Sub delgoogle()
Dim i As Long
With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
For i = .Row + .Rows.Count – 1 To .Row Step -1
If Cells(i, “A”).Text Like “*google*” Then Rows(i).Delete
Next i
End With
End Sub

What this code does, is look in the sheet where the macro is ran, for a row containing the word google. Note the “*” which means that the row can be like agoogle or googlef or even agooglea and will still delete it.

\\vboxsvr\<share>

Where <share> is the name you have used when sharing the folder within VirtualBox.

ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT

This issue can be caused by:

- Internet Proxy being blocked by some Firewall

- Bad bad bad configuration of Firewall

- You have very outdated BITS service

- You are using some download accelerator

- Check if the network cable is plugged (no wifis)

The cause lies here:

Microsoft Excel does not interpret these text values as hyperlinks unless they are typed from the keyboard.

To convert cells that contain valid hyperlink text in Excel to active hyperlinks, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Edit the Hyperlink by Using the Keyboard

1. Select a cell that contains a hyperlink that appears as text.
2. Press F2 and then press ENTER.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each cell, as needed.

Method 2: Use a Macro

Sub HyperAdd()
‘
‘ Converts each text hyperlink selected into a working hyperlink
‘
For Each xCell In Selection
ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=xCell, Address:=xCell.Formula
Next xCell
‘
‘
End Sub

Now save that macro and run it on your cells.

Method 3: Use Hyperlink function

You can use in a new cell the HYPERLINK function which will convert text to link and apply that to all cells. Only downside is that a new column will be used.

All of this is possible with the TaskKill command. First, let’s cover the basics.  You can kill a process by the process ID (PID) or by image name (EXE filename).

Open up an Administrative level Command Prompt and run tasklist to see all of the running processes:

In the example above you can see the image name and the PID for each process. If you want to kill the firefox process run:

or

The /f flag is kills the process forcefully.  Failure to use the /F flag will result in nothing happening in some cases.  One example is whenever I want to kill the explorer.exe process I have to use the /F flag or else the process just does not terminate.

If you have multiple instances of an image open such as multiple firefox.exe processes, running the taskkill /IM firefox.exe command will kill all instances. When you specify the PID only the specific instane of firefox will be terminated.

The real power of taskkill are the filtering options that allow you to use the following variables and operators.

Variables:

• STATUS
• IMAGENAME
• PID
• SESSION
• CPUTIME
• MEMUSAGE
• USERNAME
• MODULES
• SERVICES
• WINDOWTITLE

Operators:

• eq (equals)
• ne (not equal)
• gt (greater than)
• lt (less than)
• ge (greater than or equal)
• le (less than or equal)

“*” is the wildcard.

You can use the variables and operators with the /FI filtering flag.  For example, let’s say you want to end all processes that have a window title that starts with “Internet”:

How about killing all processes running under the Steve account:

It is also possible to kill a process running on a remote computer with taskkill.  Just run the following to kill notepad.exe on a remote computer called SteveDesktop:

To learn more about taskkill run it with the /? command just like any other Windows command.

Too much activity on your iPod can shorten its lifespan; they are designed to work with small music and video files, not large and weighty files like the ones on your Mac. You would not want to use your iPod as a backup device or to access a disk image unless it was an absolute emergency.

However, if you must use your iPod for the purpose of backing up your Mac, and you have no other options, here’s how to do it:

1. Connect your iPod to your Mac. Make sure the iPod has enough hard drive space on it to install the Mac OS operating system and any backup files you want to store.

2. Select your iPod in the Source pane of iTunes.

3. In the bottom right corner, click the iPod icon.

4. In the iPod dialog box, select the Music tab, select Manually Manage Songs and Playlists. Click OK. [See Image 1]

5. Close iTunes.

6. Open Disk Utility and select the iPod.

7. Select the Erase tab.

8. For Volume Format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

9. Click the Erase button.

Note! This will erase everything on your iPod.

10. Click Erase.

11. If the iPod Setup Assistant appears, deselect Automatically Update Songs On My iPod and Automatically Copy Photos To My iPod. Click Next.

12. Click Done when prompted to register (you’ve probably already registered anyway).

13. In the Disk Utility window, select the Restore tab.

14. Drag the icon for the Macintosh HD to the Source window.

15. Drag the icon for the iPod to the Destination window. [See Image 2]

16. Click Restore.

17. In the Copy dialog box, verify you are indeed copying to the correct drive. Remember, you want to copy TO the iPod. Click OK.

18. Type an administrator’s name and password in the Authenticate dialog box and click OK.

19. Wait while the copy process completes; this could take quite a bit of time and perhaps is best done before you go to bed at night. Do not do anything with your Mac during this time, such as answering e-mail or running applications.

That’s it, you are all set now.

- In Windows Explorer (I mean those file explorer for browsing folders/files), when you double-click on a folder, a new Windows Explorer is popped up instead of showing the folder in the same explorer.

- In Windows IE8, when you right-click a web address on a web page, and then click [Open in New Window] or [Open in New Tab], the web page cannot be opened in a new window / tab.

- In Windows IE8, when you click a link on a web page that uses scripting to open a new window, the new window cannot be opened. (This is absolutely inconvenience as I need to use some kind of banking services immediately, while that bank uses JavaScript to open a new window.)

===== Solution =====

Run [ Command Prompt ] (You will need to **Run as administrator**)

Type the following command.

regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

All go smoothly!… and now you can enjoy the much faster explorer engine.

AVG removal utilities

AVG removal utilities are a number of virus or worm removal utilities for specific infections. Documentation could be improved a bit though. The date of the latest addition is missing.

Avira AntiVir Removal Tool

Avira AntiVir Removal Tool is a virus and worm removal tool for relatively few specific infections. Reasonable documentation is kept to a minimum, and the date of the latest addition is missing.

BitDefender Free Virus Removal Tools

BitDefender Free Virus Removal Tools are a number of virus or worm removal tools for specific infections. A reasonable amount of useful documentation is available, but the date of the latest addition

is missing.

ESET FREE Spyware Removal and Antivirus Tools

ESET FREE Spyware Removal and Antivirus Tools are a number of virus or worm removal tools for specific infections. Documentation would be an asset, and the date of the latest tool addition is missing, too.

F-Secure Malware Removal Tools

F-Secure’s malware removal tools are is a number of virus or worm removal tools for specific infections. Its documentation is kept to a minimum, and the date of the latest tool addition is missing.

Kaspersky Lab Virus Removal Tools

Kaspersky Lab Virus Removal Tools are a number of virus or worm removal tools for specific infections listed by date as well as alphabetically. Documentation would be an asset.

McAfee Avert Stinger

McAfee’s Stinger is a virus and worm removal application for a relatively large number of specific infections. Stinger has recently been updated; a fair amount of useful documentation is available.

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool

MSRT is a virus and worm removal tool for specific infections addressing memory resilient malware. Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool is well documented and updated at least monthly.

Panda QuickRemover Repair Utilities

Panda QuickRemover Repair Utilities are a number of reasonably documented virus or worm removal utilities for specific infections. The date of the latest addition is missing though, and users must register to download.

Symantec Removal Tools

Symantec Removal Tools are number of reasonably documented virus or worm removal tools for specific infections which have recently been updated.

Vista Firewall Tweaks

The firewall control in Vista is one of the most important tweaks. Microsoft’s firewall in Windows Vista is one of the most secure and flexible software firewalls made in any operating system.

To further secure packets coming in and going out of your computer, click on the Start Button and type wf.msc (Windows Firewall Snap-in) and hit enter.

Each of these rules can be reviewed and configured independently. Users should change the default action for connections that are outbound from allow to block. Remember to only allow programs that need access to the internet. The only programs that should be allowed are programs needing updates or those controlled by the user.

Windows Vista Firewall

Policy Tweaks – Lockout

Creating an account lockout policy locks basic users out of workstations if the wrong password or username is entered. Rules can be set for the number of invalid login attempts. Although this tweak can be performed in Windows XP and will be carried over into Windows 7, it is often one of the most overlooked access control policies that should be put into place.

1. Click on the Start Button and enter Secpol.msc
2. Click on Account Policies – Account Lockout Policy.
3. Right click on Account lockout threshold and select Properties. (You can also double click this option)

Tweaking the UAC

The user account control (UAC) was placed in Windows Vista to ‘help’ users when installing applications or making decisions about changes in the operating system. Tweaking security goes both ways. Too much security can hinder the average user or administrator while not enough security can compromise security on the workstation.

Below are the default values shown in the policy. Items in italics are the default settings.

1. Click on start and enter secpol.msc – this will bring up the security policy snapin.

(You can also get to this policy by navigating to the administrative tools group.)

2. Click on Local Policies – Security Options.

3. Navigate to User Account Protection settings.

• User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account
  • Enabled
  • Disabled
• User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode
  • Elevate without prompting
  • Prompt for credentials
  • Prompt for consent
• User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users
  • Automatically deny elevation requests
  • Prompt for credentials
• User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation
  • Enabled
  • Disabled
• User Account Control: Only elevate executables that are signed and validated
  • Enabled
  • Disabled
• User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations
  • Enabled
  • Disabled
• User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode
  • Enabled
  • Disabled
• User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation
  • Enabled
  • Disabled
• User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations
  • Enabled
  • Disabled

Remember that the UAC serves an important role and should not be disabled.

Tweaking can make you more secure or it can relieve security tasks and burdens that have an impact on production. Security should never be sacrificed for convenience. These are only three small tweaks that can help with the basic security needs in Windows Vista.