next...
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Windows tip: How to reinstall Windows XP and keep all your current installed applications

By Detector | 15 December 2008

If you need to reinstall WindowsXP without doing clean install and you want to keep all your current installed applications and settings here is the steps: Start WindowsXP. Go to the location of your source files...
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