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Tips on how to prolong your laptop battery life
This applies to any device that uses lithium ion batteries (i.e. laptops, smartphones). Battery For lithium ion batteries, you do not need to discharge them fully and recharge constantly. Since they don’t have the same "memory" as older nickel-metal hydride batteries, it is actually better to discharge a lithium ion only partially (10 to 20%)…
Fix to "The handle is invalid" error when ASP.NET writes to the Eventlogs
Have you ever come across the error below with one of your ASP.NET web apps that is trying to write to the Eventlogs? If so, read on… By default the ASPNET user cannot access the existing eventlogs categories. To resolve this, you must set the permissions in the Eventlog key in the registry: Launch RegEdit.…
Playing in the dirt makes you smarter
Apparently, yes, it does … according to this article (which is below for archival purposes). If you need yet another good reason to convince yourself or your kids to go outside and get your hands in the dirt, here it is: new research reveals that a bacterium in the soil not only lowers depression and…
How to fix a corrupted Windows 7 profile
Log on with newly created administrative account. Delete C:\Users\%username% Delete C:\Users\TEMP Delete the registry key matching your SID from: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList Check the value of ProfileImagePath so the system will your correct profile. Restart once again and login with your own account.
Windows 7 Services modified and stopped
Adding this for reference, in case, I need to activate/revert on my workstation. Application Experience Computer Browser Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (for Aero theme) Diagnostic Policy Service Distributed Link Tracking Client IP Helper Offline Files Portable Device Enumerator Service Protected Storage Remote Registry Server SSDP Discovery Tablet PC Input Service TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper UPnP…