1. Double Click the Safely Remove Hardware Button
2. Highlight the USB Mass Storage Device
3. Press Stop
4. Select USB Mass Storage Device Again
5. Press OK
6. Press OK on the Pop Up Message
7. Safely Remove USB Device and be on your merry way.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
How to Safely Remove a USB from your Computer (Vista Edition)
How to Safely Remove a USB from your Computer (Vista Edition)
1. Double Click the Safely Remove Hardware Button
2. Highlight the USB Mass Storage Device
3. Press Stop
4. Select USB Mass Storage Device Again
5. Press OK
6. Press OK on the Pop Up Message
7. Safely Remove USB Device and be on your merry way.
1. Double Click the Safely Remove Hardware Button
2. Highlight the USB Mass Storage Device
3. Press Stop
4. Select USB Mass Storage Device Again
5. Press OK
6. Press OK on the Pop Up Message
7. Safely Remove USB Device and be on your merry way.
Friday, November 28, 2008
How to Block Users on Forums/Boards
How to Block Users on Forums/Boards
If you're like me, you like to post on forums. Posting on forums can be great fun, but sometimes there's that certain poster you just don't want to deal with, ever. If you're like me, you are that poster, and this guide will be helping people block you, if you're not like me however (and possibly want to block me) this guide will teach you the ways of the block.
Step 1:
Go to your user control panel and select "Edit Ignore List"
Step 2:
Type the name of the user you want to block in the text box and click submit.
Step 3:
Laugh at the blocked poster.
Very simple. Now you don't have deal with that idiot "hotnewton" anymore.
:)
If you're like me, you like to post on forums. Posting on forums can be great fun, but sometimes there's that certain poster you just don't want to deal with, ever. If you're like me, you are that poster, and this guide will be helping people block you, if you're not like me however (and possibly want to block me) this guide will teach you the ways of the block.
Step 1:
Go to your user control panel and select "Edit Ignore List"
Step 2:
Type the name of the user you want to block in the text box and click submit.
Step 3:
Laugh at the blocked poster.
Very simple. Now you don't have deal with that idiot "hotnewton" anymore.
:)
GIF images do not animate in Firefox
GIF images do not animate in Firefox
If you are using Firefox and can't get your GIF animations to animate on-screen, follow this simple guide to help set things right.
1. In the Location bar, type about:config and then press enter. (The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page should appear, just click "I'll be careful, I promise!" and move forward. As long as you follow this guide you have nothing to worry about.
2. In the about:config page, type image.animation_mode in the Filter text are. This determines how to animate GIF images. Possible animation options are:
4. If it's not set to normal, change the value by right-clicking on the preference name, going to modify in the menu, and typing normal into the text box.
5. You can also use this guide to make animations only animate once or not animate at all. It's pretty simple.
If you are using Firefox and can't get your GIF animations to animate on-screen, follow this simple guide to help set things right.
1. In the Location bar, type about:config and then press enter. (The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page should appear, just click "I'll be careful, I promise!" and move forward. As long as you follow this guide you have nothing to worry about.
2. In the about:config page, type image.animation_mode in the Filter text are. This determines how to animate GIF images. Possible animation options are:
- none: animated images will never play.
- once: animated images will play once and then stop animating.
- normal: (default) animated images will play as normal.
4. If it's not set to normal, change the value by right-clicking on the preference name, going to modify in the menu, and typing normal into the text box.
5. You can also use this guide to make animations only animate once or not animate at all. It's pretty simple.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
How much is in a roll of Quarters, Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies?
How much is in a roll of Quarters, Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies?
A question that has been asked far too many times, memorize the answer, because I'm only going to post this once.
Quarters = $10.00 or 40 quarters
Dimes = $5.00 or 50 dimes
Nickels = $2.00 or 40 nickels
Pennies = $ .50 or 50 pennies
If you're Canadian, you might also be interested in this:
Loonies = $25.00 or 25 loonies.
Toonies = $50.00 or 25 toonies.
A question that has been asked far too many times, memorize the answer, because I'm only going to post this once.
Quarters = $10.00 or 40 quarters
Dimes = $5.00 or 50 dimes
Nickels = $2.00 or 40 nickels
Pennies = $ .50 or 50 pennies
If you're Canadian, you might also be interested in this:
Loonies = $25.00 or 25 loonies.
Toonies = $50.00 or 25 toonies.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
How to Resize Custom Emoticons on MSN - Part 2
How to Resize Custom Emoticons on MSN - Part 2
or How to Create a Two Frame GIF Image Using GIF Animator
This is a step-by-step guide to help you make your two frame GIF images for use with MSN Messenger Custom Emoticon Creation. You are going to have to click on the images to see them full size, sorry about that.
I picked this photo to work with:
I turned it into this photo (you will see no difference, but if you save both, you'll notice the different file format):
Step One:
Open GIF Animator Software and click Add Image in the File Menu.
Step Two:
Select the file you wish to work with and press "open"
Step Three:
Take a look at the picture. Not really a step itself, but you can resize the image, rotate, color, trim, etc.
Step Four:
Right Click on the Image in the Frame bar and select Duplicate Image.
Step Five:
You'll now notice that there are two images in the frame box. Success.
Step Six:
Go back to the File Menu and select Save File As - GIF File.
Step Seven:
Name Your File.
Step Eight:
Create your Custom Emoticon (tutorial coming soon) and take a look. In this pic I made one of each, stationery and animated. You'll notice the size difference. In hindsight, I should've used a different image as the writing is still too small, but you get the idea.
I tried to make this pretty straight forward.
I hope I've helped.
Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks for reading.
or How to Create a Two Frame GIF Image Using GIF Animator
This is a step-by-step guide to help you make your two frame GIF images for use with MSN Messenger Custom Emoticon Creation. You are going to have to click on the images to see them full size, sorry about that.
I picked this photo to work with:
I turned it into this photo (you will see no difference, but if you save both, you'll notice the different file format):
Step One:
Open GIF Animator Software and click Add Image in the File Menu.
Step Two:
Select the file you wish to work with and press "open"
Step Three:
Take a look at the picture. Not really a step itself, but you can resize the image, rotate, color, trim, etc.
Step Four:
Right Click on the Image in the Frame bar and select Duplicate Image.
Step Five:
You'll now notice that there are two images in the frame box. Success.
Step Six:
Go back to the File Menu and select Save File As - GIF File.
Step Seven:
Name Your File.
Step Eight:
Create your Custom Emoticon (tutorial coming soon) and take a look. In this pic I made one of each, stationery and animated. You'll notice the size difference. In hindsight, I should've used a different image as the writing is still too small, but you get the idea.
I tried to make this pretty straight forward.
I hope I've helped.
Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks for reading.
How to Resize Custom Emoticons on MSN - Part 1
How to Resize Custom Emoticons on MSN - Part 1
The strangest thing in my eyes is the fact that animated Emoticons are given the 50x50 size limit while the stationary Emoticons are stuck at 19x19. The logic behind it doesn't make sense, I understand that animated Emoticons need to be larger to allow you to see the animation clearly; I just don't see any reason for the limit on the stationery Emoticon images. Maybe it's just me, but I doubt it, I've seen countless people ask how to make the custom Emoticon images bigger, and I've seen those same people told that there is absolutely no way to do it.
I did some searching, I messed around, and I finally figured out how to make your Custom Made Stationery Emoticon images bigger. It's incredibly simple, so simple that I am sure just about anybody can do it.
The sizing issue lies within MSN itself and how it detects pictures used for Emoticons. One frame images get the 19x19 size, multiple frame images get 50x50 size. I tried to change the files to .GIF files in hopes of tricking MSN, but it actually looks for multiple frames, and not just image type.
To get past the sizing problem, you simply need to use a GIF Animator to create a multiple frame image file. It might sound confusing, but it's simple, you load the picture into whatever GIF Animator you choose, duplicate the frame, save the file as a .GIF image, then use the saved file to create your Emoticon.
Once you've done that, test out your Emoticon and enjoy the 50x50 size you now have.
Resize MSN EmoticonsAnybody who uses MSN Messenger to chat with friends will most likely know of the problem I am writing about. When making custom Emoticon images, you can only have them as 19x19 pics. 19x19 isn't big enough for anything other than the simplest characters, but we are stuck with it.
Resizing custom emoticons - Mess with MSN Messenger
How to stop MSN Messenger from Resizing your Custom Emoticons
MSN Custom Emoticon Resize Issues
How to Make Your own MSN Emoticons That Aren't Tiny
The strangest thing in my eyes is the fact that animated Emoticons are given the 50x50 size limit while the stationary Emoticons are stuck at 19x19. The logic behind it doesn't make sense, I understand that animated Emoticons need to be larger to allow you to see the animation clearly; I just don't see any reason for the limit on the stationery Emoticon images. Maybe it's just me, but I doubt it, I've seen countless people ask how to make the custom Emoticon images bigger, and I've seen those same people told that there is absolutely no way to do it.
I did some searching, I messed around, and I finally figured out how to make your Custom Made Stationery Emoticon images bigger. It's incredibly simple, so simple that I am sure just about anybody can do it.
The sizing issue lies within MSN itself and how it detects pictures used for Emoticons. One frame images get the 19x19 size, multiple frame images get 50x50 size. I tried to change the files to .GIF files in hopes of tricking MSN, but it actually looks for multiple frames, and not just image type.
To get past the sizing problem, you simply need to use a GIF Animator to create a multiple frame image file. It might sound confusing, but it's simple, you load the picture into whatever GIF Animator you choose, duplicate the frame, save the file as a .GIF image, then use the saved file to create your Emoticon.
Once you've done that, test out your Emoticon and enjoy the 50x50 size you now have.
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