The reason to lock your screen (Windows key + L) usually is that you leave your computer, meaning it would be reasonable to turn off everything else there is on your computer as the sound or your screen as well.
Tag Your Soundfiles Fast with Mp3Tag (Windows)
Mp3Tag is a program on Windows that lets you import the most common sound files you have got on your computer and quickly change their tags like artist, name etc. It is that fast because it enables you to select
How to Call Functions in Powershell (Windows)
Functions in Powershell are called without any comma or parenthesis, although they are defined using them. The correct way to call a function with two variable parameters would be: test $local1 $local2 The wrong way is: test($local1, $local2) If you
Timed Shutdown on Windows
You can time a shutdown on your computer easily by creating a short vbscript that contains either only the shutdown command, or a shutdown command with an integrated second timer. If you do not add a timer, you can also
Send Mails Via Remote Server With VBScript (Windows)
You can use MS Windows' VBScript to write a script that is able to log into a remote mail server such as googlemail or any other with your account data and send mails from that server. This can be used
Merge Lines in VBScript (Windows)
If you need to have multiple commands in one line in MS Windows' VBScript, you can accomplish that by using the colon (:) operator. The following line of script will display two message-boxes after each other: Msgbox"Hello." : Msgbox"Hey!" You
Break Lines in VBScript (Windows)
If you have the problem that you have really long lines in your VBScript that contain only one command, but need to be broken to be able to overview it, you can use the Underscore (_) operator. Placing a space
Use Alternate Datastreams to Hide Important Files (Windows, NTFS)
There is a feature in NTFS data system that lets you easily hide your files from nosy people using your computer which is called Alternate Data Streams. What they basically do is to hide files behind others, using them as
Use Double-Quotes in Quoted Expressions with ASCII Codes in Windows Powershell
While scripting, you may encouter the problem that you have an expression that uses double-quotes as tags and therefore cannot use any double-quotes inside these tags. You can circumvent this problem by using ASCII codes to add certain keys. This
Installing Powershell 2.0 on Windows XP
To install Windows Powershell 2.0 on an XP machine, you must have Windows XP Service Pack 3 installed. Powershell is included in the Windows Management Framework which you can download at support.microsoft.com/kb/968929: Now scroll down until you find some links