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Joining Google group with Google Apps
Last Updated on Friday, 06 August 2010 14:00
Q. How do I join a google group with a Google apps account? The login page does not let me in.
A. This is a problem on Google's side, so hopefully they will fix it. For ow, here's how to access it:
Use this url and replace "groupname" and "myid" with your email address:
http://groups.google.com/group/groupname/boxsubscribe?email=myid
Create a video from images
Last Updated on Monday, 18 October 2010 10:39
Q. I have a bunch of frames (images) that I took, I would like to create a video using them.
A. Assuming that the images are frames and not just random pictures, you can use mencoder to create the video. MEncoder is capable of creating movies from one or more JPEG, PNG, TGA, or other image files. With simple framecopy it can create MJPEG (Motion JPEG), MPNG (Motion PNG) or MTGA (Motion TGA) files.
mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=10 -o test.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vbitrate=800
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Generation
Last Updated on Monday, 08 November 2010 08:27
Q. How do I generate a CSR?A. Here are generic instructions on how to do that.
1. Generate Private Key
Generate a 2048 bit RSA private key and store it in the file www.domain.com.key (the name of the file is not important, this is just for your records):
openssl genrsa -des3 -out www.domain.com.key 2048
Simple backup script (VBS)
Last Updated on Friday, 07 October 2011 13:35
Q. I would like to have a simple backup script, running under windows, which would:
1. Create an archive of my files
2. Delete the archive after a period of time
A. To create an archive, we'll use RAR archiver. It can be downloaded from http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm. After you install this application, copy the file rar.exe (found in C:\Program Files\WinRAR) to C:\Windows. This way you can run rar.exe from anywhere on the system and it will find it.
For the purpose of this tutorial we'll use:
Expiration date: 15 days (so we keep the backups for 2 weeks)
Backup path (Destination): C:\backups
Files that are being backed up (Source): C:\inetpub\wwwroot (IIS websites)
Clear text formatting (Word)
Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 07:10
Q. How do I clear formatting in Word 2007/2003?
A. Here are the steps:
1. Select the text that you want to clear the formatting from.
2. On the Home tab, in the Font group, do one of the following click Clear Formatting icon: 
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