Mac Book Password Reset

In case you ever forget your Mac Book password, see this article. Expand the section "Resetting the original administrator account password".


You pretty much just use your install disks to get to a utility menu item for resetting the password. Quit out of the installer right after you reset the password. Thus you do not need to do a complete reinstall.

Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274

Add Custom Characters to Documents Using the Numeric Keypad

This article explains how to modify the Windows registry to allow for hexadecimal input when entering special characters into a document via the numeric keypad.

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/specchar.htm

It says "open Regedit and go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Methodand add the string or REG_SZ value EnableHexNumpad. Set the data value equal to "1" (no quotes)."

Mozilla Firefox - Can't edit or delete bookmarks on bookmarks toolbar.

Try fixing up your places.sqlite file. Instructions are here.

It says,

"Places database file

You can also fix this by forcing Firefox to rebuild the Places database, as follows:

  1. (Optional) Export your bookmarks to an HTML file named bookmarks.html (see Exporting bookmarks to an HTML file for detailed instructions) and place the bookmarks.html file in the Firefox profile folder. If a bookmarks.html file already exists, allow the exported file to replace it.
  2. From the menu at the top of the Firefox window, select File and then select the Exit menu item.
  3. Open the Firefox profile folder and delete (or rename) the places.sqlite file and, if it exists, places.sqlite-journal.
  4. (Optional) If you want Firefox to automatically import your bookmarks from an existing bookmarks.html file in the profile folder, instead of from a JSON backup, open the bookmarkbackups folder and remove all bookmarks-(date).json files to another location.
  5. It is probably a good idea to also delete (or rename) the localstore.rdf to remove the references to the old Places file but you will need to add back any toolbar customizations.

Firefox will create a new places.sqlite file and automatically import the most recent bookmark backup file. If no JSON backup is found, Firefox will automatically import your bookmarks from the profile folder bookmarks.html file, if it exists."

Data Execution Prevention with .avi file

You can turn it off.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875351


UPDATE:

http://support.divx.com/faq/view/supportFAQen001/The%20DivX%20All%20In%20One%20Fix%20V1.81

Run the DivX All in One Fix utility. Uncheck all options except for "Explorer crash when open a folder".

Overcoming XBOX 360 Live Halo 3 NAT complaint


Playing Halo 3 online complains about NAT being Secure as opposed to Open.

Netgear WGR614 v7.

Upgrade router firmware to latest version.

Set NAT to Open.