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Skip Mass Effect 2 Intro Movies and Cerberus Network
2014-12-12
Note: These instructions were written for the orginal Mass Effect 2, not the remastered version

Decode pre-2011 Apple Mac EFI/Firmware Passwords
2014-08-08
On Mac computers it is possible to prevent booting to alternative media which could get around OS X's security.

Pin anything to the Windows 8 start menu
2013-09-09
This little hack allows you to pin anything to your Windows 8 (or RT) start menu.

Delay email sending in Outlook a la Gmail
2013-08-08
Gmail has a handy feature whereby, after hitting the ‘Send’ button, you have some time to realise you made a typo, forgot to attach a document or that you really don’t want to send that message after all–or at least, not to the person you accidentally put in the ‘To:’ field.

Solution for Cannot adjust display brightness
2013-08-08
The problem is caused by Windows incorrectly identifying the notebook’s screen.

How to install .Net 3.5 on Windows 8
2013-08-08
When installing applications on Windows 8 you may be prompted to install the .

Change Window's CMD to behave more like PuTTY
2013-08-08
Note: Better yet, use the Terminal app in Windows 10 and 11

How to create a unique TeamViewer ID after imaging
2013-08-08
If you include TeamViewer as part of your system image or clone an existing computer with TeamViewer installed, the newly set-up computer will have the same TeamViewer ID as the source computer however each computer needs its own unique ID to work.
Why and how to disable Bonjour
2011-04-04
Bonjour is Apple’s auto-network discovery protocol that, among other things, allows iTunes to discover other iTunes libraries on the same network and for devices such as the iPod/Phone/Pad and Apple TV to discover each other and share their libraries or remote control each other.