Wordpress Adding Welcome Note on home Page using is_home() Tag

9. January 2010
Some People want to have Welcome Note on home page, you need to use following code.   <?php if (is_home()) { // Main Page Top welcome Text echo " Add Your Welcome Note here"; // and now back to our regularly scheduled home page} ?>

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How to run Windows System File Checker ?

29. December 2009
System File Checker gives an administrator the ability to scan all protected files to verify their versions. If System File Checker discovers that a protected file has been overwritten, it retrieves the correct version of the file from the cache folder (%Systemroot%\System32\Dllcache) or the Windows installation source files, and th... [More]

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VBScript to Remotely Shutdown/Logoff/Reboot System

29. December 2009
Very important and Good Script for Network Administrators, it will simply asks you which system you want to Shutdown/Logoff/Reboot and what you want to do? Like it will ask you to choose an option from following: 1.       logoff 2.       FORCE logoff 3.     ... [More]

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VB Script to Create List of Files of any Folder.

27. December 2009
Yes, this is really good tool, as sometime you need this tool to give instructions to other person on code files, or you need to give list of files. This code is customized code and will ask you to browse folder, Once Folder selected it will create text file in that folder. Moreover you need to remove line filelist.txt from File "filelist.txt" ava... [More]

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ERROR 1335 The Cabinet file ‘Data1.cab’ is corrupt

2. November 2009
If you are facing this dreadful 1335 problem with your Windows Server 2008 or VISTA operation system during installation, try following: Start -> Run –> cmd Then type in: msiexec /unregister (press enter) msiexec /regserver (press enter) Now install that program again without firewall or virus programs turned on or runn... [More]

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Display Fancy Status Message using JQuery

23. October 2009
Recently in one of our projects, we needed to display fancy status alerts as shown below:   Instead of re-inventing the wheel, we leveraged very nicely written article from west-wind. Sharing its link below for others to benefit as well.   How to show fancy status messages using JQuery

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How to embed PDF files and PowerPoint presentations in a web page

10. September 2009
There is an undocumented feature in Google Docs that lets you embed PDF files and PowerPoint presentations in a web page. The files don't have to be uploaded to Google Docs, but they need to be available online. Here is how to do it: <iframe src="http://docs.google.com/gview?url= http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/... [More]

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How to fix MBR? Error loading operating system!!!

17. August 2009
If, for any reason, the MBR becomes damaged or corrupt, then the operating system will be unable to load. You will normally see error messages like: Error loading operating system Missing operating system Invalid partition table These messages are definitely not fun, especially if you are not familiar with computers. Most people ... [More]

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How to Move iTunes Music Directory to a New Drive

5. June 2009
Sometimes migration work needs more intensive work and data loss … :(  I recently ran out of room on my internal 160 GB harddrive, mainly due to my mp3 collection. All told, I have over 100 GB of music, and I buy more all the time. Couple that with video and my digital pictures, and I'm totally out of space. To solve the problem, I decided to ... [More]

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How to automatically logoff RDP session when disconnected ?

5. June 2009
  While using Remote Desktop Connection mostly users forgot  to logoff when they end a session. Instead they simply close the window, leaving their session running on the server. This orphaned session becomes a problem in many cases because Windows Servers are typically only licensed for two simultaneous logged in users. Even worse, if yo... [More]

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FTP AUTOMATED TRANSFERS

31. May 2009
To add to the earlier tip on automated transfer using FTP, you can define a macro by name 'init' which will automate the whole transfer. Defining the macro. In the .netrc file after the definition for the machine name,add the following definition. macdef init bin hash cd <directory> !cd <directory> put/g... [More]

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URL Encoding Special Characters Reference

25. May 2009
Several characters have special meaning in different parts of the HTTP request. Following is the quick reference of various special characters whoose encoding you should know as a web developer: & is used to separate parameters in the URL query string and message body. To insert a literal & character, you should encode this as %26 = i... [More]

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Setting Both Wamp & IIS on 80 Port (no need of 81 now)

13. May 2009
Yes, Finally we are able to use both Wamp and IIS both on 80 port, but you need two Different IP Address on same server, one will server Wamp Server and other will serve IIS. Old Style and the easy way. Assign different port numbers in IIS and WAMP. They will work without any problem like for IIS Site http://localhost and for Wamp Site http://loc... [More]

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Outlook Emails Management GTD Based Techinique

12. May 2009
For those who get lots of work related emails in their Outlook, following GTD based technique might be useful for their emails management. I have been using this and so far, though not perfect, it seems to be doing the job. So, wanted to share this: http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2009/04/27/triaging-mail-with-categories-and-search-fol... [More]

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How to prevent USB Drives from Spreading Viruses ?

5. May 2009
When you stick a thumb drive infected with a worm like Conficker/Downadup into a clean system, the normally handy AutoPlay feature launches the worm and spreads the infection. So, what are you waiting for? Turn off AutoPlay! Panda Security offers a free "vaccine" program that will turn it off. But you can actually flip the master switch w... [More]

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