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How to To Turn Off Automatic Log On and remove welcome screen

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How to To Turn Off Automatic Log On and remove the welcome screen?  This is applicable to Microsoft Windows 7.  1. Switch on your computer or Laptop 2. Press Windows Key + R, or go running in the Start Menu 3.   and i n the search bar type  netplwiz,  press enter You can see the bellow window. 4. Go to the advanced tab. 5. check the checkbox at the end

How to disable or enable fn keys in HP laptops?

I have been struggling with fn keys with my new HP laptop. In all (many) new HP laptops these keys are mapped to action keys by default. Action Keys are nothing but special function keys that can be used to up/down the volume, brightness projector, etc. And this is not only with HP Laptops but almost all new PC makers have this as a default behavior. This may be useful if the PC or the Laptop is used for home entertainment, where most of the function keys are used for controlling the audio and video. But if the PC is being used for other purposes, function keys should have their original action associated. But if you want to use the F1 key for Help you have to press Fn+F1. This is the default behavior and this is annoying at times as it requires one more key to pressed and held, and we are not used to it with the earlier version of Windows. I checked with HP service center, they said it cannot be changed. I guess they did not want to help me, I was shocked. Later I came to kno...

Listing details of files and folders in a Directory in c#

You can get the list of files and folders in WIndows explorer or in a DOS prompt. It's often useful to get content of a folder dynamically using some scripts or programs, especially if you need these details in some applications. Below is a chunk of C# code which gives you the details for files and folders of a given path. You can add additional fields to your out based on your need. Make an executable file, i.e exe, and use it in your application or run it from the command prompt. Results can be redirected to a text file or csv file. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.IO; namespace WinConsole { class ListFilesOfDirectory { public static long size = 0; public static long totalSizeInMB = 0; public static long maxSizeInMB = 0; public static void listFiles(string path) { DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(path); DirectoryInfo[] folders = di.GetDirectories(); long[] listO...

The server threw an exception. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80010105 (RPC_E_SERVERFAULT)) MS Word automation solution

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I was frustrated by this error every time I run the below code. I did a lot of googling nothing worked. Even Microsoft said it a known issue we don't recommend this. Then later just to try I just put one try-catch block and it worked perfectly. To date I have not seen that error.

Convert currency to word ( text ) in excel 2.0

Update: New version 3.0 has been released with bug fixes.  Please see this link Version 3.0 Thank you guys for reported bugs in the code (Convert currency to word in excel 1.0) in my earlier post Convert currency to word in excel . Your comments helped me a lot in fixing this error. There is a new version 2.0 which not only has bug fixes but also can convert up to 1,234,567,890.00. You can download the latest version (2.0) from Download You can download the excel from Download Keep commenting

Convert currency to word in excel

There are plenty of online resources to convert Numeric currencies to Text- from $200 to Dollar Two Hundred. But this is applicable only ###,###,### (comma at every third number)format.  This is not suitable for India numbering system, because we follow ##,##,###(....22,22,222) format. So I have create a excel function to over come this. You can use this function to to convert number up to 10,00,00,000(ten crores). How to do it Open Excel Press Alt + F11 From Menu Bar  Insert Module Copy paste the This Module there. Exit from VBA window by pressing Alt + F11 again In excel sheet, Insert Function, Under user defined find   ConvertCurrencyToEnglish  select it and provide the number as a parameter thats all you are done ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Code (alternatively you can download the module from here ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ' ...

Enable or Disable GPRS/EDGE in iPhone - The Simple way

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I use the iPhone 2g with Bharthi Airtel in  India. It Unlocked and jailbroken. I had a problem with editing APN settings (GPRS/EDGE settings), in fact, it's intentionally done b y Carrier. They are hidden; you will not be able to see Cellular Data Network option under Settings-> General->Network-> Cellular Data Network To enable or disable GPRS the only option, I think, is to change the settings here. To do this all you need is 1.        Jailbroken iPhone with USB Cable 2.        A PC You don't have to worry about Wi-Fi or SSH or WinSCP or even Cydia Download. The procedure –ITS VERY SIMPLE J 1.        Download install iPhone explorer and plist editor for windows they are free and simple use 2.        Connect you iPhone via USB cable (make sure your iTunes recognizes it) 3.        Run iPhone explorer Click on ...