Ever had the need to turn a dynamic disk into a basic disk, perhaps to install an OS on it, and did not want to have the entire data on it erased? It’s actually kind of dumb that you can convert basic drives to dynamic drives without data alteration, but not the other way around.… Continue reading Converting a NTFS Dynamic Disk back into a Basic Disk without having to erase data?
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How to generate thumbnail of any web site or page dynamically
In case you want to show thumbnail of any wbsite on your application which has access to Internet or may be create a thumbnail for your blog for a purpose you don’t need to use any tool to take snapshot and then resize to generate a snapshot. Just use Picoshot and get a thumbnail dynamically… Continue reading How to generate thumbnail of any web site or page dynamically
Set Time and Date on Linux using Command Line (CLI)
First lets look at the date. Issue:date at the CLI. You should get a response like: Fri Feb 15 11:36:02 CST 2008 If the time zone is off, type timeconfig and set it. If the clock is off type: date -s 11:36:00 the -s means set then replace 11:36:00 with the respective time. If the… Continue reading Set Time and Date on Linux using Command Line (CLI)
Download full messages from an IMAP account
The default setting for an IMAP account in Outlook 2007 is to download only headers from the Inbox, but you can change that setting to make it download complete items instead. Follow these steps: Press Ctrl+Alt+S to bring up the Send/Receive Settings dialog. Select All Accounts (or the group that contains your IMAP account’s send/receive… Continue reading Download full messages from an IMAP account
5 Easy Steps to Reset a MySQL “root” Password
1. Stop the mysqld daemon process. 2. Start the mysqld daemon process with the –skip-grant-tables option. 3. Start the mysql client with the -u root option. 4. Execute the UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘password’) WHERE User=’root’; 5. Execute the FLUSH PRIVILEGES; command. These steps reset the password for the “root” account to “password”. To change the… Continue reading 5 Easy Steps to Reset a MySQL “root” Password