Customize Quick Steps If you’re using Outlook 2010 you’ll notice the new Quick Steps section in the Ribbon. There are some included by default and they can be customized. To configure or change Quick Steps, on the Home Tab, use the dropdown arrow in the Quick Steps box, then select Manage Quick Steps. The Manage Quick Steps window opens and here we’re going to modify the To Manager step. Highlight To Manager and click on the Edit button....

WinKey in Action During the installation process you will see this window that gives you a good basic idea of just what can be accomplished with this wonderful little app. As soon as the installation process has finished you will see the “Main App Window”. It provides a simple straightforward listing of all the keyboard shortcuts that it is currently managing. Note: WinKey will automatically add an entry to the “Startup Listing” in your “Start Menu” during installation....

The iPad is the latest gadget from Apple to wow the tech world, and people even waited in line all night to be one of the first to get their hands on one. Thanks to a simple JavaScript trick, however, you can get a feel for some of its new features without leaving your computer. This won’t let you try out everything on the iPad, but it will let you see how the new lists and pop-over menus work just like they do in the new apps....

Namebench Download the file and run the executable (link below). Namebench starts up and will include the current DNS server you have configured on your system. In this example we’re behind a router and using the DNS server from the ISP. Include the global DNS providers and the best available regional DNS server, then start the Benchmark. The test starts to run and you’ll see the queries it’s running through....

Although many students still don’t know of it, DreamSpark has been offering free Microsoft software to students since 2008. Similar to MSDNAA, students can download and use software for educational and personal use entirely for free, except with DreamSpark, all students are eligible. DreamSpark has recently expanded it’s offerings with training and access to the Windows Mobile Marketplace. Let’s look at how you can take advantage of these offerings if you’re a student....

In this article, we explore a practical example of deploying an EC2 instance using the Terraform tool into AWS. Terraform To automate your infrastructure, a tool that can build, change, and version that configuration is crucial for success, which Terraform excels at. There are four steps to creating and deploying an EC2 instance: Install and Initialize Terraform Define the Credentials & Create the Terraform configuration Plan the Terraform configuration (that is, validate) Apply the Terraform configuration...

What is VNC? Often, we need desktop/GUI (graphical User Interface) resources “on the other side of the wire” and we want to avoid walking over (or driving!) to a remote computer. At times, it may even be impossible to reach the remote system as it is on the other side of the world. Welcome to the world of remote desktop computing, which allows you – by using a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) software package – to connect to the desktop/GUI of a remote computer....

Instance templates allow you to predefine a machine configuration and image to start up clones of your servers automatically. They’re commonly used with auto-scaling to facilitate High Availability services. What Are Instance Templates? Auto-scaling can seem like magic, but at the end of the day, you’re still creating and destroying servers multiple times per day, a feat that would kill any sysadmin if they were tasked with doing it manually....

I’ve never really been a desktop gadgets and widgets type of person, but I often put an inspirational quote on my desktop wallpaper. Today we’ll show you how to do this using Rainmeter, no matter what wallpaper you switch to. The great thing about using Rainmeter is that you can switch your wallpaper, or rotate it, and the quote stays in the same place. What we’ll do is show how to create a very simple skin and customize it to fit our needs....

Redux is a state management tool, built specifically for client-side JavaScript applications that depend heavily on complex data and external APIs, and provides great developer tools that make it easy to work with your data. What Does Redux Do? Simply put, Redux is a centralized data store. All of your application data is stored in one large object. The Redux Devtools make this easy to visualize: This state is immutable, which is a strange concept at first, but makes sense for a few reasons....

Installing Fonts in Windows 7 & Vista Installing fonts in Windows 7 and Vista is extremely easy. Just right click on the font files and select Install. A small window will appear showing the progress on adding the new fonts to your system. Your new fonts will be ready to use as soon as this window auto-closes. Viewing, Deleting, & Managing Fonts in Windows 7 & Vista If you want to view, delete, or perform other actions with the fonts on your system then the Control Panel is the place to start....

AWS is a very secure ecosystem, but they can’t guarantee that what you do in the cloud is going to be secure. That responsibility is left up to you, although AWS will try to nudge you in the right direction. This guide covers what you should do from the AWS Console to make your network and account more secure. In addition to everything here, you’ll need to make sure your own applications running on your EC2 servers (or otherwise) are themselves secure....

The secret keystroke to use is Ctrl and the Numpad’s + key, and it only works if you have a separate number pad on your PC—but we’ve also found a workaround for that as well. Keep reading. Here’s How It Works To better illustrate exactly how this trick works, we’ve put together a short video that shows the keyboard shortcut in action. Resize All Columns with the Keyboard In case you can’t load the video, here’s how it works—if you look at this example window, you’ll see how the columns are all bunched up, and you can’t see all of the data in them without resizing them, which can be frustrating....

Windows 11 is famous for its strict hardware requirements. Those requirements require you to take some extra steps when you’re setting up a Windows 11 virtual machine — here are all the things you need to do to get it running. Windows 11’s Virtual Machine Requirements Virtual Machines let you run an operating system — like Windows 11 or Ubuntu — without needing a different physical computer. You can create a virtual computer that runs on your existing PC....

Prior to Ubuntu 18.04, DNS nameservers would traditionally be configured using the /etc/resolv.conf configuration file. For a long time, this file allowed quick and easy configuration of DNS nameservers, as can be seen in an example resolv.conf file below. Starting in Ubuntu 18.04, network settings, including nameservers, are now controlled through the NetPlan interface. Even prior to 18.04, you were still allowed to make changes to the original resolv.conf, but this file was actually was controlled by NetworkManager and its configuration files, typically located in the /etc/network/interfaces directory....

What could JavaScript POSSIBLY have to do with an Image Editor? Using this platform independent scripting language, today we’ll learn to create automated tasks either Mac or PC versions of Photoshop will run. Photoshop has an API (Application Programming Interface) that allows those with know-how to create scripted tasks and automate even surprisingly complicated actions. With the advantage of using a language as powerful as JavaScript, geeky programmers can come up with clever uses of conditional logic, variables, and sometimes applications outside of Photoshop....

March Madness on Demand You’ll need a broadband connection, 512 MB RAM or higher, with cookies and Javascript enabled in your browser. March Madness on Demand offers two viewing options, a Standard Player and a High Quality player. The High Quality player is not, unfortunately, high definition. Standard Player Requirements Windows XP/Vista/7 or Mac OS X IE 6+ (We also successfully tested it in Firefox, Chrome, & Opera) Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher...

If you want to allow servers in your network access to internal S3 buckets, without making the objects within them open to the internet, whitelisting access with a bucket policy is a simple solution to allow downloading files from an internal bucket. Accessing an S3 Bucket Over the Internet The most ideal method for interfacing with S3 from Linux is to just install the AWS CLI, and run commands like get-object to fetch files directly, or use the API or SDK for the language of your choice....

Using REST APIs to extend your scripts is a useful feature to implement. You can gain access to new functionalities, and the possibilities to create new more advanced scripts expand. But the experience for many when starting to use REST APIs in scripts is that it feels quite clumsy and unnatural. In this post we discuss: What a REST API is How to read the most common form of documentation How to use a REST API with PowerShell Some tips and tricks on how to make it an easier and better experience...

If you already have a large movie collection stored in a single folder, we’ll show you how to quickly move those files into their own individually named folders. File2Folder FIle2folder is a handy portable app that automatically creates and moves movie files into a folder of the same filename. There is no installation needed. Simply download and run the .exe file (link below). Enter the current movie directory, or browse for the folder....