Build your own file server

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How to build a file server

The instructions are a little basic and non-detailed but it may be enough to get something going.  Just be warned that this method is most likely good enough for a home network but not for a web-server environment.

Link: http://www.intac.net/…

How to speed up your boot process

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To speed up (which is debated if you research this) your boot process just follow these simple steps.

1) Start the System Configuration Utility – Start -> Run -> msconfig

2) Select the Boot.ini tab

3) Press the Advanced Options button

Boot Ini Advanced

4) In the Advanced Dialog: 1)  increase the /numproc to match the processors in your system (depending on where it is in the boot sequence this could refer to both physical and logical processors) and 2) increase the /maxmem (maximum memory you would allow to be used at startup).

Advanced Settings

5) Reboot your system

Post a comment on your results.  My boot process was pretty fast to begin with so any change was hard to notice.

LogMeIn Express makes sharing screens a snap

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LogMeIn Express makes it simple to share your screen with others or view someone else’s desktop.

Its simple:

  • Download and run a small app that shares your screen with others.
  • View someone else’s shared screen by entering a 12-digit code.

Link:
https://secure.logmein.com/US/products/express/Default.aspx

What is that file extension?

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You can look up the information about desired file extension and its file associations using File-extensions.org website. Simply use the search box in the top-left corner of each page tosearch for a specific file extension. You may also view an alphabetical list of extensions using the starting letters above, or browse by file type using the links on submenu at the left side of the page.


Link:
http://www.file-extensions.org/

What is wrong with my RSS feed?

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How am I supposed to know? I bet you Feed Validator will. Great tool to validate your RSS feeds.


To use it, simply enter the address of your feed and click Validate. If the validator finds any problems in your feed, it will give you messages for each type of problem and highlight where the problem first occurs in your feed. If you’re unsure what a message means, click the “help” link next to the message for a fuller explanation.


Link:
http://feedvalidator.org

Top tech support forum helps in all areas.

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Tech Support Guy is one buzzing forum with lots of groups and 100K’s of posts. If you need some help with anything computer than check this forum out. Even if you don’t want to ask a questions just using their search feature can probably yield a discussion going on.

Link:
http://forums.techguy.org/

HELP: Looking for a local spam tool to run inside of Outlook

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Must work with a Bayesian filter, just like SpamBayes, except support a white list of my contacts in Google – having the ability in Outlook to mark email as Spam and Not Spam is something I like. This gives me easy access to all incoming emails.

My current tool is SpamBayes.

Anyone know of such a application?

Firefox 2 tips

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I have installed Firefox 2 on a test system and noticed a cool thread over on DonationCoder talking about Firefox 2 hints and tips.

A couple:

  • Ever closed a TAB only to realise you wish you hadn’t? Try Ctrl + Shift + T and you can step back through closed tabs and they will be reopened in new tabs.
  • Firefox 2.0 default putting the close icons on every tab. I prefer instead just one single red X icon, on the right. Just set browser.tabs.closeButtons = 3 to have it this way.

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