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If you choose image browser from your NextGen menu in a post, it will default to full width of the column (570 pixels wide In my case) this means vertical photos will be bigger as they will stretch to that width and maybe not look as nice.

If you wish to bound any object in WordPress or on the web, tables a good way to do this as the object in question can not exceed the bounds it’s given to live within.

after inserting your code for the imagebrowser you get:

(imagebrowser id=4) except square brackets

try wrapping it in a center wrap and a table wrap with a limiter width on the table.

<center> <table width=”320″> (imagebrowser id=4) </table></center>

now your imagebrowser will be 320 wide and centered.

For slideshows, if you wish to change the size of those throughout your site, you can select options from the NextGen gallery menu on the left menu bar in WordPress.

then you can select slideshow and change the size of your slideshow window.

I recommend you resize your photos for a multiple of the default slideshow size.

If your slideshow default size is 320×200  Pics can be 640×480, 940×680, 1024×768 this way your slideshow pictures won’t be fuzzy.

If the second window is not smaller, Check it out with firefox or chrome, This theme has a weird buggy table issue in IE I’m working on it.
[imagebrowser id=1]

Here it is bound to 320px

Here’s the situation, You’ve printed and the print job is stuck, rebooting won’t help, and nothing else can print until you kill the print job.

Here are the generic instructions:

1. Stop the print spooler (The files are locked until you stop the print spool service)

Start, Settings, Control Panel, Performance & Maintenance, Administrative Tools, Services, Print Spooler, Stop

2. Manually Delete the print Job from the printer queue. (Gets rid of the pesky print job)

Start, My Computer, C – Drive, Windows (Show these files), System32 (Show These Files), Spool, Printers.

Delete all the files in C:\windows\system32\spool\printers\*.*

3. Start the print spooler (So that you can start printing again (You can just reboot instead of this step))

Start, Settings, Control Panel, Performance & Maintenance, Administrative Tools, Services, Print Spooler, Start.

So now it’s as easy as 1,2,3 to fix this problem for you please share the information with friends so that they won’t be tearing their hair out if they get a stuck print job.

These instructions will work with windows XP, Vista, 7, or older versions of windows as well. Some of the steps may vary slightly depending on the version, but the instructions will give you a guide to getting you out of your jam.

Why would you want to do this? Maybe you’ve been browsing nefarious sites and don’t want the boss to know? Maybe you are donating the computer to a friend and don’t want them reading your diary?  Simply erasing the cache or the data on a computer does NOT delete the files beyond recovery. All those files can still be recovered with simple software and may be exposing your personal data to attack.

Lots of programs out there will allow you to shred your old drive, this method will work for free and will also work on your whitespace (deleted files).

First, check the health of your disk, I recommend using hdsentinel, Click Here to download hdsentinel.

Now that we know that the drive in question is healthy you should download truecrypt. click Here to download truecrypt.

Warning: This procedure will make any deleted files unrecoverable period.

To shred all the whitespace on your primary drive:

1. open my computer and check the size of your free space on the drive.
2. open truecrypt, create a volume,encrypted file container, Standard volume,name the file  on the drive in question. (I used C:\junk.tc)
3. Make the file the size of the available drive space.
4. for the password use whatever long password you wish. type it in again to confirm.
5. move the mouse around in the window and then click format.
6. This process will take a long time if the drive is big.
7. when the process finishes, close truecrypt and delete the file (C:\junk.tc)
8. You have successfully shredded your whitespace beyond any recovery.

Warning: This will make all data unrecoverable on the disk you specify,

please use the instructions with care.

To shred your old hard disk (After you’re sure you have everything you needed off of it):

Plug in your old hard disk into the new computer using a usb-ide adapter.

1. Open Truecrypt
2. create a volume
3. create a non system partition/drive, standard encrypted volume, select the drive
4. put in a long password twice
5. move the mouse around in the window and click format.
6. This will take a while depending on the speed of the USB and the size of the drive.
7. unplug and format the drive in windows if you wish. There will be nothing left on it to recover.

Hope this helps you destroy your deleted data or your old hard disk so nobody can recover anything from your old computer.

Found this useful utility, Lets you redirect LPT1: To any printer in your computer’s printers.

http://www.andtechnologies.com/index.php?q=downloads

Select free software

DOSPrint.zip

Download dosprnt

Extract it and start the user interface

Select lpt1 redirect it to your printer. Done!

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22124619-IE8-InPrivate-filter-from-adblock-plus-list

http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/block-ads-in-ie8?replies=2#post-109863

The above link explains everything, one of the new features you can take advantage of in IE8. I have tested this with windows xp, windows Vista and Windows 7 and it works beautifully. Hope this save you viewing a bunch of ads.

I’ve played with these devices and found the same results as described in this article on data recovery of SSD devices.

Basically,  Solid state disks are flash type media and with trim enabled zero out the sectors as they are put into reuse.

The zeroing of the data blocks removes the data, no latent fingerprints.

Too TRIM? When SSD Data Recovery is Impossible

Leaving no traces of your data after a delete makes me feel secure, however you really should be certain your backups are good as you can’t undelete files, they are gone for good.

In short, this makes forensic recovery impossible on the drive.  Good for the bad guys, bad for the good guys.

Let me know what you think.

Network Instruments Blog post

I noticed after the latest round of microsoft security updates, my intel wireless card was dropping my connections or saying ” problem applying profile”

So, for all you geeks, here’s the place to update your intel wireless, it detects your intel card, and directs you to the appropriate files to update.

http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/detect.htm

I also recommend this blog entry I found for some basics on securing your wireless internet connections: http://networkinstruments.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/348/

This article is dated but the information is good and there are links that get updated in the article, Once you update your wireless, check out the links.

Apple Denies It Rejected Google Application for iPhone

For all you Iphone lovers out there, AT&T says that they had no say in blocking VOIP applications on their networks using their 3G. This may be the first step in allowing Voice over Internet protocol phone calls on their plans.  I for one hope they convince apple to not block the applications as to block them is a form of internet censorship, a growing concern on the internet.

People currently can use the apps on wifi as long as they are within range, but if allowed on the 3G networks, you should be able to talk to anyone from anywhere using VOIP instead of burning cell minutes.

As with all things phone, to admit they had nothing to do with the decision is not to say they want the apps used,  just they did not say they could not be used.  I say make them make a stand, either explicitly accept the technology is here to stay, or block the technology and tell people why you don’t want them using the applications on your networks. I for one, hope that Apple says Ok, let’s allow all VOIP applications thru the cell 3G networks since AT&T says that they don’t mind. Making AT&T say no would be a shrewd move on Apple right about now.

In a rare move, Microsoft on Friday said it would be releasing security updates on Tuesday–outside of its monthly patch cycle–for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer… – Full Article on CNET

http://www.milkcarton.be/apps/lazypoken

Lazy poken allows you to auto open your poken account on your browser upon plugging in your poken to the usb port.