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Hold down the ctrl and alt keys and press delete.

Select Task Manager.

In the bottom left select More Details ( if it's not already selected ).

Click in the Name column header to arrange the processes in alphabetical order.

Find the process Windows Explorer, then right click on it and select Restart.

When the process has restarted, close Task Manager, then right click the Start Menu icon, select Command Prompt (Admin) and click ‘Yes’ to the uac prompt.

Enter the following command and hit enter ( Note that there is a space between slmgr and -rearm )

slmgr -rearm

Restart 

Private Sync Network Using Hamachi & BitTorrent Sync

Once you have setup BitTorrent Sync re-configure to use with Hamachi to increase security - all for Free.

1) Download logmein Hamachi, a free VPN, to each computer you are syncing with.  The free unmanaged version will suffice for most people. https://secure.logme...i/download.aspx

2) I setup a mesh network which allows every computer in the VPN to see each other. This type of network will allow for more syncing bandwidth and redundancy than the other two types of VPN's they offer.

3) Add the computers you are syncing to the network. The free networks have a capacity of 5 computers per network. You can get around this by creating several networks and adding different combinations of computers until all computers can "see" each other.

eg: If you have computers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 set up networks A, B, and C

• A will have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• B will have 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
• C will have 5, 6

Now all computers have access to each other through the Hamachi VPN service. Each computer is given a IPV4 address 25.xxx.xxx.xxx. I am aware of no limit to the number of networks you can have. The only restriction for the free accounts is that there may be a maximum of 5 users per network.

4) Now right click on the folder you are syncing in BitTorrent Sync and click on "Show Folder Preferences". Go to the properties tab. Uncheck "use relay server when required", "use tracker server", and "search dht network". Check "use predefined hosts". You can check or uncheck "search lan" depending on your particular application and/or preference.  Now click "add" to add the Hamachi ip address and BitTorrent Sync port other computers (The Hamachi ip address is shown in the Hamachi program and the BitTorrent Sync port is shown on the preferences tab of the main program.). It should look something like this.

 

Now your files are more secure. Even if someone is able to get a hold of your secret they will be unable to sync any of you content because your computers will only sync to the predefined hosts. You will also have one more layer of encryption to protect your data from the prying eyes of governments. One known limitation of this is that the Android (and probably IOS) apps do not have an option to configure predefined hosts but hopefully this will change for the next release. 

PS. Hamachi is currently in beta testing for android and IOS. To setup the mobile device you must use their preview site, then click add client.  There will now be an option for adding a mobile device (this option is not shown if you access through they standard hamachi login). https://preview.logm...al/Central.aspx

Image Resizer for Windows

Image Resizer for Windows is a utility that lets you resize one or more selected image files directly from Windows Explorer by right-clicking.

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Mac Mail Phantom Messages in Message Count

1) Quit Mail.

2) In Finder, press Shift-Comand-G, and in the "Go to the folder:" box, enter:

~/library/mail/V2/maildata

3) Drag the following files to the Trash:

Envelope Index

Envelope Index-shm

Envelope Index-wal

ExternalUpdates.storedata

ExternalUpdates.storedata-shm

ExternalUpdates.storedata-wal

FlagMailboxes.plist

4) Start Mail; it should tell you it needs to reimport all your Mail messages; allow it to do so.

When this process is complete, you may see Flagged messages are once again indicated, but this time when you select the Flagged mailbox you should see the messages Mail thinks are flagged, and you should be able to take whatever action you want on those messages (unflag, delete, etc.)

5) Reboot before restarting the Mail app, otherwise you won't be able to empty your trash.

Google Apps Password Recovery

You can manage your Google Apps users and account settings at www.google.com/a/YOURDOMAIN.com

We often get calls about forgotten admin/management passwords. The regular methods of recovering this password involves answering lots of questions, starting from https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery/

However, if you have control of the DNS entries of the primary domain name, this recovery process is much simpler; though not linked from Google's Account Recovery page. The link to this DNS recovery method is  https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/DOMAIN.COM/VerifyAdminAccountPasswordReset

The process is fairly straightforward:

1. Enter the email address to which you want Google to send the password reset instructions.
2. Click Continue with domain verification.
3. Complete the steps described on the page that appears to create a CNAME record.
4. Click I've completed the steps above, continue.
5. Please allow up to 48 hours for Google to verify the CNAME changes and send the password reset instructions to the email address you entered at step 2.
6. Sign in to that email address, open the message with the subject line Google Password Assistance, and follow the link that appears in the message.
7. The link takes you to a page where you can select which administrator account to reset the password for and enter the new password.
8. If you don't find the message in the Inbox, check the Spam and Trash folders to ensure that your provider hasn't filtered the message.