It is without doubt possible to resize the window of the Firefox web browser manually. This is usually the best way of doing so unless the user wants to resize the window to exact dimensions. This is for example useful for web developers who want to test websites in certain resolutions to ensure that the [...]
Server Monitoring Software IT Service View
Professional webmasters and system administrators have to make sure that their websites, servers and networks are running all the time. One way to ensure that is by running server monitoring software like IT Service View. Similar programs and services that we have covered in the past include the website monitoring software Sitemonitor, the website monitor [...]
Linux Tips: Window focus
I like to think of myself as a Linux desktop power user. To that end I want my desktop to be very efficient and work with me on every level. I want as few clicks of the mouse as possible. Fortunately there are certain (nearly) universal aspects of the Linux that make this not only [...]
Windows Themes Patcher
Microsoft has build in a protection into the Windows operating system that prevent users from installing third party themes. It is not really clear why the protection has been implemented in first place. The problem that users who want to change the look and feel of their operating system face is that there are only [...]
Install All Windows XP Updates With Patchmate XP
Patchmate XP, and its Windows Server 2003 counterpart Patchmate 2003, are ISO images that contain all Windows XP updates (Windows Server 2003 Updates) that have been released by Microsoft. The developer is adding new Windows XP updates to the ISO image on a monthly basis so that it will always include the latest patches issues [...]
Manage Firefox Web Browser Form History
There are basically two ways of clearing the form history in the Firefox web browser. The first is to clear it completely either manually in the Firefox options or automatically on exit. The second works only on the website the data has been entered but allows to delete items selectively. Entering at least one char [...]
Convert PDF To Word And Excel
Many users who want to extract non-textual data from a pdf document help themselves by creating a screenshot of that data to embed it into their documents. While most pdf readers are nowadays capable of copying text from pdf documents they usually do lack the ability to copy more complex data like tables or drawings [...]
Configure Fine-grained Password Policies In Windows Server 2008
So called fine-grained password policies are a new feature of Windows Server 2008. This new feature allows system administrators to configure password policies for different user groups. Windows Server 2003 was not as flexible as it only allowed to set one password policy for all users. The manual configuration of fine-grained password policies requires quite [...]
Music Management Software Jajuk
Jajuk is a very comprehensive and feature rich Open Source music management software written in Java. The software program is therefor available not only for the Microsoft Windows operating system but also Linux and Apple Macintosh computer systems. A first directory containing music files has to be selected after the program installation. Jajuk will automatically [...]