Remove Remote Desktop Connection 6

If, like me, after you upgraded to Remote Desktop Client v6 and found it wasn't a good upgrade for you - in my case I still have a lot of Windows 2000 servers to access which can't use RDC v6 authentication pass-through as it does with Window 2003 Server - then here's how to remove it:

Go to Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel and remove:

Update for Windows XP(KB925876)

Then reinstall the previous version of the RDC.

Vibrating/Shaking Firefox!

Sounds like fun i know, but if it does it all the time, it can get annoying. A friend of mine let me know about this one, it's an actual bug with firefox. Check out the link to find the solution:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Window_shakes

PS. even though my friend wasn't using the bookmarks toolbar, he still had to do what the article suggested.

Inserting a Signature In Outlook

Came across a strange change when using Microsoft Word as my Outlook email editor the other day. I suddenly couldn't Insert a Signature - I went to Insert -> Signature when composing an email, but the option wasn't there! After a bit of messing around I realised you had to use the standard Outlook email editor to have this back... Seems a bit strange, but hey, that's how it is!

Basic Grep in Windows!

Only just found this, but if you want to grep a directory in windows for a certain string, you can use find:

dir | find "String"

...in this case will ist anythign with String in the name...

Very useful... (I'm sure it can do much more, but i'll add as i find - sorry for the pun!)

Clearing Windows Memory

Here's a nice little shortcut i found off YouTube to clear memory in Windows by the click of a shortcut!

Just create the shortcut with the following command:

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll, ProcessIdleTasks

Very useful when you get half way through your working day!