How to convert Android mobile 3gp audio files to MP3 files on Windows

• Copy all the *.3gp files to Windows
• Install FFMPEG on Windows
• Start Command Prompt and change to the directory with the 3GP files
• Enter
  
  for %a in (*.3gp) do ( ffmpeg -i %a -ar 22050 %a.mp3)

Setting a default custom page zoom or Google Chrome

Go to :

C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User StyleSheets

Open up Custom.css

insert :

body {zoom: 1.25}

Save, and every page will now be be zoomed  X 1.25

To recursively find all the files in a folder tree

xcopy C:\MyFolder\*.doc /S /L

will list out all .doc file in C:\MyFolder and all subfolders

Recovering Files from a Corrupt SD Card

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Did it for me!

Bulk Renaming of JPG files with Date Taken

http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk

Won't win any prizes for the user interface, but does the job!

Rename a file with date and time as the file name in a Windows batch file

ren yourfilename.txt %date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%.txt

Cheap Kindles!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002Y27P46?tag=amz0000-21


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Getting PHP cURL to work in MoWes

Copy php_curl.dll, php_gd2.dll, ssleay32.dll to apache\bin.
Enable extension=php_curl.dll in php.ini
Restart apache

Free and Simple MP4 Editor - Avidemux

http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

Running Windows Scheduled Task Batch File Minimized

• For the batch file "MyBatchFile.bat", create a shortcut : "C:\Shortcut to MyBatchFile.bat.lnk". 
• Goto to the properties of the shortcut file and set the Run window state to "Minimized".
• In the Windows Scheduler, create a task.
• Browse to the shortcut, and finish creating the scheduled task.
• When you are done, go back the the schedule tasks and edit the properties of the "MyBatchFile" scheduled task.
• Replace the filename of "C:\MyBatchFile.bat" with the filename of the shortcut :"C:\Shortcut to MyBatchFile.bat.lnk"

Your schedule task will now run minimized.

Change Linux timezone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime 

Enabling Permalinks in Wordpress

Make sure the following is in Apache's httpd.conf:

RewriteEngine on
AllowOverride All

Running Windows control panel apps from the command line

Control panel tool	Command
Accessibility Options	control access.cpl
Add New Hardware	control sysdm.cpl add new hardware
Add/Remove Programs	control appwiz.cpl
Date/Time Properties	control timedate.cpl
Display Properties	control desk.cpl
FindFast	control findfast.cpl
Fonts Folder	control fonts
Internet Properties	control inetcpl.cpl
Joystick Properties	control joy.cpl
Keyboard Properties	control main.cpl keyboard
Windows Messaging	control mlcfg32.cpl
Microsoft Mail Post Office	control wgpocpl.cpl
Modem Properties	control modem.cpl
Mouse Properties	control main.cpl
Multimedia Properties	control mmsys.cpl
Network Properties	control netcpl.cpl
Password Properties	control password.cpl
PC Card	control main.cpl pc card
Power Management	control powercfg.cpl
Printers Folder	control printers
Regional Settings	control intl.cpl
Scanners and Cameras	control sticpl.cpl
Sound Properties	control mmsys.cpl sounds
System Properties	control sysdm.cpl

Excellent 3GP converter

Pazera Free 3GP converter

Dropbox is simply awesome

Free 2 gigs, sync'd with your smartphone, desktop and web. saved my bacon more than once. Just get it!