Fixing Firefox Profile Problem

Fixing Firefox Profile Problem

Help: Firefox Lost My Profile

When I tried to open Firefox yesterday, I was greeted with a dialog box requesting that I choose a profile. When I tried to select the one and only default profile, Firefox wouldn't or couldn't open it. I created a second profile and Firefox opened, but of course without all of the customization I had done to it. Not wanting to reinvent my personal Firefox, I decided to poke around in the Profile directory and I came up with a simple way to restore my old profile, which I will share with you now.

Follow these steps to restore your profile:

1. When you encounter the dialog box requesting a profile, create your second profile and give it any name. Click OK and a plain vanilla version of Firefox opens.
2. Make sure you close Firefox and Thunderbird.
3. Navigate to your Firefox profiles folder. This is buried in your profile folder in Windows XP. My path looks as follows:
   C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
4. You should see two profile folders. Right-click each one and select Properties and determine which one was created today (the plain vanilla version) and which is your old, trusty profile. The profile you want should have an older Created date.
5. Double-click the older folder to open it. This is important. Make sure it's the older folder.
6. Press Ctrl-A to select all of the content in your old folder and Ctrl-C to copy all of it.
7. Navigate to the new profile. When the folder is open, press Ctrl-V to paste the contents of your old profile into your new one.
8. Note that if Firefox or Thunderbird is open, you will get an error message before all the files are copied. Close both programs. If you continue to get an error message claiming one is still open, press Ctrl-Alt-Del to access the Windows Task Manager. Click the Processes tab. Click the Image Name column to sort alphabetically by name, then scroll down and see if Firefox or or Thunderbird are in the list. If either one is, select it and click End Process. You should now be able to paste the entire contents of your old folder into your new profile.
9. When you are done, open Firefox and your old settings should be restored.

Setting up Private Network (Waste)

How to setup WASTE

First download the setup file here:
WASTE setup Download

Run the setup program that you downloaded.

For the first few steps, click next until you get to the following step.


Put in a nickname or screename and put the real name just whatever you'd like.

Select T3/LAN for the connection speed.

Leave the Network name/ID blank.

Click next.

On the following step, click on "Run key generator"

You'll also make a password, which you can save later, but use a password you won't forget.



After you've generated your key click on "Copy my public key to the clipboard". Now open up notepad (Start > All Programs > Accessories) or another text editor and paste your key. Save the text file and email/IM it to the person that is connecting you to the network.

The person connecting you to WASTE needs to add your key that you just sent them. That can be done by opening the main WASTE window and going to File > Preferences > Public Keys
1) Click on the add button and import the text file containing the key.
(See image below)




Now click on "Import public keys" and import the text file that either myself or a friend has given you to connect to the network.

For the person already on WASTE to give you their key, they should:

1) Open the main WASTE Window and go to File > Preferences > Private Key
2) Click on copy my public key to the clipboard.
3) either save the key in notepad (Start > Accessories > Notepad) or they can email you the text of the key (it's better NOT to instant message the key because it can get cut off.)
(See image below)



Now the new person connecting to WASTE can either paste in the key or import the text file containing the key.

After you've received the confirmation that the key was imported, click next.

Now to choose the folder for your downloads.

I recommend using the My Music folder on your PC, unless you'd like a different folder for your music/movie/software downloads to go into.



It's up to you whether or not you share your music and other stuff, but if you've got something really rare, or an eclectic collection of music it would be sweet to share. Again, it's up to you.

Now click run.

Ok, we're almost done!!!

In the little window that comes up, click on the icon with the arrow pointing to it.


When the following window comes up, change the Maintain "0" connections box to the number 4. Then, type in the IP address of the person connecting you to the network. (If you need to know how to get the IP address read below.)

Once you have the person's IP address type, or paste it, and hit enter.



How to find the person's IP address who is already on WASTE.

1) In the little WASTE window with all of the user names, click on File > Preferences. Then click on Your IP Addr. on the left hand menu. (See the image below.)




Within a few seconds a window should pop-up asking you if you would like to accept a key from a user's name.

Click yes, and keep clicking yes (or use the y key on your keyboard) until it doesn't ask you anymore. You'll probably have to accept about 40-60 keys. Every time you click yes, this is connecting you to a new person.

After that's done, in the same window change the number of connections to 10.

You can close this window now.

Now you should be setup on the network, and there shouldn't be anymore setup required each time you want to connect.


There are two settings you should adjust before using WASTE.

Click on File > Preferences.

Click on "Receving" and make sure the box is checked to "Prompt before accepting"



Now click on "Pending Keys" and check the box for "Auto-accept broadcasted public keys"




This will prevent the key prompts from coming up while you are doing other work. On several occassions, I was playing a multiplayer first person shooter and the key box pop-up in front of my screen, pausing the game. It will also prevent you from being annoyed by having to accept new ones while you're working on other stuff.

NOW YOU'RE READY TO EXPERIENCE THE GLORY OF WASTE.

To search for files, click on the magnifying glass icon in the main window.

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Photoshop CS & CS2 Features

Photoshop CS

Top Features for Photographers:

• Professional toolset: create original images or modify photos using a full assortment of painting, drawing, and retouching tools.
• Color correction: improve the color, contrast, and dynamic range of any image with a comprehensive set of professional color-correction tools.
• Improved File Browser: quickly preview, tag, and sort images; search and edit metadata and keywords; and automatically share batches of files from the improved File Browser.
• Comprehensive 16-bit support: perform more precise editing and retouching with expanded support for 16-bit images in core features, including layers, brushes, text, shapes, and more.
• Healing Brush: effortlessly remove dust, scratches, blemishes, wrinkles, and other flaws with the Healing Brush.
• Integrated digital camera raw file support: get truer, higher-quality output by working with the complete raw data files from most major digital camera models.
• Match Color command: achieve a consistent look between package shots, fashion photos, and more by instantly matching the color scheme of one image to another.
• Histogram palette: monitor changes to your image in the Histogram palette, which dynamically updates as you make adjustments.
• Shadow/Highlight correction: quickly improve the contrast of over- or under-exposed areas of an image while preserving the overall balance of the photo.
• Crop and Straighten command: Scan multiple images at once and let Photoshop automatically straighten and save each image as an individual file.

Top Features for Web Designers:

• Enhanced ImageReady user interface: create and modify Web designs faster with multiple object selection, object grouping, and smart guides.
• Improved Photoshop integration: enjoy quicker, more seamless integration between Photoshop and ImageReady, plus automated file saving and common commands, tools, and shortcuts.
• Image slicing: slice complex, layered images and apply appropriate format and compression settings to each area before exporting as an HTML table.
• Variable data support: easily import database and spreadsheet information to automate the production of Web graphics.
• Macromedia Flash (SWF) file export: use ImageReady CS to create Macromedia Flash (SWF) animations, complete with vector artwork and variable text.
• Animated GIF creation: turn layered Photoshop or Illustrator files into compact GIF animations in a few short steps.
• Web Content palette: create and edit rollovers and other interactive Web elements more easily using the new Web Content palette.
• Layers-as-files export: optimize and export individual layers as separate files for use in Macromedia Flash (SWF) animations and dynamic HTML.
• Weighted optimization: smoothly vary compression settings using channels to display higher-quality results in critical image areas.
• Streamlined HTML output: create leaner, more easily edited HTML with new controls for nested tables, XHTML, and more.

Photoshop CS2

Smooth File Handling with Adobe Bridge
Simplify file handling with Adobe Bridge, the next-generation file browser. Students can process multiple camera raw images at once; resize, rate, and label thumbnails; quickly review images in Slideshow mode; search metadata; and more.

Vanishing Point
This revolutionary technology lets you produce amazing results in a faction of the time. You can confidently clone, brush, and paste elements that automatically match the perspective of any image area.

Image Warp
Students can easily create packaging mock-ups or other dimensional effects by wrapping an image around any shape or stretching, curling, and bending an image using the Image Warp tool. Faculty
and students will embrace this new feature, which lets them add dimensionality to their creations without using complex 3D software.

Advanced Noise Reduction
Give your work a professional look by polishing digital photos and removing JPEG artifacts with advanced noise reduction. Now you can produce images that look great for advertisements, brochures, posters, magazines, newspapers, Web sites, presentations, and much more.

Multiple Layer Control
Select and move, group, align, transform, and warp objects more intuitively by clicking and dragging directly on the canvas. Now it's easier for students to work with complex, layered images.

Tile Selected Windows

To tile just a subset of your open programs (at least in Windows XP), click on the taskbar button for the first program you want to tile, then Ctrl-click on the button for the second program you want to be able to see. Both taskbar buttons should remain selected. Right-click on the second taskbar button and select Tile Windows Horizontally or Tile Windows Vertically.

Edit the SendTo Menu

Open:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo\ (it is hidden)

Copy shortcuts to folders and programs you would like to add to the menu.

Rename the Recycle Bin

If you (like me) would like to be able to rename the Recycle Bin to something else (Trash, Waste, Shredder, etc) then this tweak will make it easy to do so.

Open up your favorite plain text editor (notepad, for example) and copy the following text into a new file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000


Now save this text file as a .reg file, such as "Rename Recycle Bin.reg" and put it wherever you like. Double click on the file, and when it asks you if you want to import it into the registry, choose Yes. You'll notice a new option in the right-click menu to Rename the Recycle Bin. You can also rename it by highlighing the Bin and hitting F2, or by highlighting it and clicking on the file name (just like renaming any other file.

If you want to turn off this new feature, make another .reg file with the same content as above, but change the first number in the "Attributes"=hex: line from 50 to 40 and import that file into the registry.

Turn off clicking tick sound in explorer

Here's how to turn off the annoying sound that plays in windows explorer and internet explorer.

1. Open the Control Panel
2. Click on Sounds and Audio Devices
3. Open the Sounds Tab
4. Scroll down the list of sounds until you see Windows Explorer
5. Click on Start Navigation
6. Change the sound to None
   

Display a message on Startup

If you would like to display a legal message or any other message in a pop-up window when windows starts read below:

1. Start regedit, if you are unfamiliar with regedit please see our FAQ.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
3. Modify the key legalnoticecaption with what you want to name the window.
4. Modify the key legalnoticetext with what you want the window to say.
5. Restart.

Turn off system beeps

1. Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
3. Once there, locate Beep on the list on the right.
4. Right click on it and select Modify
5. Change the value equal to no
6. Reboot your computer and the beeps will be gone!

Firefox Extensions

Aardvark
AdBlock
ColorZilla
FlashBlock
GooglePreview
No Script
PDF Download
Web Developer (Toolbar)
Yahoo Mail Preview

Paste Special macro in Word

Control formatting of pasted text
PC Magazine
05.06.03

When you paste text that you copied from most other applications into Word, the text retains the font size and formatting it had in the original application. To avoid this in Word 2000 and earlier, you had to paste the text by choosing Edit | Paste Special and then selecting Unformatted Text. Word 2002 has a paste pop-up that makes it even easier to paste unformatted text.

You can create a macro to perform this action for you. Start by creating a macro with a name like PasteUnformatted, which records the steps you just performed. You must then edit the macro by hand, because Word's macro recorder does not correctly record your choice of Unformatted Text. In the macro editor, replace the line Selection .PasteAndFormat (wdPasteDefault) with Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText, Link:=False.

Enabling an Ethernet Network Connection

To enable an Ethernet/LAN connection:

Start > Control Panel > Network Connections > Right click
on Local Area connection > Disable > Right click on it again > Enable


Use this when switching locations (ie: office to home) and the connection should be online
within seconds of re-enabling it.

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Deleting pages from a PDF in Acrobat

To delete a page in a PDF go to:
Document > Pages > Delete

Deleting Noncontiguous Pages

1. Open the PDF file

2. In the Navigation pane, select the Pages tab

3. Select the first page to be deleted

4. Press and hold [Ctrl]

5. Select the other page(s) to be deleted

6. From the Document menu, select Pages » Delete
   The Delete Pages dialog box appears.
   NOTE: The Selected option will be designated.

7. Click OK
   The Adobe Acrobat confirmation box appears.

8. To delete the pages, click OK