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301 ReDirect For WordPress Back To Home Page Instead Of 404 Error Page.

HowIFixedIt — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:17:52 +0000

If you delete posts in WordPress that were once indexed by Google or bookmarked by one of your visitors, if they re-visit the link they’ll get your 404 error page. The code below simply will re-direct them to your homepage. Just copy the code to a file and rename it to 404.php. In my WordPress installation, i just replaced the existing 404.php file in wp-content/themes/themename/ with the code below.

header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: ".get_bloginfo('url'));

exit();

?>

Disable Tone / Notification On Android Reboot With Cyanogen ROM

HowIFixedIt — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:07:37 +0000

If you installed the new Cyanaogen ROM CM5 on your g1 /dream phone you’re now getting an audible tone / notification when you reboot the phone. To disable it go to menu> settings > sound and display > SD card notifications and uncheck it.

Burning a CD Without 2 Second Gap Between Tracks Using Nero

HowIFixedIt — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:23:14 +0000

When burning CD’s have you ever noticed Nero or other software automatically adds a 2 second delay between tracks. This is quite useful when burning most CD’s since a nice 2 second gap gives you a breather between tracks. However, when burning mixtapes or other compilations that would play smoother if there were no gaps, this short lag can get a little annoying. To get rid of the 2 second gap simply create a new compilation like normal and check the “No Pause Between Tracks”.

If you want to give it a shot here’s a great free Michael Jackson compilation by DJ JPeriod.

Restore “Show Desktop” Icon In Quick Launch Toolbar Windows XP

HowIFixedIt — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:55:12 +0000

Accidentally lost your show desktop icon in windows XP? Here’s how to get it back. Open a text document in notepad and write the following:

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Save the following file as “Show Desktop.scf” and drag it back into the quick launch toolbar. That’s it!

More: The Quick Launch toolbar uses the files in the following folder:
%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

How-To Rearrange Pages In Adobe Acrobat Pro

HowIFixedIt — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:15:31 +0000

Ever had to scan multiple documents and then convert them into a PDF only to find after you’ve merged the documents they’re out of order? Here’s a quick tip to rearrange those documents in the order you want. First open the document and click “pages”.

Once the window scrolls open you’ll be able to move the documents into any order you want. Just drag, drop, and click to rearrange. Don’t forget to save the file after you’re done!

What Is The Most Awesomest Thing Ever? Apparently The Internet.

HowIFixedIt — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:02:10 +0000

Ever wondered what was more awesome, Meat or Donut Holes? The answer is Meat of course. What about Ninjas? They’re awesome, where do they fit in? The website mostawesomestthingever.com takes on battles like this in hopes of coming up with the most awesomest thing ever. As of the time of this posting The Internet is edging out A Nap by a few votes. Why don’t you weigh in?

How-To Fix: Content On Computer Extender Not Updating on XBOX 360

HowIFixedIt — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:37:13 +0000

If you play movies or music from your computer through your Xbox 360 you have the computer setup as an XBOX extender. Over time as you add new content to your computer the Xbox 360 may not update with the new content. To fix this you simply log into your computer in question and bring up Windows Media Player and select Oragnize > Apply Media Information Changes.

Once you have done that your computer (Xbox 360 Extender) will begin to update the library.

Once the progress bar hits 100% your media will be updated and you should see all of it on your Xbox 360.

For more info on setting the Extender up, here are the instructions from the Xbox 360 web page.

Connect your console to Windows Media Center

Before you can play content from Windows Media Center on your Xbox 360 console, you need to connect your console to Windows Media Center.

Find Up Time In Windows 7 and Windows XP

HowIFixedIt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:24:47 +0000

System up time is the amount of time a system has been powered on since the last reboot. It’s an important figure because it gives the admin an idea of how long a system has been on. It may not be as important for a deskop user but for a server it can aid in the troubleshooting process.

In other versions of Windows like Windows XP it was as simple as running a command prompt and typing:

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>systeminfo | find "Up Time" System Up Time: 9 Days, 4 Hours, 25 Minutes, 18 Seconds

The “| find “Up Time”" just searches the output to display the system up time information.

In Windows 7 however, they changed it. It’s not called “System Up Time” anymore but “System Boot Time”. So you would run the systeminfo command with “System Boot Time” after the pipe as follows:

C:\Users\admin>systeminfo | find “System Boot Time”
System Boot Time: 3/11/2010, 5:04:17 PM

Notice when you run it this way it just shows the time and date of when you booted the computer not the actual hours its been on.

There is another way in Windows 7 to have the actual running time. Right click on the task bar and select “Task Manager”. Under the “performance” tab under “system” it now shows you the “Up Time”. See the pic below. This shows you the number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds. As you can see my computer has been on for 7 days, 13 hours, 37 minutes since i rebooted it. What’s your up time?