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How to play DOS games with DOSBox in Windows XP

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Maybe some of you wonders how to play classic DOS games in Windows XP, since newer operating system can’t play old DOS games anymore.

Now, here’s a howto that teaches you how to play your old DOS games back in your Windows XP machine. This tutorial assume that you have a DOS game ready in hand named M1 Tank Platoon.

Download DOSBox

Download DOSBox from DOSBox website.

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Start DOSBox

Start DOSBox and mount C drive

Install DOSBox

Install DOSBox, of course.

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Prepare your DOS games

Copy your DOS game folder at C: drive for easy access.
find dos games

Start DOSBox

Start DOSBox and mount C drive

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Start the DOS game

Change directory to the DOS game dir.

Execute the DOS game binary
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Congratulations!

And watch the DOS game flies in your computer, you can change it to full screen by pressing ALT+ key.

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List of Streamyx Broadband Backup DNS

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Always experience the dreadful downtime of Streamyx default DNS? Here is the list of TMNet Streamyx Backup DNS server. It might be useful if the usual DNS server ‘mysteriously’ stopped working :

202.188.0.132
202.188.0.133
202.188.0.147
202.188.0.161
202.188.0.181
202.188.0.182
202.188.1.4
202.188.1.5
202.188.1.23
202.188.1.25
Remember, copy and put it in a safe place in case if you need it afterwards, it might be handy.

[tags]internet,streamyx,dns,tmnet[/tags]

How to fix broken pins on IDE hard disk

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Ever had a broken pin on IDE hard drive? It’s frustrating when that’s happen, especially when the hard drive holds your valueable stuffs.

I found a nice website that explains a step-by-step guide to fix your broken IDE pins using ordinary tin foil and a sewing needle.

Visit this website for more information : http://arem.us/stuff/hdd/

[tags]hardware,cdrom,ide,hard disk, diy, computers, hdd, repairs,howto, solutions, tutorials[/tags]

How to keep your windows always on top, PushPin

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Sometimes it annoys me not to have “Always On Top” option on every windows because we need a post-it style windows to appear on top of our active application. This is particularly useful when you are typing something in your wordprocessor while talking to somebody through a webcam.

I searched the internet and I found a nice little application that called PushPin. Upon running it, it let you select the “Always on Top” option from the Windows.

PushPin can be easily removed by right-clicking on the PushPin icon in the system tray and selecting the remove menu item.The best thing about this application that its small (25KB), resource friendly, and best of all free of charge! You can download PushPin from its website, and try it on your self!

http://rosafamily.org/software/pushpin/[tags]windows,freeware,utilities,desktop,software,free download,downloads[/tags]

Optimise and Compress your MS Powerpoint slide

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I found a cool app (PPTMinimizer) that lets you optimise your Microsoft Powerpoint slide to a smaller size. This is achieve by compacting the Powerpoint slide by removing unused information contained within it.

Additionally, PPTMinimizer has a strong compression setting that dramatically reduces Powerpoint slides size to 30-80% making it load faster in the process.

Smaller size makes the slide easier to be mail through the internet (especially over 10MB in size), thus saving your waiting time and makes it easier for your recepient to download the attachments.

Here’s some screenshot of PPTMinimiser in action,

You can download PPTMinimizer at Tucows

[tags]slide,powerpoint, ppt, microsoft, windows, microsoft office,office[/tags]

Simplify your .htaccess task

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I found a handy website for those of you who run your own website using Apache webserver. http://www.htaccesstools.com/ simplify your job to create password protected directories, prevent hotlinking, block IPs, redirection by languange and creating custom Error Document.

I think you should try and check the service out, because it’s handy for me, it must be handy for you too!
[tags]apache,htaccess,htpasswd,linux,windows,hotlink,mod_rewrite[/tags]

Backup your Windows Drivers with Driver Magician

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Driver Magician Lite is a free application that lets you backup your Windows driver such as when you lose your original device driver CD. This is because most of devices nowadays came with their own drivers cd that makes it easy to misplaced any one of those CD.

Driver Magician also allows you to easily create a dedicated Drivers CD custom made for your PC and/or laptops, since its convenient to have all your drivers packed in only a single CD.

Backup your Drivers now with Drivers Magician Lite

[tags]drivers,hardware,windows,downloads, device driver, backup,devices[/tags]

How to disable PDF viewing in Firefox

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You may already encountered websites that provide link to a PDF file, usually if you installed Adobe Reader you will be able to automatically view the PDF files right inside your browser.

The trouble with this method is, your browser may freeze or crash while waiting for the PDF files to download to your computer. Furthermore, some people view this feature as a drawback because Web browser should not takeover PDF reader job.

The Solution

Fear not because somebody has published a quick fix that disable firefox capability to display PDF files on the fly.

Please proceed to Disabling PDF Display in Firefox

How to flush Windows XP DNS Cache

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Sometimes it is annoying discover that the your domain still points to an old location instead of a new one, after you’ve changed it’s NS record.

This happens because Windows XP tries to speed things up by placing the DNS information about that site, into a DNS cache on your PC.

The easiest way to fix this, is to go to Start Menu->Run, and type in “ipconfig /flushdns” without the quote, and the problem should be solved soon after that.


  

[tags]windows xp, winxp, tips, guides, dns[/tags]

Mozilla Thunderbird Keyboard Shortcuts

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Here’s a partial list of Mozilla Thunderbird shortcuts. For the uninitiated, Mozilla Thunderbird is a cross-platform desktop based email client developed by Mozilla foundation and it is available for free download from the project’s website

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Caret Browsing F7
Get New Messages for Current Account Ctrl + T
Print Ctrl + P
Reply to Sender of Message Ctrl + R
Send and Receive All Messages Ctrl + T
Send Message Now Ctrl + Enter
Toggle Message Pane F8

MESSAGE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Edit as New Ctrl + E
Label: None 0
Label: Work 2
Label: ToDo 4
Mark All Read Ctrl + Shift + C
Mark as Junk J
Mark Message as Read/Unread M
New Message Ctrl + N

For more information about Mozilla Thunderbird keyboard shortcuts, please refer to Mozilla Thunderbird Cheatsheet article by Leslie Franke.

[tags]mozilla, thunderbird, email, email client, mozilla thunderbird, cheatsheet, shortcuts[/tags]