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How To Get Cursor/Arrow Keys On Swype

Today's tip is almost a necessity because I've seen so many of you looking and asking and complaining about having no cursor keys in Swype (us EVO 4G users absolutely need them - the phone has no trackball!).

So I am here to tell you that Swype actually does have cursor keys but they're hidden away in a secret menu behind a super-secret swipe. Well, not too secret but if you haven't looked through the manual, you are probably unaware of it.
How To Get Cursor/Arrow Keys On Swype

To get to the special menu, just swipe from the lower left button (the one with the letter 'i' and a squiggly) towards the button with 'SYM' on it.

Check it out - BAM, what's that? A hidden menu.

To go back to the regular mode, press the 'ABC' button.

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How To Create a User-Defined Service

The following did not work with FullSync, it appear to start but not run properly

You will need to install the Window 2003 rktools.exe

The Windows NT Resource Kit provides two utilities that allow you to create a Windows NT user-defined service for Windows NT applications and some 16-bit applications (but not for batch files).

Instrsrv.exe installs and removes system services from Windows NT and Srvany.exe allows any Windows NT application to run as a service.

create a Windows NT user-defined service, perform the following steps:

  1. At a MS-DOS command prompt(running CMD.EXE), type the following command:path\INSTSRV.EXE My Service path\SRVANY.EXEwhere path is the drive and directory of the Windows NT Resource Kit (i.e., C:\RESKIT) and My Serviceis the name of the service you are creating.Example:
    C:\Program Files\Resource Kit\Instsrv.exe Notepad C:\Program Files\Resource Kit\Srvany.exe

    NOTE:To verify that the service was created correctly, check the registry to verify that the ImagePath value under

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\service name

    is set to point to SRVANY.EXE. If this is not set correctly, the service will stop shortly after it starts and return an Event ID 7000 "The service name failed to start."

    WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

    For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" online Help topic or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" online Help topics in Registry Editor.

    NOTE: You should back up the registry before you edit it.

  2. Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe)and locate the following subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<My Service>
  3. From the Edit menu, click Add Key. Type the following and click OK:Key Name: Parameters
    Class : <leave blank>
  4. Select the Parameters key.
  5. From the Edit menu, click Add Value. Type the following and click OK:Value Name: Application
    Data Type : REG_SZ
    String : <path>\<application.ext>where <path>\<application.ext> is the drive and full path to the application executable including the extension (i.e., C:\WinNT\Notepad.exe)
  6. Close Registry Editor.

By default, a newly created service it configured to run Automatically when the system is restarted. To change this setting to Manual, run the Services applet from Control Panel and change the Startup value to Manual. A service set to Manual can be started in one of several ways:

- From the Services applet in Control Panel- From a MS-DOS command prompt, type the following:NET START <My Service>- Use the Sc.exe utility from the Resource Kit. Type the following from a MS-DOS command prompt:<path>\Sc.exe start <My Service>

where <path> is the drive and directory of the Windows NT Resource Kit (i.e., C:\Reskit).

How to remove a service:

Recently, I was trying to delete a windows service. Normally it should not be necessary to manually delete a service. Uninstalling an application should remove its associated service (if any).

However, I installed some beta products and a service created by one of the applications was not removed automatically. Its very easy to remove a service from registry if you know the right path. Here is how I did that:

1. Run Regedit or Regedt32

2. Find the registry entry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services"

3. Look for the service there and delete it. You can look at the keys to know what files the service was using and delete them as well (if necessary).

alternatively, you can also use command prompt and delete a service using following command:

sc delete < SERVICE name>

or to create, simply type
sc create <SERVICE name>

Update:
If you have space in the file path you need to use quotation marks ("). For example:
sc create "MySQL" binpath= "C:\Archivos de programa\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld.exe"

Thanks to Maya.

NOTE: You may have to reboot the system to get the list updated in service manager.

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Install fails with XOOPS, issue with MySQL 5.5

[0.6.5] Install fails with mysql 5.5

installation script (install.php) fails on step 2 with message
Error: Tables could not be created.

reason: CREATE TABLE ... TYPE=MyISAM syntax unsupported
solution: replace with ENGINE=MyISAM

c:\xampp\php\php.ini

change the following from:
error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT

to:
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED
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Joseph’s Bread Pudding

1 ½ Pieces of cubed bread
1 Egg
⅓ Cup of half-n-half, cover bottom of dish
Drop of vanilla
Mix all together smashing bread
4 minutes @ level 3 in microwave
Cut w/spoon and mix
Cook either 30 or 60 seconds at level 4
Mix in two spoons of maple syrup and cool to taste

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How to Log into Multiple Facebook Accounts

Multiple ID Login in Internet Explorer 8:

If you’re using Internet explorer 8 then open a window and login to the website you desire with one ID. Once done, press Alt and go to File> New session. Now a new window will open go to the website again and login with another ID. Pretty easy isn’t it?
Using Two Different browsers:

There are so many internet browsers to choose between. Some of the popular ones include- Internet explorer, Opera, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. You can login to one Facebook account in one browser and the other Facebook account in another browser. This way you can login to multiple accounts simultaneously.
Multiple ID Login in Google Chrome:

Logging into different IDs is easier in Google Chrome as comes with an incognito mode that allows you to login to two different instances of the same website.

Firstly, login to the website with your primary ID in Google Chrome.

Now click on the tools icon and select New Incognito Window. Alternatively you can press Ctrl + Shift + N to open a new Incognito Window.

Navigate to the same website and you should be able to login with another user ID.
Multiple ID Login in Firefox and Flock:

Go to Nektra site and install the CookiePie Firefox addon. This addon also works on Flock browser. Once installed, restart the browser. Open a new tab and login to your account with the primary ID.

Now press Ctrl+T to open a new tab. Right click on the tab and select Toggle On/Off Cookiepie.

You’ll now see a cookie on the tab. Now, simply go to the same website and log in with another ID in this tab. Voila! Two Ids are logged in simultaneously.

You may also like to check- How to Log into Multiple GTalk Accounts Simultaneously

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VirtualBox: LAMP Server on guest OS and make available to host

So here's my sample setup. I am running a LAMP server on my guest os an image of Ubuntu and for now i am only concerned about accessing the webserver on my host machine and also from other machines on the network (something that you cant do out of the box on VMWare Fusion, though i am sure it can be done on it by one means or the other).

I run the following commands:
# VBoxManage setextradata "YourImageName" "VBoxInternal/Devices/e1000/0/LUN#0/Config/guesthttp/Protocol" TCP
# VBoxManage setextradata "YourImageName" "VBoxInternal/Devices/e1000/0/LUN#0/Config/guesthttp/GuestPort" 80
# VBoxManage setextradata "YourImageName" "VBoxInternal/Devices/e1000/0/LUN#0/Config/guesthttp/HostPort" 8080

The above example assumes a Intel PRO/1000 virtual network card; if you have configured the guest to use the PCNet, replace "e1000" with "pcnet" in the above commands. Similarly, if you want to configure a different interface instance replace the /0/ with the appropriate index. pcnet and e1000 are counted separately in this respect, and counting starts at 0 for both types.

The name guesthttp is an arbitrary one chosen for this particular forwarding configuration. With that configuration in place, all TCP connections to port 8080 on the host will be forwarded to port 80 on the guest. Protocol can be either of TCP or UDP (these are case insensitive). To remove a mapping again, use the same commands, but leaving out the values (in this case TCP, 80 and 8080).

It is not possible to configure incoming NAT connections while the VM is running. However you can change the settings for a VM which is currently saved (or powered off at a snapshot).