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		<title>Window 7 64 bit on Mac Mini &#8211; driver issues solved</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having loads of problems getting the 64-bit version of Windows 7 to install on my Mac. Until I found this: http://blog.andersonshatch.com/2009/01/11/windows-7-x64-on-a-macbook-pro-guide/ Thank you Sir. Very useful.]]></description>
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		<title>Force link to open in IE when it&#8217;s not the default browser</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some sites or apps (mainly badly written ones) really only like to open properly in Internet Explorer. However, anyone with half a brain would  have ditched IE and set a better browser like FireFox, or my personal favourite, Chrome, as the default &#8211; which is great but can cause problems with your desktop shortcuts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVG 9 &#8211; Install Issues</title>
		<link>http://simonthegeek.com/technical/avg-9-install-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like AVG, it&#8217;s free, quiet, small and keeps me safe. But sometimes it can be frustrating to install. If you ever had any problems upgrading from version 8 or 8.5 to the latest release (V9), then check this out: http://forums.avg.com/us-en/avg-free-forum?sec=thread&#38;act=show&#38;id=24401 That will help you get rid of/work around the permissions/registry problems that sometimes crop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cannot Delete File or Folder&#8217; &#8211; SOLVED!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last! A fix for any or all of the following messages: - Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program. - Cannot delete file: Access is denied. - There has been a sharing violation. - The source or destination file may be in use. - The file is in use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shutdown Windows from the command line</title>
		<link>http://simonthegeek.com/technical/shutdown-windows-from-the-command-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an odd problem with an SBS 2003 box that just would not shutdown the other day. A quick bit of research taught me that it can be done from the command line, which I totally didn&#8217;t know (&#8216;cos I&#8217;m an idiot): I used &#8211; Shutdown /r /c “App slowdown” /t 5 The r [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IE8 &#8211; force your site to display in compatibility mode</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have just seen your site in IE8 and you feel like crying because all of your hard work has been thrown out of the window, don&#8217;t rush into that re-design just yet. You can force IE8 to act like IE7 while you work on a full time fix, by just including this in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invalid update control CTF file &#8211; AVG 8</title>
		<link>http://simonthegeek.com/technical/invalid-update-control-ctf-file-avg-8/</link>
		<comments>http://simonthegeek.com/technical/invalid-update-control-ctf-file-avg-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t update AVG 8 because it tells you that you have an invalid update control CTF file?   (I hate error messages that give no clue as to what you should do about it).  Well, here&#8217;s the answer I found deep in the AVG user forums: You need to rename/remove the CTF temp files in C:\Documents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Really annoying missing CD drives in Windows XP &amp; Vista</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It really annoys me when they go missing, but it&#8217;s ok as there is a simple fix. If you used to have a CD or DVD drive listed under &#8216;My Computer&#8217; but the icon has just disappeared, don&#8217;t panic, just do this: 1. Fire up regedit. (If you don&#8217;t know what that is, stop now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recover deleted public folders</title>
		<link>http://simonthegeek.com/technical/recover-deleted-public-folders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you (like me) have some public folders that everyone needs to have full control over for some reason, then you (like me) run the risk of having some of your public folders &#8216;accidentally&#8217; deleted by stooopid users (like me?). So it&#8217;s well worth taking a look at this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924044 Which is a useful article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change the default folder in Outlook</title>
		<link>http://simonthegeek.com/technical/change-the-default-folder-in-outlook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonthegeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To change the folder Outlook shows when it first opens, do the following: Select &#8216;Tools&#8217;. Choose &#8216;Options&#8217;. Click on the &#8216;Other&#8217; tab. Click the &#8216;Advanced Options&#8217; button. Select the &#8216;Browse&#8217; button. Choose the folder you want Outlook to open up in. Click &#8216;OK&#8217;. Click &#8216;OK&#8217; again. Close and re-open Outlook and, bingo, you should be [...]]]></description>
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