JaypeeOnline

Archive | Tips and Tricks RSS feed for this section

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Create Your Own Minimalist Google Homepage

3. March 2010 ·

Have you seen, heard or tried out Google’s minimalist homepage? Word about Google’s minimalist homepage prototype first came out around October last year. Screenshots were posted and shared across the Internet, including the line of code that was used to activate the homepage prototype. By copy and pasting that particular line of code, regular users [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Create Wine Application Shortcuts on Ubuntu

25. February 2010 ·

2 Comments

I use the Ubuntu partition on my laptop as my main/work desktop and I barely use Windows because I have all the programs and applications I need on Ubuntu even Windows programs like Adobe Photoshop. Running Photoshop on Ubuntu is made possible by Wine, a software that lets users install Windows software on other operating [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Install Adobe AIR on Ubuntu

4. February 2010 ·

5 Comments

I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala a few days ago. I know its a bit late, but the reason why I didn’t do it earlier was because I didn’t want to mess up my customized Ubuntu “Mac” desktop. What made me decide to do a fresh install was because my old [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Bypass Megavideo Time Limit

28. January 2010 ·

12 Comments

Are you annoyed and frustrated with Megavideo’s time limit? Don’t worry, I’ll show you how you can bypass that limit and let you enjoy watching your video or movie without any interruptions. Megavideo is one of the best and one of the most popular video sharing sites in the Internet. The problem about watching movies [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Rip DVDs with VLC Media Player

21. January 2010 ·

9 Comments

Have you tried or used VideoLAN’s VLC Media Player? It’s my favorite media player and the best one in my opinion. Its very versatile and can play almost any type of media file (audio & video) available. Aside from playing media files, do you know that VLC can also rip DVDs? If you don’t then [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Fix Adobe Photoshop ALT key on Ubuntu

15. January 2010 ·

5 Comments

Are having a problem getting the ALT key to work after installing Adobe Photoshop on Ubuntu? Don’t worry, I’m gonna show you how you can fix it with a few simple steps. I’ve been running a Windows Vista/Ubuntu dual boot system on my Toshiba Satellite A305-S6872 for almost a year now. The Windows partition is the [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Disable Windows XP Startup Sound

7. January 2010 ·

3 Comments

As the in-house desktop support among my family and friends, I get a lot of questions regarding computer and technical stuff. Most of these questions fall under basic computer configuration, setup and/or tweaks. One of the questions I often get is “how to disable or turn off the startup sound on Windows XP”. I’m sure [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Use Evernote on Symbian Devices

17. December 2009 ·

15 Comments

When I got my Nokia E52 a couple weeks ago, the first few things I did with it was to configure the settings and customize it to my preference (theme, ringtones, etc), transfer contact numbers & details and of course, install applications/programs. One of my favorite and one of the most useful/handy tools for any [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

Black Friday Deals

25. November 2009 ·

7 Comments

A couple more days before Black Friday, the most awaited day of the year for most if not all shoppers here in the United States. Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November) which is also the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. For those who are not familiar with what [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

HowTo: Fix Vicrypt Error

4. November 2009 ·

9 Comments

Symantec, the largest maker of security software is reporting about a new type of trojan horse named Trojan.Ramvicrype. This trojan uses the RC4 algorithm to encrypt files on infected computers and renders them unusable. The Trojan.Ramvicrype, like most other trojans are usually transmitted from porn and warez sites. A sure sign that your computer is [...]

Home » Tips and Tricks

WordPress Keyboard Shortcuts

12. October 2009 ·

20 Comments

Do you like using keyboard shortcuts? I sure do! Whatever software program or application it is, keyboard shortcuts lets you perform actions quicker and let you do your work faster. When I use Adobe Photoshop, I don’t need to click on the Tool palette each time I need to switch tools because I already know [...]