Permanent folder for incoming files in Skype
If you are sick and tired of selecting the folder to save an incoming file in Skype, do the following. Go to Tools→Options→IM&SMS and there on the bottom select: Save all files to: and choose the desired folder. That's it — and you will probably save a lot of time in future.
Resurrecting opened tabs in Mozilla Firefox
Tired of losing opened tabs if Firefox crashes, there is easy solution, not all of you may be familiar with. If you want Firefox to save all opened tabs and reopen them after crash or close go to Tools→Options then select the following: Show my windows and tabs from last time.
Disabling UAC (User Account Control) in Windows 7
If you want to disable UAC (User Account Control) notifications, type in run msconfig then go to Tools → Change UAC Settings and press Launch. In the next pop-up window choose Never notify and press OK.
The procedure is very similar in Windows Vista, so i hope you can handle it.
Benchmark for a hard drive
Found quite a cool tiny application, called HD Tune, very simple to use. I was testing Seagate ST31000528AS, which is a 1TB Barracuda 7200.12.
Feel free to send your own tests of this drive with HD Tune.
Disabling Action Center in Windows 7
If you are absolutely exhausted reading messages popping up from your Action Center in Windows 7 i will probably help you today.
Go to Action Center (Open Action Center), on the left side on the very top - click
To completely turn off Action Center → click Turn system icons on or off here:
In the next window find Action Center and choose off, then hit OK.
Playing .mov files without QuickTime player
Never wandered why should you install QuickTime player every time after windows install to play .mov files? It was always a NO for me.
If you are not a fan of a QuickTime player, but still want to open .mov file on your windows machine, install a tiny player Media Player Classic or a K-Lite Codec pack. If you install K-Lite codec pack you can play .mov files with your basic Windows Media Player. That's it!
K-Lite Codec pack will also allow you to play .flv files too with the ordinary Windows Media Player.
Drop-down lists in Microsoft Excel
If you would like to make a drop-down list in excel, select a column of cells then go to: Data → Data validation. In the Allow: drop-down choose List, then select source and hit ok.
This tutorial works on all versions of Microsoft Excel.
Auto adjustment is locked on Samsung monitors
Another problem, solution of what i faced today. This tip will help you to unlock your monitor settings adjustment. It works with Samsung monitors, if you can't change any of the setting on your display using external buttons and get the message "Locked/Auto adjustment is locked" try holding menu button for a 5 seconds. Menu will dissappear and after that you can change your settings once again.
Extracting audio track from a video file
If you have a video file, and want to extract audio from it separately, i suggest this method:
You will need a VirtualDub (no installation required). After opening video file, go to File → Save WAV. That's it, you have a .wav audio file extracted!
This method still doesn't work with .wmv files though!
Showing certain number of items in archive category in WordPress
Probably many of you faced a lot of items in archive showing on first page and all other pages in wordpress.
To fix that go to you theme editor in wordpress, find sidebar.php, or left_sidebar.php/right_sidebar.php (depending on the theme you are using). Find something like that:
<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
Replace with:
<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&limit=5'); ?>
Where 5 is the number of items to be displayed.
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